Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Krasimir K'nev, chairman of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, spoke on Alfa TV tonight on the program "Alpha Editors" on Minorities and Human Rights in Bulgaria and noted that they have deteriorated since VMRO is part of the ruling majority in the Bulgarian parliament. - For the first time in Bulgarian...
  Macedonia implemented a number of reforms, some of which were really painful. That is why we believe that Macedonia deserves to open negotiations as soon as possible. We would like this to happen during the Portuguese presidency - to hold the first intergovernmental conference, i.e. the formal start of...
Greece’s attempt to double its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 nautical mileswould be considered a "cause for war" for Turkey, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The two neighboring NATO members have been arguing in recent days over Turkey's plans to explore the Eastern Mediterranean,...
Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have begun in Belarus. The meeting of the two delegations is taking place near the Pripyat River on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. According to UNIAN, the Ukrainian delegation includes People's Party leader David Arahamiya, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, adviser to President Mikhail Podolyak's chief of...
The Venice Commission, in an opinion adopted today, calls on the authorities in Macedonia to review the Law on the Use of Languages ​​through consultations with all parties concerned, MIA reports from Strasbourg. According to a statement issued after today's meeting in Venice, Council of Europe legal experts point out...
Citizens of Vranje sold vaccines to citizens of Macedonia for 40 euros per dose, due to which members of the security agency BIA arrested two people from this city, unofficially learned Info Vranjske. “If the story is true, Vranje experienced another great shame directed by the local progressives. According to...
MEPs this afternoon adopted the Progress Report on Macedonia of the European Parliament rapporteur, the Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, with 508 votes "in favor" and 56 "against" adopting the controversial amendments, reports MIA from Brussels. The report welcomes the country's reform progress and insists on the implementation of the Good...
Those acting against the Prespa Agreement even in countries outside the Western Balkans, including Greece, could be blacklisted by the United States, a State Department spokesperson has told VOA in response to a question on whether Biden’s administration planned to expand sanctions to persons from other countries, specifically Greece,...
German Secretary of State for Europe Michael Roth tweeted Friday that drawing new frontiers in the Western Balkans is a dangerous path. “Countries on Western Balkans have a future only as multiethnic and multi-religious societies. Regional reconciliation and cooperation are the keys for peace, democracy and prosperity. Drawing new frontiers...
Serbia’s President AleksandarVučić said on Friday that the regional initiate, known as of yesterday as the ‘Open Balkan’ initiative, is crucial for the future of citizens and is in the best interest of the region, so therefore its implementation will resume despite criticism. “There were a lot of positive and...