Thursday, April 25, 2024
The holiday Vodici – Epiphany that Orthodox Christians celebrate on Thursday, January 19th, was celebrated everywhere in Albania where the Orthodox Macedonians reside, such as Mala Prespa, Golo Brdo, Vrbnik and in major cities throughout Albania. The Macedonians in Mala Prespa traditionally gathered in the village churches and after the...
 Moscow will be forced to take reciprocal measures after the expulsion of diplomats from North Macedonia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the decision by North Macedonia was a hostile move and a continuation of the course towards a "dizzying breakdown in bilateral relations...
Hungary’s Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto warned that Europe risks losing the Balkan countries unless it allows the opening of EU accession talks soon. The warning comes as the ministers in the European Council again failed to reach agreement to allow Macedonia and Albania to open accession talks, as...
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has assembled a team of independent experts to visit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is now under Russian control, the New York Times reported. According to the media, the delegation includes the head of the IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi, and 13 other...
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...
French Ambassador to Bulgaria Florence Robin, speaking on the Bulgarian National Television's "The World and Us" show, said she was aware that there was a dispute between Sofia and Skopje, but that the most important thing for her was the need to create an opportunity for reconciliation between the...
In anticipation of the formation of a new government and the intensification of communication with Bulgaria in order to unblock the country's European path, Paris sent a message that Skopje and Tirana should not be decoupled on their path to EU integration, while from Sofia, where reactions do not...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was answering on Wednesday at the Bundestag questions from Gunther Krichbaum, who criticized the failure of the German EU Presidency to start accession talks with North Macedonia, Deutsche Welle reports. He stressed that the public has once again witnessed EU member states abuse their power over...
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) warns that the Regional Roaming Agreement in the Western Balkans is clear and that roaming costs from July 1 this year should be zero, i.e. no roaming charges. “Concerned citizens keep calling us and say that certain operators do not inform them that from July...
The work of the Joint Commission on Issues between Skopje and Sofia is intensifying, said Bulgaria’s PM Kiril Petkov in a joint press conference with PM Dimitar Kovachevski on Tuesday. "I want to note that the historical commission will have at least three meetings in the next four months. Very...