Tag: Bulgaria
Balkans 23.11.21 | 11:08

Bulgaria to declare a day of mourning

Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said that the Bulgarian government is considering a day of mourning for the “Besa Trans” bus tragedy that killed 45 passengers, but also for yesterday’s tragedy in Bulgaria when a fire in a retirement home killed 9 people. Today is a special day. Two great...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:45

Eyewitness: Bus driver made a mistake on the road, made a sudden turn of the steering wheel, hit the road sign with the front tire and that’s how the tragedy happened

The scene can’t be described, says one of the first to arrive at the scene of the bus accident, Vasko Pirgov from the regional administration of Pernik. He was awakened early in the morning and sent to the scene of the accident. The police and the fire service were already there. I think the driver...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:33

Zaev: Passengers are from Macedonia, one from Presevo, one Belgian national

Experts will determine the cause for the accident. The victims come from Skopje but also other places. They are all Macedonian nationals, along with one citizen of Serbia’s Presevo, who went to Istanbul together with his fiancée from Kumanovo. The list of passengers also includes a Belgian national,...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:09

“Besa Trans” company has no comment yet, relatives of the bus fire victims gather in front of its Skopje office

“Besa Trans”, the company that owns the bus that caught fire at the Struma motorway in Bulgaria, is registered in Kyustendil, Bulgarian media report after checking the country’s trade register. The travel agency “Besa Trans” has been operating since 2011, and since 2019 its...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:38

Mickoski: There are no words that can express grief in such moments

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski extended his condolences to the families of those killed in the bus accident on the motorway in Bulgaria early on Tuesday. There are no words that can express grief in such moments. Condolences to the families of the victims. This is a great tragedy for Macedonia,...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:28

Pendarovski extends condolences: I expect a full investigation and responsibility for the tragedy

President Stevo Pendarovski has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the bus accident on a motorway in Bulgaria early on Tuesday. In these difficult moments, I express my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all persons and our fellow citizens...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:12

The bus that caught fire in Bulgaria carrying young people coming back from excursion is registered to “Besa Trans”

The bus that caught fire in Bulgaria early on Tuesday, in which at least 46 people were killed, is registered to “Besa Trans”, a company that organizes travel and shopping tours in Istanbul. According to preliminary information, the bus carried mainly young people coming back from an excursion in...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 09:05

Osmani: The bus that caught fire in Bulgaria is owned by a Skopje agency, tourists were returning from the extended weekend

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani told Bulgarian media that more than 40 people had been killed in the horrific bus accident in Bulgaria. As far as I know, the travel agency is from Skopje, and I believe that most of the citizens are from Skopje, Osmani said. Asked by reporters whether they know the age...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 08:59

Zaev: Horrific tragedy, victims are mostly young people probably on way back from excursion

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who left for Sofia overnight together with Health Minister Venko Filipce and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, told MIA that one of the survivors has said a loud explosion was heard prior to the accident that claimed at least 45 lives at a motorway in Bulgaria. I am in contact...
Macedonia 23.11.21 | 08:35

TRAGEDY: 46 dead in a Macedonian bus fire in Bulgaria

A Macedonian bus returning home from a trip to Istanbul caught fire overnight, while crossing through Bulgaria. Almost all of the passengers were killed in the tragedy. Most of the killed are Macedonian citizens, but reportedly there are also Serbian citizens among them. Initial reports are that 46 people...
Macedonia 22.11.21 | 22:07

Pendarovski doesn’t expect progress in the dispute with Bulgaria in December or January

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he approves getting the EU more involved in the dispute with Bulgaria, but said that Bulgaria rejects this option. Bulgaria blocks Macedonia from opening EU accession talks as it demands major concessions in the area of national identity, history and language. We...
Macedonia 19.11.21 | 17:39

Bulgaria’s blockade of Macedonia’s EU integration is an investment in antagonism rather than in friendship, says Dimitrov

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov said at a discussion on EU enlargement policy with the Western Balkans in Madrid that Bulgaria’s blockade of Macedonia’s EU integration was an investment in antagonism rather than in friendship. Dimitrov said that there is no legal...
Macedonia 19.11.21 | 11:33

Mickoski: The Bulgarian demands are indecent and contrary to European values

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the Bulgarian demands, that Macedonia thoroughly rewrites its history and redefines its national identity, are “indecent and contrary to European values”. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks until a long list...
Macedonia 19.11.21 | 11:25

Macedonian groups in Bulgaria say they were not allowed to declare their identity during the census

In a joint statement, organizations of Macedonians in Bulgaria outline the numerous violations of their human rights, their ability to self-identify as Macedonians and to politically organize. One issue they raise is the lack of a designated option to declare Macedonian identity at the census. The census...
Macedonia 19.11.21 | 09:01

“Not enough time to resolve the Macedonia – Bulgaria dispute by the EU summit in December”

Former Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Ljubomir Kuchukov warned that there is no time by the European Council in mid December to resolve the dispute with Macedonia, and that Bulgaria can’t open the EU accession talks by then. At the moment, in Bulgaria, the talks to form a new Government are...
Macedonia 18.11.21 | 21:57

Bulgaria says it will not support the start of EU negotiations with Macedonia

Bulgaria cannot support the holding of the first intergovernmental conference with Macedonia, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry told BGNES, after the winning party in the elections in Bulgaria, “We continue the change” sent positive signals about the possibility of lifting the blockade on the...
Macedonia 18.11.21 | 10:43

Zaev expected to agree to having the Bulgarian demands officially made part of Macedonia’s EU accession process

With the idea of getting Bulgaria to lift its veto and opening EU accession talks in December slipping out of reach, and with Zaev’s term in office also likely coming to an end, Republika has been informed that Zaev’s next attempt will be to shift the issue down the road. With protest parties...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 12:24

Only 650 votes cast in polling stations in Macedonia for the Bulgarian elections

Of the more than 100,000 Macedonian citizens who hold a dual Bulgarian citizenship, only about 650 votes yesterday in the general and presidential elections. Most of the votes in the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje and consulates across the country were cast for the GERB party (207), followed by the nationalist...
Balkans 14.11.21 | 22:13

New protest party expected to win the elections in Bulgaria, but again no easy path to majority

Exit polls show that Bulgaria will have another fragmented Parliament, with the conservative GERB party on course to lose to a newly formed protest party called We Keep the Change by a few points – both parties are estimated at between 23 and 26 percent of the vote. Third ranked is the Turkish...
Macedonia 14.11.21 | 10:51

Radev: Macedonia’s EU accession talks won’t depend on the new Bulgarian Parliament, but on steps Macedonia must take

A day before the early general and presidential elections in Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev said that Macedonia will be allowed to open its long awaited EU accession talks if it “roots out hate speech against Bulgaria and stops systemically destroying the Bulgarian cultural heritage”. Rhetoric...
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