Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 17.05.23 | 22:03

Pendarovski: If we didn’t share the information within the NATO system as a member country, we would be unable to deal with the Russian propaganda

President Stevo Pendarovski took part on Wednesday in the leadership meeting organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policies, titled The Russian Aggression on Ukraine: A New Momentum in EU Enlargement?”, where he addressed the significance of NATO membership and the influence of Russian...
News Macedonia 17.05.23 | 14:47

Nikolovski: The demand to amend the Constitution is not the end of it, but the beginning of the Bulgarian demands to change the history

It is genuinely an essential issue, an issue that burdens the Macedonian EU integration processes for 20 years now. First, in 2000 the state signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement, in 2005 Macedonia became a candidate country for EU membership, along with Croatia. Today, Croatia is not only...
Macedonia 11.05.23 | 15:40

Kovatchev dismisses the explanation of the Macedonian Government; reports that Bulgaria also has a “black list”

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev, who was banned from entering Macedonia this weekend, dismissed the explanation offered by the Interior Ministry. Kovatchev, who is an outspoken nationalist on the Macedonian issue, but is also influential in Brussels, was banned because he...
Macedonia 30.04.23 | 11:29

14 year old boy kills Macedonian citizen in Bulgaria after he reportedly solicited sex

A 50 year old Macedonian citizen was brutally murdered by a 14 year old boy from the city of Nesebar. Igor Nikolovski, who lives in Bulgaria, reportedly solicited sex from the boy, identified as Mihail N. According to the Bulgarian police, Mihail initially agreed, but when the two went to a forest near...
Macedonia 18.04.23 | 12:34

Dispute with Bulgaria: The Government will name members to the committee to rewrite the Preamble

In the coming days the Justice Ministry is expected to announce the names of the legal experts it will name to a committee that is supposed to draft constitutional amendments in accordance with the Bulgarian demands. Opposition parties refuse to take part in this process, and the committee will be staffed...
Macedonia 14.04.23 | 22:17

Osmani: There will be no special place for the Bulgarians in the Constitution

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that the planned inclusion of the Bulgarian nation in the Constitution will be at the same level as all the other nations mentioned in the Preamble, and through the text – and not in some exclusive fashion. The statement comes after reports that Bulgaria may ask...
Macedonia 12.04.23 | 11:27

James Rubin blames foreign misinformation for the public rejection of the Bulgarian demands in Macedonia

US misinformation envoy James Rubin urged Macedonia to accept the demands made by Bulgaria and blamed foreign misinformation on the fact that the so-called French proposal is highly unpopular with the public. According to Rubin, there are forces in the region and in Russia who are working to prevent...
Macedonia 11.04.23 | 21:25

BGNES: Climate of hatred toward Bulgarians is now a bigger issue than the Constitution

BGNES, a Bulgarian news outlet that is often very harsh on the Macedonian issue, notes that amending the Constitution to include the Bulgarian nation in the Preamble is now a small issue, compared to the deteriorating overall atmosphere and the security of Bulgarians in Macedonia. According to BGNES,...
Macedonia 11.04.23 | 13:35

Macedonians and Bulgarians have shortest life expectancy in the region

Macedonians and Bulgarians have the lowest life expectancy in the region and among the lowest in Europe, data from UN compiled by Landgeist shows. Macedonians live 75.7 years on average, and only Bulgarians have lower life expectancy in the region – 74.9. In Europe, Ukraine and Russia are at 72...
Macedonia 11.04.23 | 00:31

Nikoloski: Under the Bulgarian proposal, the Macedonians will be put on equal footing with the Bulgarians

If the request for constitutional amendments is accepted, Macedonians will be made equal to the Bulgarians in the Constitution, warned VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. During a Sitel TV interview, Nikoloski reiterated that VMRO wants to have the Croatian constitutional model introduced...
Macedonia 10.04.23 | 12:18

The Government is going to debate itself on the Bulgarian amendments

The main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, as well as parties like Alternative, Levica, SPM and DS, announced that they will not nominate members to the committee that will draft amendments for the constitutional change that Bulgaria wants. This means that the parties from the ruling majority will be debating...
Macedonia 08.04.23 | 11:50

Spasenovski: There is fear that Bulgaria will keep blocking us even after the Constitution is amended

There are fears that even if amendments are made to the Constitution, the country will continue to face new blockades from Sofia, said law professor Aleksandar Spasenovski, discussing Bulgarian demands that Macedonia must include the Bulgarian nation in its Constitution. The red lines were supposed to...
Macedonia 07.04.23 | 19:14

French Ambassador to Bulgaria tells Macedonia it will have to change its history books

French Ambassador to Bulgaria Joel Meyer assured the Bulgarian public that Macedonia will have to amend its history books in accordance with the Bulgarian positions that are being inserted through the joint historic commission. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia’s EU accession talks and demands that...
Macedonia 06.04.23 | 21:23

Milkov: Bulgaria wants constitutional changes and guarantees that the rights of Bulgarians in Macedonia will be protected

Bulgarian caretaker Nikolay Milkov spoke out about his recent request that Macedonia allows Bulgarian representatives in the team that will propose the Constitutional amendments that Bulgaria wants Macedonia to adopt. The request was immediately rejected by both the Foreign Ministry and, in harsh terms,...
Macedonia 06.04.23 | 20:12

Prosecution will try to prove that Hristijan Pendikov was attacked because he is a Bulgarian

During the trial over the beating of Hristijan Pendikov in Ohrid, the prosecution said that they will prove that Pendikov was attacked because of ethnic hatred, after he began declaring himself as a Bulgarian. Prosecutors said that they have evidence that the attacker Ilija Spaseski told Pendikov that...
Macedonia 05.04.23 | 09:19

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians made some progress in aligning their positions on the Archbishopric of Ohrid

Dragi Gjorgjiev, head of the Macedonian team in the joint historic commission with Bulgaria, said that they have reached some progress during their meeting last week on the historic narrative about the Ohrid Archbishopric. The two teams are aligning the historic narratives of the two countries –...
Balkans 04.04.23 | 09:24

Bulgaria: Borisov won the elections but can’t form a Government

The results of the elections in Bulgaria were declared. The GERB-SDS coalition won the elections, with almost 670,000 votes, ahead of the PP-DB coalition with about 620,000 votes. Both groups will have about 70 seats in Parliament – well short of the 121 seats needed to form a Government. The nationalist,...
Macedonia 03.04.23 | 19:16

Kovacevski hopes that Bulgaria will elect a Government that will respect Macedonia and will lift the veto

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski discussed yesterday’s inconclusive elections in Bulgaria and said that he hopes the country will form a Governmetn that will support all its neighbors in their EU integrations and builds good-neighborly relations. They have had a technical government for a long...
Balkans 03.04.23 | 12:03

Bulgarian nationalist party wins third place in the elections

The elections in Bulgaria propelled the nationalist Rebirth party to third place. Kostadin Kostadinov’s pro-Russian outfit went ahead of the Turkish DPS party, and placed itself behind only the leading GERB party and the PP-DB coalition. This could mean trouble for Macedonia, if any of the leading...
Balkans 03.04.23 | 09:45

Another deadlocked election in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had another inconclusive election, the fifth in three years. The conservative GERB party of Boyko Borisov is practically tied with the youth-urban coalition of PP and DB led by Kiril Petkov. Both groups are going to have about 70 seats in Parliament, far below the 121 votes needed to form a...
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