Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 23.11.20 | 20:53

Ambassador Byrnes hopes that the dispute with Bulgaria will be resolved outside from the EU accession talks

American Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes said that the US would like to see the dispute with Bulgaria resolved while Macedonia conducts EU accession talks. We certainly hope that (North) Macedonia will continue with its EU accession process. We made clear our desire to hopefully see its accession...
Macedonia 22.11.20 | 17:28

It’s gonna cost us: Zaev preparing to sell public companies to Bulgaria to have its veto lifted

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski asked the Government to explain whether it is really preparing to sell public companies to Bulgarian companies, as a way to placate Bulgaria and lift its veto. Bulgarian politicians added the lack of openness for business opportunities in Macedonia as one of the...
Macedonia 22.11.20 | 17:06

Former German diplomat in Skopje and Sofia calls on her country to do something about the Bulgarian veto

Former German Ambassador to Macedonia Gudrun Steinecker criticized Bulgaria for its veto against Macedonia, calling its demands insulting, provocative, unscientific and unrealistic. Steinecker, who like a number of other Western diplomats in Macedona is an outspoken supporter of the Zaev regime and the...
Macedonia 21.11.20 | 12:09

Menkinoski: The issue of minority rights in Bulgaria is raised by Europe, not by Macedonia

Bulgaria should not lash out against Macedonia over the issue of Macedonian minority rights – it is a matter raised by the Council of Europe, said VMRO-DPMNE official Toni Menkinoski. One of the reasons for the Bulgarian veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks is that the rights of the...
Macedonia 21.11.20 | 10:55

President’s adviser does not think that the dispute with Bulgaria will be resolved by late 2021

Nenad Markovic, a political studies professor who was named by President Stevo Pendarovski to the National security council, does not expect the growing dispute with Bulgaria to be settle until after the Bulgarian general elections in March 2021. Some in Macedonia are still hoping that the veto can be...
Macedonia 20.11.20 | 11:23

Dimitrov says he is disappointed with the Bulgarian veto

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that he is very disappointed in the fact that Bulgaria blocked the opening of EU accession talks, but that he will continue to work in a way not to give any more reason to Bulgaria for additional vetoes. Bulgaria is using examples of angry comments...
News 19.11.20 | 09:14

Pendarovski: Bulgaria is acting outside the 2017 treaty, violates common sense and democratic norms

In an interview with Austrian ORF TV, Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski blasted the Bulgarian decision to block Macedonia from opening EU accession talks. Pendarovski insisted that the current Bulgarian demands go against common sense and basic democratic principles. When we signed the Friendship...
Macedonia 18.11.20 | 22:14

State Department: Skopje and Sofia to resolve the dispute outside accession process

The United States urge Bulgaria and Macedonia to resolve outstanding bilateral disputes outside the accession process to achieve the shared goal – EU membership for Macedonia. We are clear in our desire to see Macedonia’s candidature enter the negotiating framework by the end of this year,...
Macedonia 18.11.20 | 10:55

Zaev calls Bulgaria’s veto “failure to approve”

Bulgaria’s refusal to approve the negotiating framework for Macedonia is the EU’s greatest defeat, but at the same time it was confirmed in a statement by the chairman, the German Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, that options are still open until December. We should continue searching...
Macedonia 17.11.20 | 13:56

Mickovski: For a year you lied the public about Bulgaria’s intentions as you previously lied that everything was resolved

For a year you lied to the public about Bulgaria’s intentions. As you previously lied that everything was resolved, political analyst Ivor Mickovski commented Tuesday on Facebook. In his post, he published a text from Zoran Zaev’s interview with “Top tema” in June 2018, in which...
Macedonia 17.11.20 | 09:16

Veto confirmed: Bulgaria will not allow the start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations

Today, the Ministers of European Affairs of the EU member states will hold online the long-awaited General Affairs Council, which was to adopt the negotiating framework for Macedonia and Albania, MIA’s correspondent in Brussels reported. At today’s meeting, it is almost certain that Bulgaria...
Macedonia 16.11.20 | 22:05

Dimitrov: At the moment we have negative stance from Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s stance is currently negative and Macedonia’s negotiating framework will not be adopted at the EU General Affairs Council (GAC) on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, said Monday on TV Telma’s “Top tema” show. Our issue will probably...
Macedonia 14.11.20 | 11:48

New request from Bulgaria: Radev demands a special chapter in the negotiating framework for Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev demands the opening of a special chapter in the negotiating framework for Macedonia, which will include all the criteria for good neighborliness. According to him, Bulgaria must first and foremost defend its history, language and identity. No one but ourselves can do that....
Macedonia 14.11.20 | 10:48

Bulgaria confirms position on Macedonia’s EU talks at extraordinary session, fails to say the decision

At an extraordinary online session on Friday, the Bulgarian government reaffirmed its position on the negotiating framework for Macedonia and Albania’s EU accession talks, which are to be discussed at a meeting of the General Affairs Council on November 17, the government’s press service...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 18:59

Milososki: We must know what is being put on the table in the talks with Bulgaria

The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Macedonian Parliament Antonio Milososki (VMRO-DPMNE) reiterated his position that the Zaev Government must inform the public what is it that it is negotiating about with Bulgaria. Zaev and his top diplomats Bujar Osmani and Nikola Dimitrov refused...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 17:14

Nikoloski: We won’t resolve the dispute with Bulgaria if we approach it from a position of inferiority

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski blasted the Zaev Government for keeping the extent of the dispute with Bulgaria secret from the opposition. Zaev proudly refuses to appear before the Parliament, as do his top diplomats, even as the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee schedules hearing...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 16:53

Zaev insists he won’t come to the Parliament to discuss the dispute with Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev justified his refusal and the refusal of his top diplomats to attend a session of Parliament and discuss the latest developments in the dispute with Bulgaria by saying that he doesn’t want to allow the opposition to score political points. Zaev is facing a Bulgarian veto...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 09:20

Zaev has until Tuesday to accept Bulgaria’s demands

Both sides have the right and obligation to represent their own positions, to protect their national interests and to justify policies, but they also have an obligation to care for friendship, as well as to guarantee the European future of the region. We want a solution and it is good to reach it by...
Macedonia 11.11.20 | 18:51

Zaev hopes to reach a deal with Bulgaria by Tuesday

Following his return from the summit in Sofia, Zoran Zaev said that he hopes he will reach agreement with Bulgaria by Tuesday. Zaev held lengthy talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who is blocking Macedonia from opening EU accession talks and demands major concessions on issues of national...
Macedonia 10.11.20 | 21:56

Mucunski: Bulgaria claims it supports us, but in reality is blocks us

As an opposition party, we are kept out of the talks with Bulgaria and don’t have the full information. Clearly the situation is absurd, Bulgaria says that it supports us, but in reality it blocks us, said VMRO-DPMNE official Timco Mucunski on the inconclusive outcome of the summit in Sofia. Mucunski...
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