Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 18.08.23 | 18:42

VMRO held firm, DUI-SDSM-AA failed in their first attempt to pass the Bulgarian amendments

In the Macedonian Parliament today, the coalition of DUI, SDSM and the Alliance of Albanians were unable to show enough votes to amend the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. During the vote to set the agenda for the day, all VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament held firm, and the majority had...
Macedonia 16.08.23 | 12:04

Zaharieva revealed Bulgaria’s wishes: It is best if there are no borders between our countries

The Republic of Macedonia must implement the necessary reforms and meet the conditions if it wants to start the negotiations with the EU, ex-MoFA of Bulgaria, and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva, said on Wednesday commenting on the pending voting on...
Macedonia 16.08.23 | 10:37

Bulgarians did not pick Goce Delcev in a poll of their main national heroes

A poll conducted in Bulgaria over who is the most important national hero in the country’s history did not include Goce Delcev – even though Bulgarian historians and politicians are trying to push Macedonia to declare him as a Bulgarian. The list is dominated by the leading Bulgarian revolutionary...
Macedonia 10.08.23 | 21:49

Aggeler: Corruption continues to be the biggest challenge facing this country

US Ambassador to Macedonia Angela Aggeler again warned that corruption is the worst issue that the country faces. Corruption continues to be one of if not the biggest challenge facing this country. It was when I was here before and frankly it has also been a systemic problem since independence. So one...
Macedonia 09.08.23 | 17:49

Bulgarian MEP Kyuchyuk warns Macedonia that it will fall behind Albania

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Ilhan Kyuchyuk warned Macedonia that it will fall behind Albania in its EU accession if it doesn’t approve the Bulgarian demands for constitutional amendments. Without amending the Constitution, Macedonia really can’t begin negotiations with the...
Macedonia 09.08.23 | 14:51

Professor Friedman: Only in the period of fascism, when the Bulgars beat the Macedonian children who spoke Macedonian, this language was a Bulgarian dialect

The Macedonian language is a separate Slavic language like Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian. The current problems will be somehow solved, but the Macedonian language exists and it will continue to exist, Professor Victor Friedman Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, perhaps the greatest American and...
Macedonia 05.08.23 | 12:31

Kovachevski’s silence about the Bulgarian provocations on Ilinden points to the the possibility that he already accepted the Bulgarian narrative

For two days Kovachevski, Osmani, and Marichikj are hiding from the public after the insukts and the humilation from Sofia on Ilinden, VMRO-DPMNE reacted on Suturday. “The Bulgarian President and PM, that is to say, the entire Bulgarian political leadership bulgarized the Ilinden Uprising, presenting...
Balkans 05.08.23 | 09:53

Bulgaria could veto Serbia over its demand for reciprocity in minority rights

Bulgaria strongly protested against the statement from Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who demands equal treatment in minoritu issues between the two countries. Similarly to its approach toward Macedonia, where Bulgaria blocks the country’s EU accession as it demands that the Bulgarian minority...
Macedonia 04.08.23 | 11:10

Bulgaria appropriates Ilinden, Kovachevski is silent

Kovachevski, Marichikj, and Osmani really embarrassed themselves on this IlinThey celebrated it without mentioning that it is a Macedonian holiday and abused it to convince the people that the constitutional amendments are good, despite that 80% of the people are against them, VMRO-DPMNE reacts in its...
Macedonia 03.08.23 | 20:11

Records from Bulgaria show that Ilinden was a Macedonian uprising

The 120th anniversary of Ilinden reignited the dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria – after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev came out with a position that Ilinden is a Bulgarian uprising. But photographs from Sofia, of the subsequent celebrations of Ilinden, show that it was always considered...
Macedonia 02.08.23 | 16:04

Radev congratulated Pendarovski on “this significant event from the two countries’ joint history

The head of the Bulgarian state Rumen Radev congratulated the Macedonian President on the state holiday Ilinden – Day of the Republic, Radev’s press service informed. The Bulgarian President writes that this year we mark the 120th anniversary of the Ilinden – Preobrazhenie Uprising...
Macedonia 31.07.23 | 21:16

Professor Siljanovska Davkova: DUI’s ministers resignations are a mere political maneuver

The so-called resignations submitted by DUI ministers are a simulation and a political maneuver. The constitutional procedure is very clear – the submitted resignations must be immediately sent to Parliament to decide, or in this case, to accept their resignations, professor Gordana Siljanovska...
Macedonia 30.07.23 | 13:02

Bulgarian representatives demand that the EU responds to the stabbing of a Levski fan in Skopje

A group of Bulgarian members of the European Parliament came out with a request that the EU responds to the assault on Bulgarian football fans during the Shkupi – Levski match on Thursday. One of the Levski fans was stabbed while trying to drive through Cair, a majority Albanian neighborhood in...
Macedonia 28.07.23 | 22:15

MoFA condemns Thursday’s incidents before, during and after Shkupi – Levski football match

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) condemns Thursday’s incidents in Skopje that happened before, during, and after the Shkupi – Levski football match. Violence, said the Ministry, is not acceptable in any circumstances, especially not when it results in serious injuries. The security authorities,...
Macedonia 22.07.23 | 22:45

Bulgaria lays claim on the Ilinden Uprising

The PP party, which is part of the ruling coalition in Bulgaria, proposed a resolution to the Parliament declaring the Ilinden Uprising – or the Ilindensko-Preobrazensko Uprising as it is known in Bulgaria, as a Bulgarian historic event. “It was the wreath of the Bulgarian national-liberation...
Macedonia 21.07.23 | 18:25

If the Constitution is changed, Macedonia could be asked to celebrate its annexation

A number of side-effects of the Government’s push to include the Bulgarian nation in the Preamble are being discussed. The controversial proposal would mean that Macedonia would have to introduce a national holiday dedicated to the Bulgarian nation. The main national holiday in Bulgaria at the...
Macedonia 20.07.23 | 13:45

Mickoski: Macedonia can’t amend its Constitution without guarantees

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that it is unacceptable for Macedonia to accept the Bulgarian demands without guarantees for its identity, without a package of assistance from the EU and meeting the other demands the party made. The reasons to reject...
Macedonia 19.07.23 | 12:49

Nikoloski: Foreign diplomats coming to Macedonia are not persuaded in their mission

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski says that the European diplomats, who are coming to Skopje and asking the opposition to support the Bulgarian demands, are doing so without much enthusiasm and some are refusing to do a mission to Skopje. Nikoloski compared this to the previous such pressure...
Macedonia 17.07.23 | 11:33

Bulgaria doesn’t need to impose new demands – they have the Zaev – Borisov Agreement, the Protocols…

Aided  by diplomats from the EU, Bulgaria implements a new tactic aiming to force the Macedonian opposition to vote for the constitutional amendments Following last week visit by the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, on Monday the so-called Weimar Three, consisted...
Macedonia 14.07.23 | 09:01

US diplomat Chollet urges Macedonia to accept the Bulgarian demands

In a statement to MIA, US diplomat Derek Chollet called on Macedonia to accept the Bulgarian demands and amend its Constitution. Chollet praised the country for what he called “courage and dedication” in the concessions made to Greece to bring Macedonia into NATO and insisted that now a new...
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