In a parliamentary declaration, the nationalist party Vazrazhdane demanded that Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel summon Germany’s ambassador to Bulgaria for consultations on North Macedonia over the words by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at a press conference in Berlin with the PM of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovačevski, that Bulgaria must not set down new conditions for Skopje’s European integration. Before that the German Bundestag recognized North Macedonia’s culture, identity and language.
“Bulgaria is not setting any new conditions in the way of North Macedonia’s EU membership,” said President Rumen Radev, and added that Skopje is required to fulfil the commitments it has already assumed, set down in the negotiating framework with the EU. Rumen Radev made this comment at the presentation of a book by Assoc. Prof. Spas Tashev called “The struggles of the Macedonian Bulgarians for rights and independence – 68 case studies from the 1944-1994 period”.
Speaking to the Bulgarian National Radio, the ambassadors of Germany and France to Bulgaria Irene Plank and Joël Meyer commented on the current situation in Europe and the upcoming negotiations on Ukraine. "This is an informal..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism will work to create a map of important, but hard-to-reach tourist and cultural-historical sites. The goal is then to insist on financing the necessary repairs and improvements that will facilitate visitors' access to..
The cities of Sofia, Rotterdam and Cascais will compete for the title of "European Capital of Democracy" in 2026 . The selection will take place until March 12, 2025, by over 4,500 juries in 47 countries. Barcelona was the winner of the title in..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
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