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Vucic: Ohrid Agreement could become condition for EU accession

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says the Ohrid Agreement from the dialogue with Pristina could become a part of Chapter 35 in Serbia's EU accession talks and, consequently, a condition for the country to join the bloc.

In an interview with Belgrade-based weekly NIN, Vucic said that he had made it clear what he was unable to accept.

"Big Five" to visit Serbia by end of month

BELGRADE - A "Big Five" comprised of the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and envoys of the presidents of the US, France and Germany and the PM of Italy - Gabriel Escobar, Emmanuel Bonne, Jens Plattner and Francesco Tallo - will visit Serbia again by the end of this month, a source in the Presidency of Serbia confirmed to Tanjug on Tuesday.

Co-chairman of a Bulgarian Association in North Macedonia was Beaten because he is a "Dirty Bulgarian"

The co-chairman of the association of Bulgarians in North Macedonia "Shemeto" Bekir Kadrieski was beaten by a stranger in the city of Struga.

This happened today, Kadrieski himself told Nova TV.

The man said he was knocked to the ground and kicked. Kadrieski explained that during the beating he was insulted on ethnic grounds with the words "dirty Bulgarian".

Dispute in the European Parliament about the number of Bulgarians in North Macedonia

"There are 3,500 Bulgarians in North Macedonia" - this is what the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RNM, Bujar Osmani, told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. EPP MEP Andrey Kovachev objected to these numbers. The Bulgarian MEPs again raised the issue of mistreatment of our compatriots in the Balkan country.

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