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USA: The agreement between Macedonia and Bulgaria is an example of how to solve disputes between neighbors
The US Embassies in Skopje and Sofia have greeted the proposal-Agreement for friendship between Bulgaria and Macedonia, stressing it as an example for solving disputes between neighbors.
"The U.S. Embassies in Bulgaria and Macedonia welcome the approval of the draft Bulgaria-Macedonia friendship agreement. The agreement acknowledges the close ties between the countries and celebrates a will by both...
Zaev: The agreement for good neighborly relation with Bulgaria is in accordance with the national interest
The agreement of good neighborly relations with Bulgaria is in accordance with national interest, and this big step is in the interests of the peoples of Macedonia and Bulgaria, and also it is a reflection on the new spirit of policy from a generation of politicians who build bridges, not crash them, bring citizens together, not divide them", said...
The agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria went well at a government session
Late last night, at a special session, Government accepted the report on the past negotiations for the agreement for friendship, good neighborly relations and collaboration with Bulgaria and also they accepted the coordinated text, the government's press service announced.
"Government has made a decision that determines Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev to sign the agreement of...
President Ivanov has called upon the Government to reveal the Agreement with Bulgaria
The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, has called upon the Government to reveal and explain the content within the Agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria before it is signed. As the press release issued by the president's cabinet states, the lack of transparency has caused negative commentaries and worriedness among the general public that have...
Zaev: The agreement with Bulgaria is a direct responsibility of Parliament
From Stip, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told the citizens that the agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria opens a serious perspective, and he, as an experienced politician in charge, "will not allow anything unwanted to happen to Macedonia”.
Zaev responded to the requests regarding the secrecy of the discussion on this agreement and explained that the agreement would be...
Zaharieva: Bulgaria will not negotiate any changes in the content of the Agreement with Macedonia
Bulgaria has no intention to lead new negotiations regarding the content in the Agreement for good neighborly relations with Macedonia, said the VP and head of the Bulgarian diplomacy, Ekaterina Zaharieva, who also stated that the text has been finalized.
-The Agreement represents a new page in the relations between the two countries but after its signing, there is...
Zaev: The Agreement with Bulgaria clearly states it’s about two states, two nations and two languages
The agreement is a basis for a good neighborly relations and friendship, the two countries will work in the future on a mutual success and it will be good for the national interests of Republic of Macedonia, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev after the end of the closed session of the parliamentary Commission for foreign policy, during which he...
Miloshoski: The agreement with Bulgaria has weaknesses, five points need to be improved
Instead of rushing and hastily chasing a date to sign the Macedonian-Bulgarian Agreement, the Government should be working towards a better quality of the text for achieving an agreement, which means mutual respect for the two peoples and mutual recognition of the two countries, as well as the two cultures and mutual cooperation for the perspective of Macedonia and...
Tsipras: Name issue must be resolved before our tiny neighbour joins NATO, EU
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeated today that the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) must be resolved before the tiny Balkan neighbor can join the European Union and NATO, reports the Greek daily newspaper "Kathimerini."
Speaking during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić ahead of a trilateral summit...
Angjushev: We received a 70 million euro grant from the EU for the railroad to Bulgaria
From a total of 194 million euro grant for infrastructure in the Western Balkans, Macedonia received 70 million euros at the Summit in Trieste for the completion of the railway track from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka, reported today Vice President for Economic Affairs, Kocho Angjushev. He added that this irrevocable funding is enough to cover 46% from the total...
Miloshoski: The Parliament should discuss the Agreement with Bulgaria on Friday
VMRO-DPMNE's MPs will ask both from the Government and the Parliament to set a parliamentary session this Friday at which the Agreement for good neighborly relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria will be discussed. This was announced today by VMRO-DPMNE's MP Antonio Miloshoski who said that the Friday session, if it is set, will be a good opportunity for the...
Trilateral meeting Tsipras – Vučić – Borisov in Thessaloniki, Macedonia will be one of the topics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Thursday in Thessaloniki, reports the Greek news agency ANA-MPA.
Tsipras and Vučić will participate in the Greek-Serbian high-Level Cooperation Council, after which they will give a joint statement.
After the meeting with the Serbian President, Tsipras will meet with his Bulgarian counterpart in...
Six VMRO-DPMNE MPs have sent letters to Prime Minister Zaev requesting insight into the agreement with Bulgaria
MPs Ilija Dimovski, Nikola Poposki, Trajko Veljanoski, Antonio Miloshoski, Emil Dimitriev and Vlatko Gjorchev, addressed a letter, to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, and are demanding that the Agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria be transparent and be analyzed by MPs from the opposition .
The coordinator of one of the ten...
Žbogar: The agreement on good neighbourly relations with Bulgaria should be finalized as soon as possible
It is always good to have good relations with neighbouring countries, said EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar, at a joint press conference with Italian Ambassador, Carlo Romeo, dedicated to the EU-Western Balkans Summit, which will take place from July 12th, in Trieste.
Žbogar said that Brussels expects the agreement on good neighbourly relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria to be finalized as...
VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev’s silence raises doubts as to whether he is selling out the country
Zaev’s non-transparent approach towards the whole process of negotiations and his silence regarding the insults towards Macedonia by Bozhidar Dimitrov, the director of the Bulgaria's Institute of National History, who said that the upcoming agreement between the two countries would mean an end to Macedonianism and that the Macedonian language is a Bulgarian dialect. It shows that Zaev is...
Dimitrov and Zaharieva are putting finishing touches on the Agreement for good neighborly relations
The head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov and his Bulgarian colleague, Ekaterina Zaharieva, will be finishing the articles from the Agreement for Good Neighborly Relations during the weekend in Sofia for which the working groups from both sides have been negotiating.
The small technical adjustments, as were called by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev should be finished by today,...
Macedonia and Bulgaria reached a basis for compromise on the agreement for good neighborly relations
Bulgaria and Macedonia reached a basis for a compromise on the agreement for good neighborly relations, the next phase will be consultations and internal procedures, stated the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after consultations were held with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva this weekend in Sofia.
“The delegations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Plevenliev: The thesis of those who oppose the deal with Macedonia come from Moscow
Bulgaria doesn’t have a higher interest than a peace in the Balkans and it strives for a lasting and sustainable peace and good neighborly relations, said the former Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevenliev, when he gave a comment about the development of the Bulgarian-Macedonian relations in the TV show” The day starts” broadcasted on the “Bulgarian National Television.”
Plevenliev, also stressed...
MANU: It’s concerning that our political parties “cling on” to provocations from Bulgaria
The Macedonian Academy of the Sciences and Arts (MANU) remarked that the claims by Bozhidar Dimitrov, the Director of the National Historical Museum of Bulgaria were inaccurate and extremely tendentious. They believe that his anti-Macedonian views are well known in MANU and to the wider Macedonian public and do not deserve a special comment.
"What’s concerning is the fact that...
We’ll have to agree with Sofia, “only” on the issues of people and history
Before signing the agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria, another meeting is needed on a ministerial level and a solution has to be found “for one little technical question” so it could be official, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the press conference today.
When asked, what exactly do both sides have to agree on, Zaev said “the part...
