Tag: Krasimir Karakachanov
Balkans 09.07.21 | 13:33

Karakachanov fears that new Bulgarian government will soften its stance on Macedonia

We will support Macedonia’s EU membership only when it corrects its hostile policy towards Bulgaria. There are serious concerns that the new government will change its policy towards Macedonia, VMRO-BND leader Krasimir Karakachanov told Radio Fokus. Both “Democratic Bulgaria” and “Rise...

Macedonia 09.07.21 | 11:20

Foreign Ministry issues modest reaction to Karakachanov’s video presenting Ohrid as the center of “Bulgarian-ness”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Friday the pre-election videos aired in Bulgaria, which, as it is pointed out, express territorial claims and one-sided feelings of belonging and appropriation to our country. In the efforts to strengthen the dialogue and strengthen the trust, all in order to...

Macedonia 11.03.21 | 17:12

Karakachanov: I don’t understand the stormy reactions to the published names from Bulgaria’s voter list

Bulgarian Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said he was surprised by the stormy reactions in the country after today he made allegations that a number of VMRO-DPMNE officials had dual citizenship. I never said that the names I published belong to Macedonian MPs or VMRO-DPMNE...

Balkans 21.02.21 | 11:41

Karakachanov says he will suggest that Macedonia and Albania be separated, so that Albania’s EU path isn’t blocked

Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov claims that the Macedonian political elite has generated great hatred towards Bulgarians. In an interview with BNT, he said repression and pressure on Bulgarians in Macedonia had intensified, including from senior government officials. The Bulgarian minister...

Balkans 04.02.21 | 15:49

Karakachanov with new provocation: Goce Delcev sacrificed himself for the existence of Bulgaria

We will not allow Goce Delcev to be posthumously assimilated! It is neither moral, nor Christian, nor European, the Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, said at today’s observance of the 149th anniversary of the birth of Goce Delcev, writes Sofia-based “Trud”. In his speech,...

Macedonia 04.02.21 | 13:45

Karakachanov: Macedonia’s future is to become an Albanian province or join Bulgaria

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Bulgaria Krasimir Karakachanov in a recent TV interview talked about the condition for Macedonia to become part of the European family. He said that Macedonia would be part of the EU only if it becomes an Albanian province or joins Bulgaria. There...

Macedonia 04.02.21 | 13:24

Karakachanov asks, Zaev immediately delivers – the program of the Bulgarian National Television to be broadcast in Macedonia

Only a few days after the controversial Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov complained that only Serbian, but not Bulgarian TV programs were broadcast in Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev fulfilled this wish. In agreement with his MP Vlado Buckovski, as of March 1, the program of the...

Macedonia 11.01.21 | 18:27

Bujar denies Karakachanov’s claims: There is no 12-point Annex

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, in an interview with TV21 says that there is no 12-point Annex, which was mentioned by the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov. There is no 12-point Annex that Karakachanov is talking about, Osmani said in the interview. Karakachanov spoke...

Macedonia 10.01.21 | 20:43

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs again fails give a specific answer regarding the 12-point annex agreement

A day after the statement of the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Karakachanov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it does not confirm the claims of the existence of a 12-point annex agreement that Bulgaria, according to Karakachanov, proposes to Macedonia as a condition for unblocking...

Macedonia 10.01.21 | 14:08

Zaev and Osmani hide the Annex: If it were not for Karakachanov, the public would not know that Bulgaria has set new conditions

Silence from the government after Krasimir Karakachanov announced that he submitted a 12-point Annex to Skopje that Macedonia will have to accept if it wants to get a date for the start of EU accession negotiations. Bulgaria has been announcing such an Annex for a long time and has delivered it. Until...

Balkans 09.01.21 | 20:22

Karakachanov says Macedonia will get a date for negotiations if it accepts that the common history is Bulgarian

The Republic of Macedonia has a chance to get a date for negotiations in January or February, if they sign the 12-point Annex, which we have prepared, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov told NOVA-News. According to him, Macedonia had a chance to set a date for...

Macedonia 09.01.21 | 15:23

Karakachanov: Macedonia passed laws worse than Nazi Germany

Macedonia passed laws that were even worse than the laws of Nazi Germany, claims Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov in his latest attack on Macedonians. Does the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, demand an apology for the Macedonian Bulgarians...

Macedonia 21.12.20 | 14:42

On Dec. 31, 1943 we didn’t go to bed as Bulgarians only to wake up as Macedonians the next morning, on Jan. 1, 1944, Zaev tells Karakachanov

Macedonians on Dec. 31, 1943 didn’t go to bed as Bulgarians only to wake up as Macedonians the next morning, on Jan. 1, 1944. They have been Macedonians, feeling as Macedonians for centuries until today. This is our direct response, PM Zoran Zaev said Monday when asked to comment the latest statement...

Macedonia 14.12.20 | 20:48

Karakachanov: Politicians in Skopje have a very simplistic understanding of the European Union

Politicians in Skopje believe that they will be able to enter the EU with the old Comintern-Yugoslav policy and then, from the position in the EU, impose their norms on us. We cannot allow that at all, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said in an interview with...

Balkans 13.12.20 | 18:34

Karakachanov with new provocation: Macedonians can also call themselves Martians, will that mean that Tsar Samuil is from Mars?

Macedonians can also call themselves Martians, will that mean that Tsar Samuil is from Mars?, mocks Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov. Karakachanov stressed that the Bulgarian “no” to the negotiating framework is not final, but Macedonia must adhere to the implementation...

Balkans 07.12.20 | 09:45

Karakachanov asks media not to translate statements from Macedonian into Bulgarian

Krasimir Karakachanov urges the Bulgarian Electronic Media Council to stop the Bulgarian media from translating the statements of Macedonian politicians into Bulgarian. The interviews of the “people from Macedonia” should not be translated into Bulgarian, reads the letter of VMRO-BND to the...

Macedonia 05.12.20 | 15:07

Karakachanov: Vatasa is a tragic event from the civil war

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov told Saturday Radio Kanal 77, where Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was a guest, that it is a historical fact that the Bulgarian government and tsar were allies of Germany and Hitler, but that does not mean that Bulgarians should be called fascists. He...

Macedonia 27.11.20 | 11:13

Karakachanov’s Institute uses government money to “expose” the Bulgarian character of Macedonia

The Bulgarian government has been allocating budget money for five years to finance the “Institute” of Krasimir Karakachanov’s party, whose goal is to “exposing the character of the national liberation movement of Bulgarians in Macedonia”, reports “Deutsche Welle”. It...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 15:22

Karakachanov congratulates Zaev on his view expressed in BGNES interview

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov congratulated the Prime Minister of Macedonia Zoran Zaev for his view expressed in an interview with BGNES, which caused a storm of negative reactions in our country. Karakachanov welcomed the part in which Zaev confirmed the existence...

Balkans 23.11.20 | 14:40

New provocation: Karakachanov says all Macedonian governments, from the first day of the country’s existence, are not normal

The Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister today accused that Macedonia wants to stab Bulgaria in the back and that the Macedonian governments that have ruled the country since the first day of its existence are not normal. The tricks will not work for you in December, Karakachanov said in an interview with...

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