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Zaharieva: No one is denying the history of Macedonia or Bulgaria
With the recognition of the Macedonian state, Bulgaria also recognizes the Macedonian language in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, said the Head of the Bulgarian Diplomacy and Deputy PM, Ekaterina Zaharieva, saying that there is nothing problematic in the recognition of the Macedonian language.
In an interview for the Bulgarian national television BTV, she said...
Bulgaria and Greece to Macedonia: If you want membership in the EU and NATO, respect history
The countries in the Balkans must respect history and develop good neighbourly relations if they want to join the European Union and NATO, concluded Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Greek counterpart, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, at their meeting in Athens yesterday.
Radev's visit to Athens comes at a time when the focus of the EU's enlargement to the Western Balkans...
VMRO-DPMNE: In Bulgaria, Zaev fiercely hit out at the Macedonian state
Zoran Zaev is becoming a serious risk for Macedonia’s national interests and during his two-day visit to Bulgaria, he fiercely hit out at the Macedonian state, said VMRO-DPMNE’s morning press release.
“Does SDS and Zoran Zaev believe that the Republic of Macedonia has no history of its own? Is Macedonian history meaningless to Zoran Zaev, so he decided to announce...
Veljanovski: We demand an insight into what Zaev has agreed upon for the Good Neighborly Relations
“VMRO-DPMNE is very worried about the non-transparency and the easiness with which Zaev has approached an extremely serious issue such as the agreement with Bulgaria. VMRO-DPMNE is demanding an insight into the content of the Agreement that Zaev has agreed upon”, said VMRO-DPMNE’s MP Trajko Veljanoski at a press conference.
By making a reference to yesterday’s statement by Prime Minister...
The text of the Agreement for Good Neighborly Relations has been adjusted only the technical details remain
The results from the visit to Sofia are splendid. What is most important is that the delegations of both governments have agreed upon the text of the Agreement for Good Neighbourly Relations and some technical details still remain, but those can be adjusted during the visit of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borisov in Macedonia on the 2nd of...
Borisov said it all, apart from the term “Macedonian language”
At today's press conference, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, while answering questions from reporters on which language the agreement on good neighborly relations will be signed in, he replied that the agreement will be "in the language that is stated in the Constitution" of Macedonia.
“The details, in fact, are important, but not for...
Zaev has begun with meetings in Sofia, first with Borisov, then Radev
Today and tomorrow, Prime Minister Zaev, together with his government delegation will begin their two-day working visit to Bulgaria, where he will be having meetings with high ranking officials from the government and the state.
After, the Prime Minister and the Macedonian government delegation in Bulgaria will meet with the President of Bulgaria, as well as a working dinner with...
Zaev’s addressing from Sofia: The Agreement on Good Neighborly Relations shall be signed on Ilinden in Macedonia
Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev and his host, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Bojko Borisov, today had talks about bringing closer the stances of both countries regarding the Agreement for Good Neighborly relations, which, as was stated by Zaev after the meeting, will be signed on the 2nd of August i.e. on Ilinden, that will be celebrated together, reports...
Osmani: We will begin with an aggressive campaign for the realization of reform priorities
The government has begun an aggressive campaign to achieve the key reform priorities, to achieve progress in the next few months which will solely be committed to the EU agenda, and then we will be able to start negotiations for accession to the EU, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bujar Osmani at a press conference.
Osmani said the visit to...
Hahn: Firstly a positive report by the EC is necessary and then approval from all 27 member states will be needed for negotiations to start
The forming of the new government is a positive development that reflects the democratic outcome of the elections in December, said EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the joint press conference in Brussels with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
-Macedonia has turned a new page after the political crisis which lasted too long. This is a new start but there is a...
Nationalist Karakachov celebrates Macedonia Day as minister
The Bulgarian Deputy PM and Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, yesterday in Sofia, in front of the monument of revolutionaries from Macedonia and Trakia, celebrated for the first time on the Day of Macedonia as a government minister, reports "Balkan Insight." Previously, Karakachanov, according to Bulgarian media, was a regular participant in the celebrations, but for the first time...
Bojko Noev: Macedonia must urgently ask for a preventive and stabilizing mission from the EU
Macedonia must urgently ask for a preventive and a stabilizing mission from the European Union in the country, said the former Minister of Defense and Ambassador of Bulgaria in NATO, Belgium, and Luxemburg, Bojko Noev, in an interview for the Bulgarian news agency “Fokus”.
The letter from President Gjorge Ivanov addressed to the European Union, USA, NATO and Turkey is...
Vitaly Churkin, the diplomat who brought the decree that Russia recognizes Macedonia
The Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, who died suddenly yesterday in New York, in 1992 was a representative of Moscow who brought the official decree with which the Russian Federation officially recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name.
At that time, from June 1992 to October 1994, Churkin was then the Russian Deputy to Foreign Minister Andrey Kozyrev. According...
Poposki: How nice it would have been if Plevneliev was like Zhelev 25 years ago
25 years ago, the first country to recognize an independent and sovereign Republic of Macedonia came from Sofia, Bulgaria, "followed by all our other friends," wrote the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki on his Facebook profile, expressing "gratitude to Bulgaria from Macedonia" .
Poposki said former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev had a democratic sense and respect for the...
Gruevski: I Do Not Justify Nedelovski’s Actions, Nor the Illegal Erection of the Memorial Plaque on Kajmakcalan
"Regarding the incidents surrounding the memorial plaque which took place on Kajmakcalan, I can neither justify the illegal erection of a memorial plaque for soldiers from other countries who illegally crossed the border and illegally placed a memorial plaque in Macedonia, nor can I justify journalist Milenko Nedelkovski’s individual decision to commit such an act that generates hatred and negative...
Borisov: Those Who Destroy Bulgarian Monuments Will Face Undesired Consequences
Macedonian Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev yesterday in Vienna assured his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov that the Macedonian authorities will respond to the sacrilege of the memorial plaque of the Bulgarian heroes at Kajmakchalan, which was carried out by journalist Milenko Nedelkovski claims Bulgarian news website "Novinite".
“I do not want to comment”, Borisov told reporters after the summit in Vienna.
Borisov,...
MFA: Bulgaria Should Respect International Proceudres for Erecting Monuments
Honoring victims of armed conflicts in our region is part of the culture of reconciliation and above all, a humane gesture, said the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, adding that the memorial tomb of Kajmakcalan was illegally placed.
"We expect our friends from the Republic of Bulgaria to respect internationally accepted procedures for erecting memorial monuments. At the same time,...
European Commission has approved the construction of the “Balkan” gas hub
The European Commission has given approval for the construction of the “Balkan" gas hub, which should be built in Bulgaria. At the conference for investors, which took place in Varna, Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that the approval lays the ground for negotiations to begin for collecting maximum amounts of natural gas.
He stressed that while the EU was...
Tsipras in Sofia and will be discussing the situation in Macedonia
The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras on Monday is leaving for Sofia for a joint cabinet meeting between Greece and Bulgaria. Tsipras will meet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and President Rosen Plevneliev in the Bulgarian capital, then there will be a joint meeting between the Greek and the Bulgarian government because in Sofia almost half of the ministers...
Ivanov: I want Bulgaria to be able to embrace Macedonia and to give us their support
President Gjorge Ivanov in an interview with Bulgarian news agency "BGNes" stated that there are no language barriers between Macedonia and Bulgaria and because of that Bulgaria needs to support Macedonia and embrace it.
"I want Bulgaria to be the state that supports Macedonia the most, as they say, to embrace Macedonia. We have no language barrier. We have open...
