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Macedonia 14.04.23 | 11:09

Borisov and Trifonov agreed that Bulgaria needs to take a strong stand on Macedonia

Boyko Borisov and Slavi Trifonov, the leaders of the Bulgarian parties GERB and ITN, discussed today about their possible cooperation after yet another inconclusive election. both sides agreed that Bulgaria needs to be tougher on Macedonia. They cited recent comments from President Stevo Pendarovski,...
Macedonia 04.01.22 | 11:45

Bulgarian coalition partners condemn Slavi Trifonov’s attempt to blackmail the US and the EU over the Macedonian issue

Coalition partners in the new Bulgarian Government denounced the statement from their colleague, ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov, who said that Bulgaria will lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks if it is made part of the Schengen regime and if the US lift their visa regime against...
Macedonia 13.07.21 | 16:05

Zaev feels hurt after Trifonov’s announcement that he will send a “Northmacedonian” cosmonaut to space

A day after Bulgarian showman Slavi Trifonov announced his plan to send a “Northmacedonian” cosmonaut to space, Zoran Zaev responded by saying that he feels hurt when someone uses that term about Macedonians. Trifonov’s ITN protest party is tied with the GERB party after the early elections, and...
News 12.07.21 | 12:01

Trifonov proposes a new Bulgarian Government, says it will work to send a “Northmacedonian” cosmonaut to space

Bulgarian showman Slavi Trifonov, whose ITN party is tied for first place with Borisov’s GERB party after the elections yesterday, proposed a new Government line-up today. In his remarks, Trifonov, who has taken hard-line positions toward Macedonia in the past, apparently mockingly said that one of...
Macedonia 17.06.21 | 22:04

Bulgarian political kingmaker Slavi Trifonov refused to meet with Zaev, gave him a warning

Zaev failed to get Bulgarian leaders to drop their objection to Macedonia opening its EU accession talks during his visit to Sofia today. But he also failed to secure meetings with some of the major parties, including one that could be key to the future coalition making in the country. Zaev met with...
Macedonia 07.04.21 | 12:31

Borisov calls on Trifonov to form the next Bulgarian Government

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that he will propose a new cabinet, given that his GERB party won the most votes in the elections on Sunday, but that he fully expects not to win the majority. As a second step, Borisov called on the second ranked party, ITN led by showman Slavi Trifonov,...
Balkans 06.04.21 | 10:48

Bulgarian socialists offer Slavi Trifonov to lead a coalition that would unseat Prime Minister Borisov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party responded to the offer of a grand coalition by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov by pushing for an “everyone but Borisov” coalition. BSP called on Slavi Trifonov, the showman whose recently founded ITN party surprisingly came out in second place in the elections,...
Macedonia 05.04.21 | 10:03

A populist with record of tough talk on Macedonia pronounced kingmaker after the elections in Bulgaria

The ITN party lead by Bulgarian showman Slavi Trifonov, who has frequently made nationalist comments aimed at Macedonia, is the main winner of the general elections held there yesterday. Trifonov is projected to surpass the BSP socialist party to be second largest party in Bulgaria, behind the ruling...

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