In a statement for Telma TV, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says his withdrawal from the PM’s post would depend on the talks with Alternativa and the Bulgaria dispute.
“First, we need to complete the negotiations with Alternativa over the parliamentary majority. If this is completed and publicly announced, we will...
The EU Council awaits Bulgaria’s decision, 26 member-states have made the decision regarding the start of accession negotiations. We are all waiting to see if Bulgaria lifts the veto and therefore, we have continued communication. We expect concrete steps in the coming days in the form of exchange of...
VMRO-DPMNE and the opposition on October 31st won a landslide victory in the local elections, the biggest victory any opposition has won in local elections. VMRO-DPMNE won 44 mayoral seats, and SDSM only 16, which completely delegitimized this government, and Zaev announced his resignation. In a normal country, the...
Bulgarian caretaker Minister of Regional Development Violeta Komitova, who is also a fire protection expert, says there is something strange in the fact that the fire started and spread quickly, which happens only in exceptional cases.
“The accident of the Macedonian bus is combined with fire. The fire explosion made...
SDSM will elect its new leader on December 12, succeeding Zoran Zaev who has resigned from the post. SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska said after Friday’s session of the Central Board that the procedure for election of a new party president would take place in the next seven days.
The Central...
VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski stressed that coalition partner Alternativa has two options - to either join the government, which he says is corrupt and probably the worst in history, or to stay in opposition.
“I have no information what kind of decision Alternativa will make, I have not talked to...
Efforts to investigate the authorities in Bulgaria and Macedonia are ongoing, but the fact is that a little more detailed and thorough investigation is needed and everything is clear about the event, to view all the facts, material traces and evidence, as well as personal testimonies, said Boris Murgovski...
The mysterious passenger of Arab origin Shadi Nauf al Sadeh, whose name was on the list of survivors in the Sofia hospital, appeared tonight in the BNT editorial office, claiming that he has nothing to do with the tragic accident and that he was mistakenly included in the list.
Al-Sadeh,...
The license number used by the bus involved in the accident that happened in Bulgaria on Tuesday doesn’t match its real license number, which means that the bus was using the license of another vehicle registered to “Besa Trans”, thus violating the Law on Road Transport, the Ministry of...
Forensic Medicine Institute (FMI) director AleksandarStankov has told MIA that 44 bodies and body remains were found at the site of the bus accident that would be cross-checked with the DNA analysis.
“We cannot determine the exact number of the victims until the DNA analysis is completed. There were 44...