Tag: Kiril Petkov
Macedonia 27.04.22 | 12:11

Petkov is worried that Kovacevski’s government might fall, so he presents the Bulgarian conditions as European

Is the government preparing a solution to the dispute with Bulgaria following the example of Greece. The public and the opposition do not have any information about the negotiations and the information comes to us from Sofia instead of Skopje. From time to time, Prime Minister Kovacevski will make a...

Balkans 26.04.22 | 20:19

Petkov: We want to reach mutually acceptable solution to open issues with Skopje

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi discussed Tuesday the situation in the Western Balkans amid the crisis caused by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine as well as the latest developments in the dialogue between Macedonia and...

Macedonia Balkans 23.04.22 | 15:28

Petkov says Bulgaria will not withdraw the veto, will move it: We give Macedonia a way to Europe, but there are demands and obligations on that way

Bulgarian Prime Minister, Kiril Petkov, said that Bulgaria should not completely lift the veto, but should move it in order for the Bulgarian demands to enter Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations and thus the whole of Europe to guarantee the conditions set by Sofia. We need to get them on the...

Macedonia 20.04.22 | 09:29

Why is Kovacevski hiding behind a pre-recorded video address regarding the scandal in which the Bulgarian Prime Minister promotes fascism on Macedonian soil?

Why is Prime Minister Kovacevski hiding behind a pre-recorded video address regarding the scandal in which the Bulgarian Prime Minister promotes fascism on Macedonian soil?, asks VMRO-DPMNE. Why Kovacevski does not say how the Macedonian institutions allowed the registration of an association with the...

Macedonia 18.04.22 | 10:16

VMRO-DPMNE: Kovacevski to ask Petkov to open Macedonian cultural centers in Bulgaria

Kovacevski to ask for the opening of Macedonian cultural centers in Bulgaria, as well as the protection of Macedonians, says VMRO-DPMNE. Kovacevski should come out and not hide from the citizens. He silenced Petkov’s visit and did not ask for reciprocity. Additionally, Kovacevski did not remind...

Macedonia 11.04.22 | 09:11

For now, Kovacevski and Petkov are only exchanging ideas, main solution is yet to come

Skopje and Sofia continue intensive talks within the working groups in order to improve the cooperation between the citizens and the institutions of the two countries, but for now the process is a level of exchange of ideas and there is still no mutually acceptable document. This was confirmed by Prime...

Macedonia 09.04.22 | 12:01

If Petkov deviates from Bulgarian national interest in Macedonia, there will be a crisis in the government, Radev warns

I expect the Government to strictly adhere to the Declaration of the National Assembly, the consensus and the will of the Bulgarians to resolve the open issues before the start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations, said Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. As BGNES reports, Radev reiterated that...

Macedonia 01.04.22 | 18:10

Brotherly nations do not block but support each other, Dimitrievski tells Petkov

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski, together with 25 Macedonian mayors and the Minister of Local Self-Government Goran Milevski, paid a working visit to the municipality of Sandanski in Bulgaria these two days where they discussed with the mayors of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril...

Macedonia 01.04.22 | 16:41

Pendarovski: Petkov to be believed on Russian agents

President Stevo Pendarovski did not comment Friday the statement of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov that Russian agents in Bulgaria had worked against the good relations between Skopje and Sofia, while saying the PM should be believed. I cannot comment on Petkov’s statement because it is...

Macedonia 31.03.22 | 10:35

Petkov to take part at meeting of local authorities from Bulgaria and Macedonia in Sandanski

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will pay Thursday a visit to the city of Sandanski to take part at a meeting of local authorities from Bulgaria and Macedonia, as part of the cross-border cooperation programme 2021-2027, MIA reports from Sofia. The Minister of Local Self-Government Goran Milevski...

Macedonia 28.03.22 | 13:57

Kovacevski: Due to solidarity in the region, we do not have a shortage of wheat at the moment

Last year, as a country, we started with projects in the field of energy transition and from traditional energy sources to start producing energy from renewable sources. That is why numerous projects in the field of solar energy have already been launched, and one of them will soon be put into operstion...

Balkans 18.03.22 | 12:19

Petkov: The arrest of Borisov and his associates shows that no one is above the law

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said Friday in a video message released by his government’s press service that the arrest of former prime minister Boyko Borissov shows no one is above the law. As MIA reports from Sofia, Petkov said in the message that the European prosecutions is currently...

Balkans 09.03.22 | 17:46

50 human rights organizations demand that Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov apologizes for the deportation of Macedonian Jews

About 50 organizations for religious freedom and human rights in the world sent a joint letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, asking him to apologize for the deportation of Macedonian Jews, on the occasion of 79 years since their deportation, which is marked on Friday, Voice of America writes. They...

Balkans 22.02.22 | 21:33

Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov meets delegation of Bulgarians from Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met Tuesday with organizations and associations of Bulgarians in Macedonia, saying their rights are his and the government’s priority, MIA reports from Sofia. According to MIA’s correspondent in Sofia, the meeting was held on their initiative, and Prime Minister...

Macedonia 18.02.22 | 21:04

Kovacevski-Petkov: Quality solutions supported and accepted by both parties to be reached as soon as possible

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction with the progress of bilateral cooperation so far, saying it would intensify. The meeting, which was attended by Deputy...

Macedonia 12.02.22 | 19:59

In an interview with the BBC Petkov ignored the remark that ethnic Macedonians have no rights in Bulgaria

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov in an interview with the BBC ignored the statement of the British journalist Stephen Sackur who told him that ethnic Macedonians do not have rights in Bulgaria. The journalist reacted to Petkov’s claim that Bulgarians have no legal rights in Macedonia. The...

Macedonia 08.02.22 | 21:32

Petkov and Kovacevski hold phone call: We have common goal-good neighborliness and good bilateral ties

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told Bulgarian reporters covering his visit to Belgrade that he held a phone call with his Macedonian counterpart Dimitar Kovacevski. As MIA reports from Sofia, Petkov, commenting on the damage done to the wreaths that the Bulgarian delegation laid on the grave of...

Macedonia 04.02.22 | 15:36

For Petkov Goce Delcev is a Bulgarian, for Kovacevski and Pendarovski nothing

Today’s observance of Goce Delcev’s 150th birth anniversary showed in action the fear of the Macedonian top leadership and the subjugation in relation to Bulgaria. After Prime Minister Kovacevski “accidentally” happened to be in Brussels exactly on the birth anniversary of the...

Macedonia 03.02.22 | 15:18

Bulgarian PM Petkov and Macedonian chargé d’affaires Krstevski to lay wreaths at Goce Delcev monument in Sofia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will lay flowers at the Goce Delcev monument in the Sofia-based Borisova Gradina park on Friday, the Bulgarian government has said. Macedonia’s chargé d’affaires in Bulgaria Vladimir Krstevski will also lay flowers at the monument together with the Bulgarian...

Balkans 28.01.22 | 18:25

Stojkov responds to Petkov’s statement that OMO Ilinden is provocation: This is continuation of the shameful Todor Zhivkov tradition of discrimination

This government would not open the topic of the Macedonian minority, I would not even comment on it, said the Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov today in the Parliament and promised that “he will not succumb to provocations.” “OMO Ilinden is a provocation to the new Macedonian Prime...

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