Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 24.02.22 | 23:02

Proposal to make the Bulgarian demands part of Macedonia’s EU accession process is unacceptable to VMRO-DPMNE

If Bulgaria succeeds to make its demands part of Macedonia’s EU accession process, that will be the start of a hellish period where we will constantly be under pressure, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Earlier this year, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov indicated that...

Macedonia 24.02.22 | 09:27

If Kovacevski accepts Bulgarian demands to enter the negotiating framework, then it could lead to deprivation of identity

The dispute with Bulgaria is a result of the short-sightedness and amateurism of the Zaevism and now it is the main obstacle on Macedonia’s path to the European Union. Unfortunately, the policy of the Zaevism continues in the behavior of Dimitar Kovacevski, said VMRO-DPMNE. Kovacevski rejects...

Macedonia 22.02.22 | 17:49

Levica: Macedonian Constitution once again turned into means of fulfilling chauvinistic wishes from neighboring countries

After the meeting between the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Bulgaria at the Security Conference in Munich, Kiril Petkov announced the inclusion of Bulgarians in the Macedonian Constitution, and the Government of SDSM and DUI with a joint proposal to the European Commission will guarantee the new constitutional...

Macedonia 20.02.22 | 18:03

Kovacevski plans to commit before the EU that Macedonia will add the Bulgarian minority in its Constitution, without reciprocity

In an interview with Euractiv, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that he reached agreement with Dimitar Kovacevski for a joint statement to the EU. This statement would bind Macedonia to amend its Constitution before it joins the EU, and to add the Bulgarian minority in the Preamble. Kovacevski...

Macedonia 20.02.22 | 12:35

Number of Macedonians who received Bulgarian passports over the past 15 years revised down

The Bulgarian BGNES news agency published a much scaled back estimate of the number of Macedonians who obtained dual Bulgarian citizenship. According to the agency, over the past 15 years, during which having a Bulgarian passport meant easier access to the EU labour market, 86,566 Macedonians sought...

Macedonia 19.02.22 | 13:51

Mickoski warns that Kovacevski is preparing to accept extremely intrusive Bulgarian demands

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski warned that Kovacevski Government is ignoring his offer to reach national unity on the dispute with Bulgaria and is preparing for major concessions. Mickoski warned that the Bulgarian demands go far beyond amending the Constitution to include the Bulgarian minority...

Macedonia 16.02.22 | 14:05

VMRO-DPMNE will not support any trading with Bulgaria, said Mickoski

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski said Wednesday that he does not intend to support any trading in terms of talks with Bulgaria. According to him, if the government had an honest intention to include the opposition in the process, it should have first shared the 5 + 1 questionnaire with it...

Balkans 14.02.22 | 12:51

Bulgaria wants to ban our country from celebrating October 11 as national holiday

For example, it is still there celebrated as a holiday, as they call it, when the first rifle fired against the Bulgarians in October. If you do not change anything from the previous regime of Tito’s Yugoslavia, you cannot enter the EU with the same ideology, because that ideology is directly directed...

Macedonia 11.02.22 | 19:46

Fourth expert meeting between Macedonia and Bulgaria ends without result

The fourth expert meeting between the ministries of foreign affairs of the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria ended without result. The talks focused on the so-called package of political issues, BNR reported. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said the dialogue took place in Sofia in a constructive...

Macedonia 10.02.22 | 15:55

Mickoski: It’s good that the Government doesn’t have two thirds majority in Parliament and can’t make harmful concessions to Bulgaria

The Macedonian people should closely follow the negotiations with Bulgaria because, the way things are going, it won’t end well, warned VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski. I’m concerned that the Government is trading away things that shouldn’t be subject to negotiations. The talks...

Macedonia 10.02.22 | 14:15

First direct flight from Sofia lands tomorrow in Skopje

The first direct passenger flight from Sofia is expected to land at the Skopje airport tomorrow. The line, operated by the Bulgarian Gulliver company, is going to be made permanent likely in March. Bulgarian Government officials will arrive with the flight tomorrow to continue negotiations with their...

Macedonia 10.02.22 | 12:20

Macedonia and Bulgaria will discuss political issues on Friday

While the two countries are trying to divert their historic dispute, on Friday, a meeting of the expert group on political issues will be met. This group is made up of representatives of the two foreign ministries, and besides the joint historic commission, this will likely be the most difficult of the...

Macedonia 07.02.22 | 14:55

Vankovska: We are at the end of our rope in the negotiations with Bulgaria

Professor Biljana Vankovska calls for an immediate end to the negotiations with Bulgaria. We are at the end of our rope. The Government continues with its invertebrate policies and is preparing to make new concessions to the Bulgarians. They don’t want to publish the content of the new agreement,...

Macedonia 05.02.22 | 22:06

Osmani: The Zaev – Borisov treaty prevents Macedonia from raising the Macedonian minority issue in Bulgaria

During a news briefing today, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani explained that Macedonia no longer has the right to support the rights and interests of ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria and Greece. Osmani said that the case with Bulgaria is due to the Friendship Treaty signed by Zoran Zaev and Boyko Borisov...

Macedonia 05.02.22 | 13:47

Osmani: Four fifths of the talks with Bulgaria will be about the future

During a press briefing today, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that the bulk of the renewed negotiations with Bulgaria will be about the future, not the past. Prime Ministers Dimitar Kovacevski and Kiril Petkov agreed to set up four new commissions, that will negotiate infrastructure, economy, culture...

Macedonia 05.02.22 | 13:42

Minister Gencovska visited the new BTA office in Skopje

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Gencovska visited the newly opened press center in Skopje that is managed by the Bulgarian state ran BTA news agency. Cooperation between the two state news agencies, BTA and MIA, is one of the elements of the recently renewed negotiations between Macedonia and Bulgaria....

Macedonia 03.02.22 | 22:01

Mickoski asks Bulgaria to apologize for the deportation of the Macedonian Jews and to give guarantees that its minority rights demands will be the last obstacle raised against Macedonia

Regarding the dispute over mutual recognition of minority rights, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski made a new proposal to Bulgaria – he asked the country to put it in writing that this will be its last request from Macedonia, and to apologize for the deportation of the Macedonian Jews during...

Macedonia 01.02.22 | 22:23

Bulgarian nationalist chanted “Macedonia is Bulgarian” in a row over Kovacevski’s visit to Sofia

Bulgarian nationalists were gathered in downtown Sofia late last week to protest the decision of the Bulgarian BNT television not to air a film during the visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and much of his Government. The television planned to air a movie depicts the Communist persecution...

Macedonia 01.02.22 | 18:01

Pendaroski told the Macedonian groups from Bulgaria that he can’t help them in any way

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he did not give any assurances to the representatives of ethnic Macedonians from Bulgaria, that he will represent their demands and help them improve their position in Bulgaria. Pendarovski’s meeting with representatives of OMO “Ilinden” – Pirin and other...

Macedonia 31.01.22 | 22:32

Justice Minister Maricic asks for help from the opposition to meet the new round of Bulgarian demands

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic asked the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party to support the Bulgarian demands to amend the Macedonian Constitution and add the Bulgarian minority to the Preamble. VMRO insists that this can only happen if Bulgaria accepts reciprocity and names the Macedonian minority in its Constitution...

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