Tag: gjorgiev
Macedonia 31.03.22 | 17:54

Government appointed historian went from issuing dire warnings about Bulgaria to announcing that we are on the verge of agreement

Optimistic announcements from historian Dragi Gjorgiev, who leads the Macedonian delegation in the joint committee with Bulgaria, raised eyebrows, since Gjorgiev was the one who was recently warning the public about the heavy-handed Bulgarian demands. The committee is meeting today and tomorrow, and...

Macedonia 29.03.22 | 20:08

Macedonian historians expected to make major concessions to Bulgaria in a meeting later this week

Dragi Gjorgiev, head of the Macedonian delegation in the joint historic commission with Bulgaria, confirmed that they will meet on Thursday and Friday, to discuss Macedonia’s medieval period. The meeting is being organized against the backdrop of the regional summit in Sofia, where Bulgarian Prime...

Macedonia 07.02.22 | 13:40

Professor Cepreganov denouces Gjorgiev’s attempt to white-wash Bulgaria’s fascist allegiance during the Second World War

Historian Todor Cepreganov issued a strongly worded rebuke of his colleague Dragi Gjorgiev, who heads the Macedonians team in the joint historic commission with Bulgaria. In a Radio Free Europe interview, Gjorgiev said that Bulgaria was not a “classical case of a fascist country” during the...

Macedonia 10.12.21 | 21:56

Historian Gjorgiev blames Bulgaria for the failure of the expert talks

Dragi Gjorgiev, the historian who leads the Macedonian team in the joint historic committee with Bulgaria, confirmed that the talks held over the past two days failed, without any progress being made. This was already revealed by the top Bulgarian representative, Angel Dimitrov, who described the talks...

Macedonia 24.04.21 | 21:03

No progress in the latest round of talks between Macedonian and Bulgarian historians

Historian Dragi Gjorgiev, who leads the Macedonian team in the joint commission with Bulgaria, stated that there was no progress at the latest meeting. The commission was formed as part of the 2017 Zaev – Borisov treaty and it is tasked with looking for shared historic narratives between the two...