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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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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Zaharieva: Maqedonia mund të marr dritë jeshile për nisje të bisedimeve për anëtarësim

Zëvendës kryeministrja dhe Ministrja e Jashtme e Bullgarisë Ekaterina Zaharieva ka deklauar se pas marrëveshjes së arritur për emrin mes Shkupit dhe Athinës, Këshilli për Çështje të Përgjithshme i Bashkimit Evropian me të cilin ajo udhëheq, në fillim të javës që vjen mund të jap dritë jeshile për fillimin e bisedimeve për anëtarësim të Maqedonisë, …

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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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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva meets Macedonian MPs

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 …

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Macedonia-Bulgaria Treaty on Good-Neighborliness enters into force

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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