Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 10.12.21 | 13:05

US urges EU to start talks with Macedonia, Albania after Bulgaria announced it will block only Skopje

Both Albania and Macedonia have implemented tough, substantial reforms, and both deserve to move forward on their path to EU accession, the US Department of State told VOA. It is crucial for the European Union to abide by its commitments, which means opening accession talks with both Macedonia and Albania...
Macedonia 09.12.21 | 18:59

Bulgarian sources deny Grubi’s claim of a new French diplomatic initiative to resolve the dispute over Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry officials and EU officials told BGNES news agency that there is no new French initiative to resolve the dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria, as Zaev’s First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi claimed. In the diplomatic circles there is no such proposal, EU sources told...
Macedonia 09.12.21 | 18:42

Bulgarian Prime Minister Yanev confirms that Macedonia will be vetoed at the European Council next week

Speaking before the Bulgarian Parliament, outgoing caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev confirmed that Macedonia will remain under veto and will not be allowed to open its EU accession talks at the European Council scheduled for next week. Our position is that Macedonia and the Western Balkans, as a...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 22:37

Bulgarian Government confirms that it will block Macedonia’s EU accession talks at the European Council next week

The Bulgarian Government will not change its position to maintain its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks, the BGNES news agency reports, citing sources in the interim Government. Macedonia is hoping that it could be allowed to open its accession talks during the European Council meeting...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 19:20

Bulgarian historian angry after Russia congratulated Macedonia on the day of St. Clement of Ohrid

Macedonia and many other Orthodox Christian countries, Bulgarian included, honor St. Clement of Ohrid today – one of the key disciples of Ss. Cyril and Methodius who is credited with codifying the Cyrillic alphabet and helping spread Christianity among the Slavic world. But the celebration this...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 10:54

Both the Government and the History Commission are silent about what they agreed on the “common” St. Clement of Ohrid, while Bulgaria celebrates “the great Bulgarian holiday”

Today’s great Macedonian holiday, “St. Clement of Ohrid”, the celebration of the Macedonian saint, our greatest educator and teacher, one of the students of Saints Cyril and Methodius who participated in the Moravian mission – is also celebrated in Bulgaria but as a day of Bulgarian...
Macedonia 07.12.21 | 12:48

Buckovski is bothered by Serbization in Macedonia, but not by Bulgarization

The process of Serbization, as you call it, took a long time, Vlado Buckovski, the special representative of the government for overcoming the dispute with Bulgaria, told BGNES. Macedonia has been independent for 30 years. But let us not forget that from 1941 to 1991 we were part of the Yugoslav federation....
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 17:49

The Besa company was using drivers from the Skopje public bus company for its tours to Istanbul

As Macedonia still awaits word from the Bulgarian investigators about what caused the disastrous bus crash on November 23rd that killed 45 people, Macedonian investigators have show that the Besa bus company was using drivers who worked with the Skopje JSP public bus company. The company had a convoy...
Balkans 03.12.21 | 18:15

New parliament in Sofia with fresh prospects of coalition government

Kiril Petkov of the anti-corruption PP party, considered Bulgaria’s future head of government, hopes for a stable government after three elections in the EU country. At the first session of the newly elected parliament on Friday, he announced there would be a coalition agreement next week. “We hope...
News 03.12.21 | 13:52

President Radev blames Macedonian institutions of spreading hatred against Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev accused Macedonian public institutions of spreading hatered toward Bulgarians. During his meetings in Strasbourg with the Presidents of Germany and France, Steinmeier and Macron, Radev said hat “our south-western neighbor should show Euroepan maturity and respect...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:24

Last survivor of the Besa bus crash discharged from hospital, bodies will be returned on Friday

Bulgarian doctors discharged the last, seventh survivor of the Besa bus crash who was still treated in Sofia. All seven passengers have been returned to Macedonia and Serbia, where they continue to undergo treatment. 45 passengers and drivers died in the disaster last Tuesday morning on the Sofia –...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:32

Besa bus disaster: Minister Komitova says that a fuel leak and smoke were noticed before the crash

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova said that there was a likely leak of fuel and smoke from the Besa bus 300 meters ahead of the site of the disaster, where the bus burnt down with the loss of 45 lives. Komitova insists that the state of the road is the main problem – the...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 22:18

Government extends Vlado Buckovski’s term as special envoy for Bulgaria

The government extended the term of Macedonia’s special envoy for Bulgaria Vlado Buckovski during its Tuesday session. His appointment comes at a time when Skopje is making efforts to find a solution with Sofia, which threatens to block Macedonia’s negotiating framework for starting negotiations...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 15:45

Besa bus disaster: The investigation in Bulgaria still hasn’t determined the exact cause of the fire

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova said that the investigators still haven’t determined the exact cause of the fire that engulfed the Besa bus that crashed a week ago, with the loss of 45 lives. The accident happened on the Sofia – Dupnica highway, and Komitova confirmed...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:08

Bulgarian Ministry will present its findings on the state of the highway during the Besa bus disaster

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova is expected to present the results for the inspection conducted by her department following the deadly bus crash a week ago south of Sofia that killed 45 passengers – most of them Macedonian citizens. Komitova’s department is focusing...
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 13:20

Bulgaria wants Macedonia to open its Communist era police files

One of the demands that the Bulgarian would-be coalition partners accepted is that the country demands Macedonia secret police dossiers from the Communist era. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks and lists a number of demands aimed at the Macedonian national identity and...
Macedonia 28.11.21 | 15:54

New ruling coalition in Bulgaria likely to maintain the hardline position toward Macedonia

The group of political parties that are trying to form the next Bulgarian Government agreed to maintain its unified position toward Macedonia, indicating that the country can’t expect much progress at the European Council meeting in mid December. Representatives from the PP party, which narrowly...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 12:31

Coalition partners in Bulgaria will hold public discussions on the dispute with Macedonia

Bulgarian parties that are in talks to form the new ruling coalition will include the dispute with Macedonia as one of the topics where they need to align their positions. The parties, which include three protest movements and the BSP socialist party, will open their talks on foreign policy in the coming...
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 12:27

EC: If Besa Trans bus didn’t have license it shouldn’t have been allowed to cross border

According to European Union regulations, if the Besa Trans bus involved in the accident in Bulgaria, which killed 45 Macedonian nationals, wasn’t licensed to carry passengers, it shouldn’t have been allowed to cross an EU border, in this case Bulgaria’s. EU legislation stipulates a series of...
Macedonia 25.11.21 | 20:51

Interior Minister Spasovski again denies reports that the Besa bus was used to smuggle gasoline

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski again said that the reports about gas and pyrotechnics being smuggled in the ill fated bus that burnt down in Bulgaria with the loss of at least 44 lives are speculations. Such comments harm the investigation instead of helping. According to my information, there is...
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