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Macedonia 14.04.23 | 11:09

Borisov and Trifonov agreed that Bulgaria needs to take a strong stand on Macedonia

Boyko Borisov and Slavi Trifonov, the leaders of the Bulgarian parties GERB and ITN, discussed today about their possible cooperation after yet another inconclusive election. both sides agreed that Bulgaria needs to be tougher on Macedonia. They cited recent comments from President Stevo Pendarovski,...
Balkans 02.10.22 | 23:02

The arrest attempt backfired as Borisov wins comfortable victory in the latest Bulgarian election

The right wing GERB party of Boyko Borisov scored a comfortable victory at the latest early general elections in Bulgaria. Borisov won 25.5 percent of the vote, against 19.9 percent for the recently formed liberal PP party which briefly ruled the country and secured a new set of concessions from Macedonia. The...
Balkans 24.03.22 | 16:44

Borisov compared himself to Navalny

Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that he is the Buglarian “Alexey Navalny”, alluding to the Russian dissident who is kept in a penal colony. Borisov is charged with corruption by EU prosecutor Laura Kovesi and was briefly arrested last week. Borisov now says that the actual reason...
News 19.01.22 | 17:12

Borisov mocks Petkov’s “success” in securing a statement from Macedonia that it doesn’t have territorial claims against Bulgaria

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov responded with mockery to the outcome of new PM Kiril Petkov’s visit to Macedonia. Petkov and his host, Dimitar Kovacevski, announced that they have agreed to resolve one of the Bulgarian objections raised block Macedonia’s opening of its EU accession...
Macedonia 25.12.21 | 10:41

Borisov wished Prime Minister Petkov success as he broadens the dispute with Macedonia

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that his GERB party is prepared to support a compromise that the new Prime Minister Kiril Petkov would reach with Macedonia. Borisov, who instituted the veto policy against Macedonia over the historic and national identity dispute, wished Petkov success...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 10:20

With Borisov on the way out, Macedonia will have to negotiate with new leaders in Bulgaria

A newly formed protest party named PP narrowly won the elections in Bulgaria, ahead of the right wing GERB party. This means that after three elections, Boyko Borisov, the politician who signed the Friendship Treaty with Zaev in 2017 only to veto Macedonia’s EU accession talks in 2020, is very...
Macedonia 12.11.21 | 19:36

Borisov warns that France will force Bulgaria to compromise on Macedonia

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who initiated the policy of vetoing Macedonia’s EU accession talks in exchange for concessions, and who now faces a difficult electoral battle, said that he fears the EU will force Bulgaria to give up on some of its demands. Borisov was talking about...
Balkans 19.09.21 | 11:02

Bulgaria: Borisov’s party opens lead, Plevneliev refused to run for another term as President

The conservative Bulgarian GERB party rose to the top in the polls ahead of the elections in November, amid a drop in popularity for the main protest party – ITN – which challenged GERB’s leader Boyko Borisov. After two inconclusive elections in which ITN was neck and neck with GERB,...
Balkans 12.07.21 | 00:23

Borisov alleges fraud after another inconclusive election in Bulgaria

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov accused the caretaker Government of rigging the early elections held today, after his GERB party won, but with a very narrow margin over the protest ITN party led by showman Slavi Trifonov. The vote, second this year, was marred by exceptionally low turnout...
Macedonia 07.07.21 | 16:56

Bulgarian media report that Borisov is planning to seek asylum in Turkey

Bulgarian media are reporting that former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is planning to seek asylum in Turkey. Borisov’s GERB party won the April elections but without the majority needed to form a new coalition. Since then, a caretaker Government appointed by his political opponent, President Rumen...
Macedonia 17.06.21 | 10:34

Zaev meets Borisov, calls for an “end to the hate”

Zoran Zaev began his visit to Sofia by meeting his political ally and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The two signed the 2017 friendship treaty, which opened way for the Bulgarian claims against Macedonia’s national identity and history, and led to the veto and a serious deterioration of relations...
Macedonia 13.06.21 | 22:15

Borisov warns of growing hatred between Bulgarians and Macedonians

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who instituted the policy of vetoing Macedonia in the EU until it agrees to make major concessions with its national identity and history, warned that the two nations are on the verge of beginning to hate each other. Borisov blamed his political opponent,...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 13:42

Zaev says he went Biblical on Borisov when discussing the origin of the Macedonians

Bulgaria is pressuring Macedonia and conditioning Macedonia’s EU accession talks in a push to claim the medieval history of the region. But in his most recent comments on the dispute, Zoran Zaev went a little further back in history. In an attempt to paint the dispute in an irrational light, he...
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 20:48

Pendarovski: We’ll have to compromise with Bulgaria, chapeau to Vucic on his railroad deal

President Stevo Pendarovski said that Macedonia will have to reach compromise with Bulgaria, and that it remains to be seen how difficult it will be. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia from opening EU accession talks as it demands serious concessions on issues of national identity and history. We want to...
Macedonia 07.04.21 | 12:31

Borisov calls on Trifonov to form the next Bulgarian Government

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that he will propose a new cabinet, given that his GERB party won the most votes in the elections on Sunday, but that he fully expects not to win the majority. As a second step, Borisov called on the second ranked party, ITN led by showman Slavi Trifonov,...
Balkans 06.04.21 | 10:48

Bulgarian socialists offer Slavi Trifonov to lead a coalition that would unseat Prime Minister Borisov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party responded to the offer of a grand coalition by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov by pushing for an “everyone but Borisov” coalition. BSP called on Slavi Trifonov, the showman whose recently founded ITN party surprisingly came out in second place in the elections,...
Macedonia 27.03.21 | 13:54

Bulgaria announces a donation of 5,000 vaccines for Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that he will give 5,000 coronavirus vaccines to Macedonia, out of the batch of 200,000 which Bulgaria expects next week. Borisov said that this will be a friendly gesture toward Macedonia. He added that he expects a full million vaccines in April.  
Macedonia 22.03.21 | 11:40

In near-identical statements, Zaev and Borisov declare that a deal needs to be reached soon

The Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Bulgaria, Zoran Zaev and Boyko Borisov, spoke on the phone today and issued similar statements insisting that the 2017 treaty they signed will be the basis for resolving the growing historic and national identity disputes between the countries. In his statement, Borisov...
Macedonia 08.02.21 | 09:53

Former President Prvanov: Bulgaria and Macedonia became biggest enemies in the Balkans

Former Bulgarian President Georgi Prvanov condemned Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for his escalation of the dispute with Macedonia and raising it at the level of the European Union. “Instead of being closest nations, we became the biggest enemies in the Balkans”, said Prvanov, who was born...
Macedonia 28.01.21 | 10:31

Borisov pays his respect to the deported Jews of Macedonia and Thrace

In his Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov paid his respect to the Jews deported from Macedonia and Thrace. The deportations were carried out by the Bulgarian army, on request from Germany, and the outcry that followed prompted the Bulgarian authorities to refuse...
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