Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 17:45

Document with which Bulgaria conditions Macedonia’s date for EU negotiations, and which “Zaev and Dimitrov” hid released

In addition to the name change, renouncing the Macedonian language, minority and much of its history has become a condition for Macedonia to get a date for the start of negotiations with the European Union, claims VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. He released a scandalous document that...
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 08:59

Pendarovski dismisses Bulgaria’s statement

President Stevo Pendarovski dismissed the Bulgarian statement that was linked to the European Council decision to approve the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. While agreeing to the decision that again carries no actual date to open the talks, Bulgaria also submitted a statement in which...
Macedonia 17.04.20 | 14:58

Dimitrov rejects latest Bulgarian statement linked to the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia

The MKD.mk news site published a statement prepared by Bulgaria that was added to the conclusions of the European Council, which recommended the opening of accession talks with Macedonia – without setting a date. The statement includes a list of demands from Macedonia, such as denouncing any mention...
Balkans 17.04.20 | 10:48

Bulgaria closes its capital Sofia for the weekend to slow the spread of the virus

Bulgarian authorities have ordered the capital city of Sofia closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The order is in place during the coming weekend, which is the Easter weekend according to the Julian calendar. The Government feared that many will use the four day weekend to get out of the...
Balkans 16.04.20 | 18:14

Bulgaria donates 100 protective suits and masks to Macedonia’s Ministry of Defense

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense has donated 100 protective suits and masks to Macedonia’s Ministry of Defense as a sign of solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus spread. The protective equipment can be used up to 50 times, meaning up to 5,000 working days for medical personnel on the front...
Balkans 18.03.20 | 10:17

Bulgaria quarantines the Bansko ski resort

Bulgarian authorities introduced a quarantine on the town and ski resort of Bansko, on Mt. Pirin. Bulgaria has a total of 81 coronavirus cases and three of them were diagnosed in Bansko, among people working in the ski resorts. The Government sees massively visited ski resorts as very dangerous for spreading...
Macedonia 30.01.20 | 22:42

Bulgarian authorities found more than a 100 containers with Italian garbage imported by a company with Macedonian links

Bulgarian authorities say they’ve uncovered 102 additional containers filled with garbage from Italy, that were imported by a company co-owned by Macedonians. Blaze Ignatov and Goran Angelov, the latter being the long acting head of the Drisla dump site near Skopje, were partners with Italian businessmen...
Macedonia 18.01.20 | 18:35

Head of the Skopje main waste plant linked to a company under investigation for importing waste to Bulgaria

Goran Angelov, director of Skopje’s main Drisla dump site, was a co-owner of an Italian registered company that was found importing waste to Bulgaria, Bulgarian media outlets report. A ship loaded with waste that docked in the Bulgarian port of Varna, BTV reports, was chartered by the Italian registered...
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 10:15

Macedonian historians confirm they asked for a “temporary pause” in their talks with Bulgaria, to avoid influencing pre-election politics

Macedonian representatives in the joint commission of historians created with Bulgaria have confirmed that they have asked for its work to be paused due to the early general elections in Macedonia. Bulgarian representative Angel Dimitrov yesterday said that the Macedonian side unilaterally stopped the...
Macedonia 17.12.19 | 23:08

Macedonian historians withdrew from the commission with Bulgaria unilaterally, Angel Dimitrov says

Bulgarian historian and diplomat Angel Dimitrov, who heads the Bulgarian team in the joint historic commission with Macedonia, said that it is unclear whether the commission will meet again in May. Dimitrov blamed the Macedonian historians of abandoning its work at the latest meeting in Sofia and of...
Macedonia 13.12.19 | 21:06

After talking to Borisov, Zaev says he will not file a protest to Bulgaria over the Macedonian language issue

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he spoke with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, and decided that there is no need to send a protest note to the Bulgarian Government. Zaev initially said that he will react after the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences issued a declaration insisting that the...
Macedonia 12.12.19 | 22:44

Dimitrov pleads with Bulgaria to show greatness in the language dispute

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov pleaded with Bulgaria not to allow the deterioration of relations with Macedonia, as result of the move by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to deny the uniqueness of the Macedonian language. In a Facebok comment Dimitrov lists a brief history of how the Macedonian language...
Macedonia 12.12.19 | 22:17

Mickoski demands that Zaev assumes responsibility for the constant pressures against the Macedonian national identity

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski denounced the position of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences that the Macedonian language is not a separate, stand along language, and called on the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to assume responsibility for undermining Macedonia’s national red lines. Zaev...
Macedonia 12.12.19 | 16:47

Zaev says he will respond after the Bulgarian Academy denounced the existence of the Macedonian language

Outgoing Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that his Government will react to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which came out with a position that the Macedonian language does not exist as an independent language, and is merely a western Bulgarian dialect. We will respond because this issue...
Macedonia 08.12.19 | 11:40

MEP Dzhambazki says that Macedonia is the second Bulgarian state, wants no borders between Ohrid and the Black Sea

Bulgarian nationalist member of the European Parliament Angel Dzhambazki said that he considers Macedonia to be the second Bulgarian state in the Balkans, and that Macedonia’s entry into the EU will unify the Bulgarian nation. I will never call it North or South or Upper or Lower, for me it is...
Macedonia 29.11.19 | 12:29

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha says that Macedonia and Albania should join the EU under the current rules

Former Bulgarian Tsar and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha said that Macedonia should be allowed to join the European Union under the current rules. The goal is to spread the European Union to the borders of Europe. And countries such as Macedonia, Albania and even Bosnia and Herzegovina naturally...
Macedonia 24.11.19 | 14:13

Bulgaria will require additional guarantees from Macedonia if VMRO wins the elections

Bulgarian member of European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev says that the country will have to demand additional guarantees from Macedonia in case VMRO-DPMNE wins the April 2020 elections. The comment comes after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov broadcast on Facebook his conversation with VMRO leader...
World 23.10.19 | 19:14

Borisov says the truck in which 39 bodies were found has not entered Bulgaria since 2017

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that the Bulgarian registered lorry which was found in Britain carrying 39 dead illegal immigrants, has not entered Bulgaria since 2017. This, according to Borisov, means that the migrants did not board in Bulgaria. The truck arrived in Britain via a Belgian...
Macedonia 16.10.19 | 23:38

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians fail to find common ground during their Ohrid round of talks

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians failed to reach agreement on the “issue of Goce Delcev” during their talks in Ohrid today. The issue came to the foreground as Bulgaria wants to draw concessions before as quickly as possible. There are issues where we didn’t agree and some issues...
Macedonia 11.10.19 | 19:40

Gruevski hopes that Bulgaria will stop obsessing over the Macedonian history

Former Macedonian Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski wished that the neighboring countries, especially Bulgaria, will end their obsession with the Macedonian history so that the region can begin to live together and look toward the future. Gruevski wrote a message congratulating the Macedonian...
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