Friday, April 19, 2024
In an interview with the Austrian Der Standard on the issue of the Bulgarian veto on Macedonia's EU accession talks and a possible way out of this situation, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that talks with the neighboring country continue and that, according to him, steps closer to a...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Bulgaria had blocked Macedonia's European integration process for its own interests. He made this assessment while appearing on a TV show when talking about the expectations of the intergovernmental conference. “Look at what is happening now, at the moment when things are ready, Bulgaria is...
The agents, who were identified as Russian spies in Bulgaria's State National Security Agency (DANS), worked against Bulgaria's good neighborly relations with Macedonia and the Western Balkans, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in an interview with Sofia-based 24 Chasa. According to Petkov, everyone should ask themselves whether long-term Bulgarian...
The European Commission (EC) finds the issuance of Bulgarian passports to Macedonians a domestic matter in which it does not interfere. The EC was quizzed by MIA after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev referred to the Macedonian nationals holding Bulgarian passports and his expectations from the Census in North Macedonia. While the...
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...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Serbian media that Montenegro and Macedonia were embroiled in a war of sanctions. "They were attracted by the promises of rapid rapprochement with the European Union. That did not happen. They were involved in NATO, in anti-Russian actions, in anti-Russian campaigns. Then they 'tapped...
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...
We can talk about issues related to the temporarily occupied territories and the unrecognized republics that no one but Russia has recognized, these pseudo-republics, we can find a compromise for the future fate of these territories. For me, the most important thing is how people will live in these territories...
The Council of the European Union has to find a way to hold the intergovernmental confreres with Macedonia and Albania, because we don’t only have a chance, but also an obligation. Macedonia and Albania have delivered and now it’s up to the European Union to deliver, German politician and...
President Stevo Pendarovski met with Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul on Saturday, discussing developments in the Orthodox world, role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in stimulating interreligious dialogue and coexistence among nations and religions. Pendarovski and Bartholomew also referred to the issue of solving the...