Tag: Bulgaria
Macedonia 06.06.23 | 14:06

Bulgaria in 1947 admitted that Samoil’s Kingdom is not Bulgarian – in the 2020’s Macedonian Government accepted the opposite

Bulgaria in1947 conceded that Samoil’s Kingdom was not a west-Bulgarian kingdom, but a separate feudal state dominated by Macedonian Slavs, writes the former Councilor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stevo Simski.. He reminds the public that on November 22, 1947, similar Bulgarian – Macedonian...
Macedonia 05.06.23 | 08:35

Andonovski: Amending the Constitution won’t put an end to the Bulgarian demands

Amending the Constitution will not put an end to the Bulgarian demands, warns VMRO-DPMNE international secretary Stefan Andonovski. According to him, even if Macedonia accepts the current Bulgarian demand and includes the Bulgarian nation in the preamble of the Constitution, new demands will follow. The...
Macedonia 03.06.23 | 21:56

Sterjovski: Bulgaria is using the poverty of Macedonians in Albania to get them to change their identities

Bulgarian activists are working in areas of eastern Albania populated by Macedonians, trying to get the locals to adopt a Bulgarian identity, informs member of Parliament Vasil Sterjovski. Sterjovski says that the Bulgarian side is preying on people using their poverty. Like Jehova’s witnesses,...
Macedonia 03.06.23 | 09:28

Mickoski: We will not amend the Constitution under pressure from Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski reiterated that the party will not allow constitutional change under Bulgarian pressure. The announcement comes as VMRO is under increased pressure from Western countries to accept the Bulgarian demands, while VMRO wants guarantees that there will be no further...
Macedonia 31.05.23 | 14:33

Ristevska Jordanova, expert on EU: Even if we include the Bulgarians into the Constitution, Bulgaria will continue to block us

Malinka Ristevska Jordanova, who is involved in Macedonia’s EU integration processes in various aspects for many decades, pointed out that the constitutional amendments are just a part of the entirety of Bulgarian demands to follow, hence Bulgaria will certainly continue to block Macedonia. “The...
News Macedonia 23.05.23 | 20:21

Xhaferi to honor St. Cyril with Bulgarian delegation

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has said he would lay a wreath at the St.Cyril commemorative plate in the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica together with a Bulgarian delegation on Wednesday. “I cannot anticipate what topics will be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting with the Bulgarian delegation....
News Macedonia 22.05.23 | 13:05

Nikolovski: We will never accept that the Macedonian people are one and the same with the Bulgarians

I cannot agree that there is only one choice for Macedonia and that is to accept that the Macedonian people are one and the same as the Bulgarian people, that our roots are Bulgarian, our history is Bulgarian, that we speak a dialect of the Bulgarian language. We won’t accept any of those claims,...
Macedonia 21.05.23 | 19:18

“Macedonians need to stop making concessions”

The Macedonians have been forced to make concessions for 30 years and it is time we said enough, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in a Sitel TV interview, in which a poll was presented showing that an overwhelming majority of Macedonians oppose accepting the Bulgarian demands for constitutional...
Macedonia 20.05.23 | 12:28

Kovacevski won’t resign, counts on the US to support him against the opposition

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski ruled out resigning and allowing early elections, even if it means that the constitutional changes requested by Bulgaria will be delayed in Parliament indefinitely. Kovacevski held a press conference yesterday, after arranging a meeting of his coalition partners, in...
Macedonia 20.05.23 | 10:16

Bulgaria awards citizenship to heads of two controversial clubs opened in Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev granted citizenship to the heads of the two Bulgarian clubs recently opened in Macedonia, which caused serious controversy and deteriorated relations between the two countries. The clubs in Bitola and Ohrid are named after former VMRO leader Vanco Mihajlov and Bulgarian...
News Macedonia 19.05.23 | 17:36

Kovacevski’s pre-election surge of patriotism

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski these days is showing an unprecedented surge of patriotism, comparing the Bulgarian rhetoric toward Macedonia with the Russian one toward Ukraine and insolently responding to Bulgarian President Radev’s recent statements. Political analysts speculate that the real...
News Macedonia 18.05.23 | 14:06

The Bulgarians are mad with Kovacevski for his statement that Bulgaria behaves like Russia

The leader of the Bulgarian party BSP, Kornelija Ninova, stated on Thursday from the Bulgarian Parliament that “the unacceptable actions by the Macedonian authorities are piling up”. She added that such behavior by the Macedonian Government is “humiliating, offensive, and unacceptable”. “Time...
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,...
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