Victoria Marinova: Her “crime” was looking into alleged corruption cases in Bulgaria

Thirty years old. Victoria Marinova, a journalist. From Bulgaria. She was raped and brutally killed. Why? Authorities investigate the possibility of a crime connected to her reports since her latest professional research had been related to corruption cases. She was murdered in Bulgaria, in the northern town of Ruse on the Danube river. Her body was found in a …

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Macedonian-Bulgarian Joint Multidisciplinary Commission to hold its second meeting

The second meeting of the Joint Multidisciplinary Commission of Experts on Historical and Educational Issues, established in accordance with Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation signed between Macedonia and Bulgaria, will be held on October 4-5 in Skopje. The expert commission is expected to exchange views related to curriculum in the education processes in the …

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Macedonia to improve cultural cooperation with Bulgaria

Bulgarian government approves draft cultural cooperation programme between the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia for the period 2018-2021, Bulgarian government press service reports Wednesday. The cultural cooperation between two countries is regulated with the agreement signed between two countries in Skopje on May 15, 2000 as well as …

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Ilinden Uprising controversy: Zaev in conciliatory signal to Bulgaria

Zoran Zaev has emphasised the “sincere friendship and co-operation” between his country and Bulgaria, in a move to clear away the controversy over his earlier statement that Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising was a Macedonian insurrection. Zaev’s statement caused the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party to challenge Prime Minister Boyko Borissov over his “silence” on the matter, after which …

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Zaev and Borissov to celebrate Ilinden in Blagoevgrad

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov will jointly celebrate Thursday the 115th anniversary of Ilinden Uprising in Blagoevgrad, Government’s Press Service told Wednesday. Zaev and Borissov will attend wreath laying ceremony at the monument of Goce Delcev on ‘Macedonia’ Square in Blagoevgrad. This will be the second joint celebration following …

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Zaharieva: Bulgaria to propose opening of EU-Macedonia accession talks

The Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council will propose on Tuesday that Macedonia and Albania be invited to EU accession negotiations, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said Monday. Four out of five EU member states support the idea to extend this invitation now, Zaharieva said, BTA reported. “We have more work to do to convince part of the …

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DM Sekerinska expects positive decisions on Macedonia in coming weeks

Developments in the coming couple of weeks will have broad and long-term effects, hopefully positive, on Macedonia’s security and political environment. Getting a date for the start of EU accession talks and a NATO membership invitation will be an added incentive for enhanced reforms supported by the Parliament, said Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska on Monday. …

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Zaharieva: Green light for starting EU negotiations with Macedonia early next week

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that after the agreement reached on the name North Macedonia, the EU General Affairs Council could give the green light for starting accession negotiations with Macedonia at the beginning of next week. “The topic of EU enlargement will be discussed at Council meeting. If the …

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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva: Green light for Macedonia’s accession talks after signing of name deal

After signing the name agreement, scheduled on June 17, Macedonia will be finally allowed to open negotiations to join the EU and to be given an invitation for NATO membership, Ekaterina Zaharieva said on Saturday. “Bulgaria wants Macedonia by the end of June to finally start negotiating with the EU. Truly, there’s no more time and I’m …

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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva won’t attend signing of name deal

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister said she wouldn’t attend the signing of the name agreement between Macedonia and Greece. The event is set to take place on Sunday in the region of Prespa. “It is a bilateral issue between Greece and Macedonia. Two EU commissioners and the UN’s Assistant Secretary General will be attending. We won’t be there,” Ekaterina Zaharieva …

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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva begins two-day visit of Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva began a two-day visit to Macedonia on June 15. Her programme included meetings with local authorities in Strumica and Novo Selo, two municipalities near the border with Bulgaria, followed by participation in the opening ceremony of the One Love Tour festival on June 16, dedicated to Bulgarian and Macedonian cultural …

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Ivanov: PM Borissov is taking sides and fails to realize the goal of EU presidency

Bulgaria should seek intensive contacts not only with Macedonia’s government, but also with other institutions, such as the President Office, Parliament, opposition parties. That is the way for the two countries to enjoy constructive, good-neighborly and friendly relations, President Rumen Radev said Thursday, commenting the Bulgarian Prime Minister’s decision to cancel a meeting with Macedonia’s President …

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Bulgarian President Radev: Bulgaria accepts Macedonia–Greece name agreement

Bulgaria is very concerned about the escalation in Macedonia over the agreement on new name of the country, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at Thursday’s press conference in Sofia after meeting his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov. Radev urged Ivanov not only to be a participant, but also a leader in the dialogue between the institutions in the Republic …

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Bulgarian PM Borissov cancels meeting with President Ivanov

The press office of the Bulgarian government confirmed that the Thursday meetings of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva with the visiting Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov have been cancelled. “We don’t want to interfere in the home affairs of our neighbour [Macedonia]. Our position [on the solution to the Macedonia-Greece name dispute] is clear …

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1,402 Macedonian citizens received Bulgarian citizenship in 2018

2,098 people have received Bulgarian citizenship by origin since the beginning of the year, Bulgarian Deputy Chairperson Iliana Jotova said. She specified that the largest number of them, 1,402 persons are from Macedonia. In 2017, a total of 1,436 people acquired Bulgarian citizenship. She clarified that most people acquired Bulgarian citizenship on the basis of …

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Gjorgjiev: Talks with Sofia’s historians will be long and strenuous

The first meeting of the joint multidisciplinary commission of Macedonia and Bulgaria is expected to be held in the third decade of June on the open historical and educational issues between the two countries, after the governments in Skopje and Sofia signed the Treaty of Good Neighborhood. Our and the historians from Bulgaria will thus …

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Borissov: After 15 years Western Balkans back on the EU agenda

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose country Bulgaria is current EU’s presidency-holder, hosts Thursday EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia, said that the Western Balkans integration in the EU is put back on the agenda after 15 years. “Everyone understands the importance of the Western Balkans and therefore 15 years after the Thessaloniki meeting we have …

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Zaev and Tsipras to meet in Sofia on May 17

A meeting between Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is planned in Sofia on May 17, unless something unpredictable happens, according to Greek web-portal News247. Diplomatic sources told News247 that despite existing difficulties, important progress has been achieved in majority of the topics within the negotiations, despite the main differences over the name use. According to the …

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