Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 30.11.20 | 13:25

Zaev’s new railway chief insists that the long delayed link to Bulgaria will be completed in five years

SDSM official Hari Lokvenec, who is being named to head the Macedonian Railways, insisted that the long awaited link to Bulgaria will be completed in five years. One of the demands of the Bulgarian side is that Macedonia finally gets serious about completing infrastructure links between the two countries....
Macedonia 30.11.20 | 10:59

Dacic to Zaev: If you want to embrace Bulgaria that badly, do it

Serbian Parliament Speaker Ivica Dacic said that Zoran Zaev is “not that ignorant of history” and realizes that his recent comments on Bulgaria are false. Dacic was responding to Zaev’s comments that Bulgaria did not occupy but administer Macedonia in World War Two, and later helped...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 21:54

Sela: Bulgarian demands indicate it has territorial claims on Macedonia

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela described the Bulgarian position of Macedonia as indicating that this country still has territorial claims on Macedonia. Sela was speaking with TV21 about the demands Bulgaria is putting forward and using to block Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Recently...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 11:23

Video allegedly showing Bulgarians burning the Macedonian and Serbian flag posted online

Another in the series of provocative videos was posted online – in it, the Macedonian and the Serbian flag are burnt, ostensibly by members of the Bulgarian nationalist VMRO-BND party in the city of Ruse. The incident comes after similarly unverifiable videos of the Bulgarian flag being burnt and...
Macedonia 28.11.20 | 10:49

Council of former ambassadors issues statement critical of Zaev and Bulgaria

The Council of Ambassadors, a group of former diplomats mainly aligned with the ruling SDSM party, came out with strongly worded criticism of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his attempt to surrender in the dispute with Bulgaria. The statement issued today is another indication of the growing rift within...
Macedonia 27.11.20 | 22:36

Infomax: Zaev agreed to expand his treaty with Borisov to include all new Bulgarian demands

The Infomax news site reports that Zoran Zaev is preparing to officially reveal that he is accepting all Bulgarian demands, a move he clearly hinted to in his BGNES interview. Zaev will declare that Macedonia and Bulgaria have a “common history” and will give up the exclusive Macedonian right...
Macedonia 27.11.20 | 18:46

Ahmeti says he will show solidarity with Macedonians in the dispute with Bulgaria, but wants a rational solution to be found as soon as possible

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that he will stand with the ethnic Macedonian citizens who face pressure on their national identity, and urges as resolution to the dispute with Bulgaria as soon as possible. In this situation we of course will show solidarity with our Macedonian fellow citizens. We’ve...
Macedonia 27.11.20 | 17:08

Sekerinska: Macedonia has a glorious anti-fascist past, but…

Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska today spoke out in praise of the anti-fascist past of Macedonia, but insisted that she can’t allow it to stand in the way of future European integration. Macedonia is faced with demands from Bulgaria to revide its history, especially the references to the partisan...
Macedonia 26.11.20 | 11:48

Pendarovski vs. Zaev: My 20-year experience in international politics allows me to accurately measure my words

The Macedonian-Bulgarian dispute can be resolved only if the dignity of both the Macedonian and the Bulgarian people is respected, and by avoiding the dangerous trap of historical revisionism when it is based on political constructions instead of facts, said President Stevo Pendarovski in an interview...
Macedonia 26.11.20 | 10:31

Message from Belgrade to Zaev: You wretched man, are you normal !?

The editor-in-chief of the Serbian pro-government newspaper “Informer”, Dragan Vučićević, who is close to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, sent a direct message to Zoran Zaev. In the message, Vučićević expressed anger that Zaev in the interview with BGNES portrayed the Serbs as occupiers...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 22:27

Pendarovski has no comment on Zaev’s shocking BGNES interview

President Stevo Pendarovski declined questions from the press to comment on the shocking interview Zoran Zaev gave for the Bulgarian BGNES news site. On top of his claims that Bulgaria was not an occupier but merely an administrator in World War Two, and the blurring of lines between the two nations,...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 19:48

Descendant of Mirka Ginova lashes out at Zaev: This fool is harming our country

A descendant of Mirka Ginova, famous socialist fighter during World War Two who was brutally murdered by Greek monarchist forces in 1946, angrily dismissed the comments Zoran Zaev made to the BGNES news site today. Somebody please reel in this fool. He is so illiterate, he shouldn’t be allowed...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 19:33

Members of the historic committee with Bulgaria condemn Zaev’s statements, ask him to stick to his lane

Historians who are part of the joint committee with Bulgaria are coming out against the interview Prime Minister Zoran Zaev gave to the Bulgarian BGNES news agency. Hisorian Ljubica Spaskovska spoke out publicly, and Deutsche Welle reports that at least two others have also voiced strong criticism of...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 15:38

It is absolutely true that Goce Delcev felt like a Bulgarian, Zaev tells BGNES

We must allow the common and shared history to unite us, the citizens of both countries – both Bulgarians and Macedonians – to feel it. Because if Goce Delcev did not exist, we would have to invent him so that he would unite us. Because history is common in a past region, territory of regional...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 15:26

According to Zaev, Yugoslavia was to blame for Macedonia’s bad relations with Bulgaria, we also had a common history

We don’t have shared history. We have a common history, Macedonian Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, said in an interview with the BGNES agency, Bulgarian media report. Goce Delcev is a revolutionary for both Bulgarians and Macedonians, who fought for the freedom of Macedonia and the Edirne region. We...
Balkans 25.11.20 | 11:57

It is not just Bulgaria: Other EU countries also oppose start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev says his country is not the only one blocking Macedonia’s EU path, and that other countries such as France and the Netherlands have doubts about starting negotiations. At the moment, an image is being created that Bulgaria is the only EU country...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 19:34

Nikoloski: Macedonian historians prevented Zaev from making additional, disastrous concessions

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski praised the group of Macedonian historians appointed to the joint committee with Bulgaria for doing their job well. Nikoloski said that if it weren’t for their resistance, Zoran Zaev would have imposed many additional concessions on Macedonia, on issues...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 15:07

Arsovski: Zaev is a thief and a liar, he promised Bulgaria a major bank, state shares in Telekom, the railway…

Zoran Zaev is nothing buta  thief and a brutal liar. Zoran Zaev is the man who deprived the Republic of Macedonia of its identity and dishonored the Macedonian people, only for his personal interests. Instead of hiding behind hopeful statements he makes these days, Zoran Zaev should answer a few things...
Economy 24.11.20 | 12:31

Bocvarski: We are investing in good neighborliness, 50 million euros for road connection with Bulgaria

We are investing 50 million euros in the road infrastructure for connection with Bulgaria, the Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoj Bocvarski said Tuesday during the inspection of the activities on the reconstruction of the Trstija – Bigla road. Bocvarski stressed that the investments...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 11:22

Ahmeti expects good news from Bulgaria by the end of the year

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti said in an interview with TV 21 that he expects to have good news from Sofia by the end of the year regarding the dispute with Macedonia. Overcoming misunderstandings between the two countries is a matter of time. I do not think it is time to share with the public about the offers...
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