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Macedonia 02.02.22 | 21:37

President Radev told UK envoy Peach that Macedonia must make concessions on minority rights and hate speech issues

The newly appointed British envoy to the Balkans Sir Stuart Peach spoke on the phone with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who is shaping up to be the key hardliner in Sofia who blocks the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. Peach was previously in Skopje, for meetings with the state leadership...
Macedonia 01.02.22 | 21:18

OMO “Ilinden” – Pirin to President Radev: We are not separatists

OMO “Ilinden” – Pirin, the leading association of Macedonians in Bulgaria, responded to President Rumen Radev, who labeled them as “separatists”. Radev reacted angrily after President Pendarovski met with representatives from this and other organizations that represent ethnic Macedonians...
Macedonia 01.02.22 | 18:45

President Radev wants to turn a new leaf after Pendarovski met with Macedonians from Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is reconsidering whether to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Stevo Pendarovski, after Pendarovski met with representatives of Macedonians from Bulgaria. Radev was widely expected to come to Skopje, on the back of the two meetings between prime ministers Kovacevski...
Macedonia 20.01.22 | 17:18

President Radev insists that Bulgaria does not engage in double standards as it demands minority rights in Macedonia while denying them at home

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev dismissed accusations from Macedonia that his country demands a privileged position for the ethnic Bulgarians in Macedonia, while completely denying even the existence of the ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria. This lack of reciprocity in the dispute between the two countries...
Macedonia 20.12.21 | 17:29

Bulgaria and Greece discussed how to impose their demands on Macedonia through the EU accession process

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev asked Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to have a joint push to include both the Prespa Treaty and the 2017 Zaev – Borisov Treaty into Macedonia’s EU accession process. While Greece is broadly satisfied with the implementation of the Prespa Treaty, which...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 12:56

Macedonians in Bulgaria also wanted to be named in the Constitution

In response tothe demand from Bulgaria that Macedonia amends its Constitution and lists the Bulgarians in the Preamble, a group of Macedonians in Bulgaria issue the same demand. Stojko Stojkov, from the OMO Ilinden – Pirin party, that faces numerous problems just trying to function in Bulgaria,...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 09:12

Bulgarian President Radev tells Macedonia that it must change its Constitution

In an interview with Euractiv, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that Maceodnia will have to amend its Constitution and include the Bulgarians, along the other ethnic groups in the country. It is one word, Radev told the Bulgarian Euractiv editor Georgi Gotev, while explaining the decision to maintain...
News 03.12.21 | 13:52

President Radev blames Macedonian institutions of spreading hatred against Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev accused Macedonian public institutions of spreading hatered toward Bulgarians. During his meetings in Strasbourg with the Presidents of Germany and France, Steinmeier and Macron, Radev said hat “our south-western neighbor should show Euroepan maturity and respect...
Macedonia 02.12.21 | 14:23

President Radev cited Macedonia’s discrimination of Bulgarians as he explained his veto policy to German President Steinmeier

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with German President Frank Walter Steinmeier, with the dispute with Macedonia as one of the main issues. Radev told Steinmeier that he expects active, high level dialogue in Macedonia during which the open issues will be resolved before Bulgaria will lift its veto...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:42

Austrian President Van der Bellen in a diplomatic mission between Macedonia and Bulgaria

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen launched a push to try to get Bulgaria to lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Bellen had lengthy phone conversations with Zoran Zaev and with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev yesterday afternoon. The push comes ahead of the European Council...
Macedonia 14.11.21 | 10:51

Radev: Macedonia’s EU accession talks won’t depend on the new Bulgarian Parliament, but on steps Macedonia must take

A day before the early general and presidential elections in Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev said that Macedonia will be allowed to open its long awaited EU accession talks if it “roots out hate speech against Bulgaria and stops systemically destroying the Bulgarian cultural heritage”. Rhetoric...
Macedonia 08.10.21 | 10:06

Zaev: I’ve never seen Merkel and Macron so determined to help resolve our issue with Bulgaria

I’ve never seen Merkel and Macron so determined, said Zoran Zaev after the failed EU – Balkans summit, where Bulgaria not only refused to allow Macedonia to open its accession talks, but actually added hardline demands against the country. I’ve never seen Chancellor Merkel and President...
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 11:12

Zaev insisted he brings “regards from Radev” to Macedonia while the Bulgarian President was issuing his list of hardline demands

Only hours after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev delivered a long list of strict demands that Bulgaria wants Macedonia to implement, Zoran Zaev tried to present his visit to Slovenia as a major success, and even said he carries “regards from President Radev” during a rally. Shortly before...
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 10:41

EU veto: Bulgaria states its short term and long term demands from Macedonia

The result of the much awaited meetings between Zoran Zaev and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, mediated by Merkel, Macron, Michel, Jansa and Varhelyi, the Bulgarian position toward Macedonia has gotten significantly harder and more intrusive. In a lengthy interview from Slovenia, President Radev outlined...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 11:53

Bulgarian President Radev gives Zaev a long list of strict demands ahead of their meeting in Slovenia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who attends the EU – Balkan summit in Slovenia, issued a list of strict and all-encompassing demands aimed at Macedonia, which will determine whether Bulgaria will lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Radev demanded that Macedonia ensures...
Macedonia 22.09.21 | 11:16

Bulgaria responds to Commissioner Varhelyi’s visit with increased criticism of Macedonia

Bulgarian authorities would not budge after the visit of EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, who tried to intervene on Macedonian behalf. Varhelyi met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Svetlan Stoev. Radev responded that Bulgaria “does not trust empty promises”...
Macedonia 11.07.21 | 15:16

Radev tells Zaev not to expect Bulgaria’s policy toward Macedonia to change after the election

On the day of the early elections in Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev told Zoran Zaev not to expect Bulgarian policy toward Macedonia to change with a change in Government. Bulgarian policy does not depend on who is in power and what the Parliament will look like. It will depend on the having an open...
Macedonia 15.06.21 | 10:02

Zaev will go to Sofia next week to plead his case with President Radev

The one concrete outcome of the NATO summit is that Zoran Zaev will visit Bulgaria next week, to again ask for the opening of EU accession talks. Zaev met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in Brussels – as Radev is the only leading Bulgarian official with a mandate in the period between ahead...
Macedonia 14.06.21 | 12:27

Zaev will meet with President Radev at the NATO summit in Brussels, for a new attempt to get Bulgaria to lift its veto

Zoran Zaev will meet with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the NATO summit in Brussels, in a new attempt to get Bulgaria to lift its veto of Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Zaev is in Brussels for Macedonia’s first NATO summit as a full member, but the occasion is overshadowed with the...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 20:26

Blinken pushed Bulgarian President Radev on the Macedonian veto

American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke on the phone with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, and raised the issue of Bulgaria’s veto of Macedonia’s EU accession talks. The conversation comes as the State Department spokesman made a statement urging the EU countries to allow Macedonia...
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