Tag: mep
Macedonia 30.03.22 | 20:08

MEP Kovatchev demands that all Macedonians with Bulgarian passports be named, after only 3,500 registered in the census

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev responded to the census results in Macedonia by demanding that all Macedonians who received a Bulgarian passport are publicly named. Only about 3,500 people declared themselves as Bulgarians in the census, but Bulgaria has issued at least 80,000...

Macedonia 26.03.21 | 10:35

Zaev and Dimitrov suffer defeat in the European Parliament: Instead of criticizing Bulgaria, the annual report ends up critical of Macedonia

A move by Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party to get its allies in the European Parliament to condemn Bulgaria for its nationalist demands against Macedonia failed yesterday. An amendment supported by socialist and green members of the European Parliament that was critical of Bulgaria and praised Macedonia...

Macedonia 24.03.21 | 22:55

Bulgarian socialists protest attempt by their European colleagues to support Zaev and criticize Bulgaria

Bulgarian socialist and liberal members of the European Parliament are trying to get their colleagues from the socialist and green EU parties to give up on an article in the latest report on Macedonia, which is highly critical of Bulgaria. The article is proposed by Tanja Fajon, a Slovenian socialist...

Macedonia 17.02.21 | 20:57

Bulgarian MEP Kyuchyuk hopes that Macedonia will soon open its EU accession talks

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Ilhan Kyuchyuk is visiting Macedonia, in his capacity of EP rapporteur. Kyuchyuk, who as an ethnic Turk is personally less involved in the national and historic dispute between the two countries, expressed his hope that Macedonia will soon open EU accession...

Macedonia 30.06.20 | 14:51

European Parliament urges for fair elections, says they will be crucial test of democratic maturity

In a statement, the European Parliament said that the coming elections in Macedonia will a crucial test of democratic maturity. The members of the Parliament linked with Macedonia urged for “transparent, credible and objective campaign, free from disinformation and intimidation”. The statement...

Balkans 27.05.20 | 15:04

Members of the European Parliament protest push by the Serbian Government to set a June election date without agreement with the opposition

Eleven member of European Parliament from the liberal Renew Europe group sent a letter to Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi calling on him to pay particular attention to Serbia, as its Government is trying to hold elections in June, without reaching agreement with the opposition on the date of...

Macedonia 14.05.20 | 12:28

Geroski: Zaev asked for support from Brussels to hold “corona elections” and to remove Mickoski as VMRO leader

Journalist Branko Geroski reports that SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev sent a letter members of the European Parliament asking for their support in the coming elections, and promising that he will faithfully implement the treaties he signed with Greece and Bulgaria. In the letter, Zaev also allegedly asks...

Macedonia 01.03.19 | 16:49

Mickoski informed members of the European Parliament of the persecution of the opposition in Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski met with the visiting groups of members of the European Parliament to inform them about the deteriorating political situation in Macedonia and the systemic persecution of the opposition in the country. Mickoski joined a lunch with MEPs Eduard Kukan, Knut Fleckenstein,...