Tag: Bulgaria
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...
Macedonia 02.04.23 | 11:21

Bulgaria votes for the fifth time in two years, no change expected in its policy toward Macedonia

Bulgaria holds its fifth general elections in less than two years today, and the polls predict that there won’t be a decisive winner again. The conservative GERB party led by Boyko Borisov faces the recently formed PP-DB urban vote coalition with Kiril Petkov at the helm, and both are tied in the...
Macedonia 01.04.23 | 21:59

Vane Cvetanov will seek legal protection in Bulgaria

Vane Cvetanov, a former low level Government official best known for switching sides from VMRO to SDSM and being investigated for abuse of office and extortion by both sides, announced that he is fleeing to Bulgaria. Cvetanov recently began sharing pro-Bulgarian nationalist positions on his social media...
Macedonia 31.03.23 | 14:15

Klekovski: SDSM tries to portray VMRO-DPMNE as “anti-Western”

Civic activist and VMRO-DPMNE official Saso Klekovski accused the Government of trying to label the opposition as “anti-European” and “anti-Western”, because it objects to the latest round of nationalist demands from Bulgaria – that Macedonia must amend its Constitution...
Macedonia 30.03.23 | 13:28

SDSM Government official expects that all members of Parliament will support the Bulgarian demands

Deputy Justice Minister Viktorija Avramovska – Madic said that she expects all 120 members of Parliament, including those from VMRO-DPMNE and Levica, to support the Bulgarian demands to amend the Constitution and include the Bulgarians in the preamble. The Government makes statesman-like decisions....
Macedonia 30.03.23 | 09:42

Stevco Jakimovski supports VMRO in opposition the Bulgarian demands

Despite his differences of opinion with VMRO-DPMNE, the Mayor of Karpos Stevco Jakimovski came out in support of the opposition party’s position on the Bulgarian demands for constitutional amendments. We absolutely take the same position. The problem are not the Bulgarians as a people, but their...
Macedonia 24.03.23 | 12:41

Kovacevski tells Bulgaria to act according to the rulings of the European Court

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski called on Bulgaria to respect the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights, in which it was determined that the rights of Macedonians in their country were violated. He pointed out that the Bulgarian authorities should respect the rights of Macedonian citizens who...
Balkans 15.03.23 | 16:01

Bulgaria is facing Bankruptcy, says its Ministry of Finance

Bulgaria is threatened with bankruptcy. There is a serious problem in maintaining fiscal stability, Novinite reports. There is a risk of a change in the existing exchange rate of the leva against the euro. Our accession to the Eurozone has to be postponed indefinitely. Borrowing from the IMF may be...
Balkans 14.03.23 | 10:21

Bulgarian lobbyists demand that EU declares “Day of Bulgaria for the rescue of Jews”

Bulgaria apparently wastes no time in presenting its truth about the deportation of the Jews and uses (abuses) EU membership. The latest initiative comes from Bulgarian lobbyists headed by a certain Dzerasi who sent an initiative to the EU to declare “Day of Bulgaria for the rescue of Jews”. The...
Macedonia 13.03.23 | 10:03

Zuroff: The claim of the Bulgarians that they were only administrators in Macedonia is bullshit

There is no doubt that Bulgaria is responsible for the deportation of the Macedonian Jews, but it is disgusting that pressure is being put on to avoid revealing the truth, said the Israeli historian of the Holocaust and director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, Efraim Zuroff, in an interview...
Macedonia 27.02.23 | 21:42

EU Ambassador Geer calls on both Macedonia and Bulgaria to work to improve their relations

EU Ambassador to Macedonia David Geer said that both Macedonia and Bulgaria will have to put in efforts to restore their good neighborly relations. Speaking at the opening of the Europe house in Bitola, Geer said that the 2017 Zaev – Borisov treaty needs to be implemented in good will to benefit...
Balkans 17.02.23 | 21:53

Disaster: 18 Afghans found dead in an abandoned truck near Sofia

Eighteen migrants from Afghanistan were found dead in a truck carrying a total of 50 people through Bulgaria. The truck was left abandoned, without apparent signs of a traffic accident. The surviving people are in serious but not life threatening condition. One of the deceased is a child and five of...
Macedonia 17.02.23 | 21:03

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians met to discuss rewriting textbooks as tensions rise between the two countries

Members of the historic commission between Macedonia and Bulgaria met over the past two days in Sofia to discuss changes to the history textbooks and other issues. The meeting comes at a time of high tension between the two countries following a number of incidents, beatings, attacks on cultural centers...
Macedonia 17.02.23 | 19:25

Bulgaria is distributing passports in an attempt to get the Macedonians in Gora to declare a Bulgarian identity

The Ilinden – Tirana association that represents Macedonians in Albania informs that Bulgarian agents are increasingly active in the poor and remote Gora region, between Albania and Kosovo where Macedonians live. The goal of the Bulgarian efforts is to get Macedonians to declare a Bulgarian identity...
Macedonia 10.02.23 | 11:04

EC urges Bulgaria and Macedonia to promote an “atmosphere of dialogue”

Bulgaria and Macedonia should promote an atmosphere of dialogue and avoid unnecessary tensions, the European Commission said regarding the latest developments in the relations between Sofia and Skopje. We are following very carefully the development of events related to the relations between the two...
Macedonia 06.02.23 | 13:49

Pendarovski confirmed that relations with Bulgaria have deteriorated

President Stevo Pendarovski confirmed Republika’s reports that Macedonian-Bulgarian relations have deteriorated. We had a certain calm after the acceptance of the EU negotiating framework. Last summer we entered the screening process. Unfortunately, Goce Delcev’s birth anniversary was used...
Macedonia 04.02.23 | 15:25

Three Bulgarian nationalists detained at the border, their leader issued a statement aimed at Macedonia from Blagoevgrad

Three Bulgarian citizens were arrested at the Deve Bair border crossing over the incident that broke out this morning. Border guards refused to allow the people identified as Bulgarian nationalists to enter Macedonia and proceed to the ceremony honoring Goce Delcev in Skopje – the guards claimed...
Macedonia 04.02.23 | 10:25

Bulgaria rejects Kovacevski’s claim that they did not announce sending a formal delegation to Skopje

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry denied claim from Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, who alleged that the Bulgarian Government did not announce an official delegation at the honoring of Goce Delcev today. Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdziev is in Skopje, mainly to coordinate the security response...
Macedonia 04.02.23 | 09:43

Bulgarian Interior Minister Demerdziev plans to escort a group of Bulgarians to the St. Spas church

Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdziev, who is in Skopje for the honoring of Goce Delcev, confirmed that a group of Bulgarians will try to visit Delcev’s grave in the St. Spas church. I will personally meet the Bulgarians in Skopje and together we will lay flowers on Goce Delcev’s grave,...
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