Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, will visit Kosovo tomorrow. According to the Bulgarian news agency BTA, the purpose of the visit is to consider ways to improve cooperation in the region and to maintain peace and stability in the Balkans. Borissov will meet with Kosovo …
In an April 10 telephone conversation, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his country does not aim to start any conflicts or armed attacks, a Bulgarian government statement said. Borissov, whose country is the current holder of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, had said earlier in Mostar, …
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Bilateral and regional cooperation was the focal point of Tuesday’s meeting in Mostar of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. “There’s a lot of time and many things can happen before the upcoming summit in Sofia. It is vital that we do everything in our power to preserve peace and stability …
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On 17 May, Bulgaria will host the EU Summit with countries of Western Balkans, which is expected to finalize an agreement on transport, energy and digital connections in this region. While everything seemed to be on the right tracks, the Bulgarian rotating presidency of the EU has faced the refusal of five countries which have …
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Bulgaria’s Vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva met Thursday in Sofia with a delegation of Macedonian MPs – members of the Macedonia-Bulgaria Friendship Group -led by the Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Frosina Tasevska-Remenski, BTA new agency reports. The meeting was also attended by the Bulgaria-Macedonia Friendship Group chairman, Boris Vangelov and Macedonian Ambassador to Bulgaria …
Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov, in his remarks at commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka death camp, said that the Nazis who were here did cruel things to living human beings. Certainly, we are very sorry, and we are here today, because every human being who was sent …
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will attend the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust of Macedonian Jews on Monday in Skopje. The host, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev together with Borisov will lay flowers at the monument of 7,144 Macedonian Jews, after which their addresses are announced. The President of the Jewish community in Macedonia Berta Romano …
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Macedonia and Bulgaria should work on advancing the business cooperation and communication at all levels, the Presidents of both countries, Gjorge Ivanov and Rumen Radev respectively, said Saturday at a gathering of presidents of economic chambers and representatives of companies. ‘We have been already enjoying a political confidence at the highest level, which is a …
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Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev agreed Saturday that the bilateral friendship treaty opens new possibilities in the relations between the two countries and demonstrates Sofia’s commitment to support Skopje’s efforts to join the European Union and NATO. Xhaferi commended Bulgaria’s support of the Western Balkan countries’ accession to the EU …
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The position undertaken by Macedonia’s leadership is a turning point that offers the country an opportunity for new perspective to which we in Bulgaria have been always open. We should do our best for the people from both sides of the border – from Bulgaria and Macedonia – to view each other as brothers, Bulgaria’s …
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Macedonia and Bulgaria will join forces to provide funds for infrastructural projects along Corridor 8 deemed important for the region’s development, Macedonian Minister of Transport and Communications Goran Sugareski and his Bulgarian counterpart Ivaylo Moskovski announced after their meeting Thursday in Sofia. While discussing railway projects, Sugareski said Macedonia was actively working on the construction …
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European Union foreign ministers disagreed on Thursday over a proposal by the bloc’s executive to push for expansion into the Western Balkans, a region still scarred by ethnic wars fought in the 1990s and dogged by a reputation for lawlessness. Meeting in Bulgaria, the EU ministers discussed for the first time the plan by the …
Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva will sign Wednesday the protocol for exchange of ratification documents which enforces the Treaty on Friendship, Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation between two countries. This will complete the formal procedure for entry the treaty into force following its ratification in the Macedonian Parliament on Jan. 15 …
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Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov travels to Sofia on Wednesday for an informal meeting of the EU foreign ministers (Gymnich), which is to take place in Bulgaria’s capital on 15-16 February. Today, Dimitrov is scheduled to meet Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a …
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I’m glad that progress in the name negotiations between Athens and Skopje has been made, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister said when asked about the dispute between Greece and Macedonia. “It’s a bilateral issue and we should leave Athens and Skopje to negotiate under the mediation of the United Nations,” Ekaterina Zakharieva noted wishing the negotiating parties …
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The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) during their meeting on Monday expressed readiness to help both governments carry out the Good Neighborly Relations Agreement. To do this, the academies will form an inter-academic group headed by their presidents. The inter-academic group, as MANU writes in its …
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Trade between Bulgaria and Macedonia grew by nearly 11 per cent in 2017 whereat Bulgarian exports to Macedonia increased by 3 per cent, economic analyst Ljubomir Levicharov said explaining that it is because of the treaty on good neighborliness signed between the two countries, Bulgarian TV Evropa reported. Experts say that he interest for business …
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Bulgaria supports efforts of the PM Zaev’s government, the institutions, the civil society sector and the media for Macedonia to return on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration, Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia Ivan Velikov Petkov said Thursday’s presenting priorities of the Bulgarian EU Council presidency. “Yesterday we heard an encouraging message in Davos at the meeting …
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Long-term friendly relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia and a stable foundation for cooperation in the region based on European values is guaranteed by the Agreement on Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation, which was ratified yesterday by Macedonia’s Parliament. This was concluded by the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Macedonia – Boyko Borisov and Zoran Zaev …
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The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry welcomed Monday the decision of the Macedonian Parliament to ratify the Treaty of Friendship, BTA reports. The ratification confirms the will to foster good-neighbourly relations which are an important element of the European perspective of all countries in the Western Balkans, Bulgaria’s MoFA said in statement. Bulgaria will continue its active …
