Tuesday, April 16, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron can be expected to take steps to facilitate the dialogue between Sofia and Skopje, to take the initiative to move things forward, said French Ambassador to Skopje Cyrille Baumgartner in an interview with "360 Degrees". “I think your next question will be - what exactly is...
In an interview with the “Panorama” show on the Bulgarian National Television, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov also referred to the dispute with Macedonia. Asked if there was a concession in the position of Bulgaria regarding Macedonia, Petkov said that that was not the case. “What I have made very clear...
The party of Macedonians in Bulgaria OMO Ilinden Pirin with a counter-question on Friday answered the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who asked why it is so difficult for Macedonia to add Bulgarians in the Macedonian Constitution. OMO Ilinden Pirin asked Radev why it was so difficult to recognize the Macedonian...
I will be short and precise. Zoran Zaev should and must leave. Denying the Macedonian nation is the biggest nonsense I have to read about, wrote Croatian academician Goran Kalogjera. “Celebrating Blazhe Koneski is the best thing the Macedonian people does (at least some of them). And they should continue...
We cannot give up on countries that have made effort and tell them “you had an issue with Greece, and now with Bulgaria too.” Skopje should be given a signal and start negotiations with the EU, said former French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau. Loiseau, who is part of...
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held a phone call with Kiril Petkov congratulating him on being elected Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The two have agreed to keep working on finding an acceptable solution to unblock the process over the start of North Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations. “I congratulated my colleague, Kiril...
At the plenary session of the Parliament of Kosovo yesterday, the issue of some members of the so-called Kumanovo Group to return to Kosovo and serve their prison sentences there was discussed again, report daily newspaper Lajm and other Albanian language media. The case of the “Kumanovo group” is the...
Kosovo Deputy Justice Minister Blerim Salahu has canceled his visit to Skopje, confirmed by the Ministry of Justice in Skopje. Salahu announced his visit to N. Macedonia on TV in Pristina, pointing out that he would also meet with the convicted Kosovo citizens in the "Diva Naselba" case. The purpose...
Bulgaria has decided not to change its position, i.e. not to withdraw its veto on the start of EU accession talks with Macedonia, but on the other hand, it is ready to support Albania on its path to the European Union, the Bulgarian transitional government announced on Thursday, reports...
The United States expresses strong support for quick European integration of North Macedonia and we have been working with our European partners to make sure that that happens very quickly, Gabriel Escobar, US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, said Monday at a joint...