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Bulgarian MEP Calls for Restoring Trust between Bulgaria and North Macedonia
Ilhan Kyuchyuk, the European Parliament's standing rapporteur for North Macedonia, is on an official visit to Skopje. He has already met with North Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski, PM Zoran Zaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani, Vice-PM Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Local Self-Government Goran Milevski and opposition party leader Hristijan Mickoski.
Evros residents denounce visiting migration minister
Residents of Orestiada in the Evros border region in northwestern Greece greeted visiting Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis on Monday with a hail of stones, firecrackers, eggs and plastic cups of coffee to express their opposition to government plans to increase the capacities of the local reception and identification center for asylum seekers and the pre-departure detention facility.
Editorial: The old wolf doesn’t change
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras one week ago adopted an aggressive stance on Greek national issues.
He did so in a flashy manner on the eve of the resumption of exploratory talks with neighbouring Turkey in Istanbul.
Supporting Western Balkans’ EU Prospects Won’t Hurt Macron
In the 2019 Eurobarometer, only a third of French respondents - 32 per cent - approved of enlargement, while 58 per cent were against. This was comparable to opinion in Germany or Austria, where 57 per cent were also opposed - but despite that, the governments of these countries strongly favour EU membership for the Western Balkans.
Rectors balk over funding
In response to the government's plans to introduce a minimum university entrance grade, the Rectors' Synod on Friday said it will get on board as long as the expected drop in admissions does not affect funding.
EU Top Diplomats Ask North Macedonia’s Prime Minister about Dispute with Bulgaria
The heads of the diplomatic missions of EU Member States in the Republic of North Macedonia, led by EU Ambassador David Gere, at their regular annual meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev showed particular interest in resolving open issues with the Republic of Bulgaria, which resulted in no consensus on the negotiating framework for North Macedonia in Brussels, reports the "Sloboden Pecat", qu
Last Despatches: Mystery Shrouds British Reporter’s Death in Kosovo Border Shelling
It was midday on March 29, 2001 when the Associated Press news agency team in Kosovo's capital Pristina received information that gunshots had been heard near the border with North Macedonia.
Veto after Veto: EU Enlargement Is Dead, What Follows Instead?
The principle, according to which the reforms pave the way to EU membership is no longer in force for the countries of the Western Balkans, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in an extensive analysis cited by Deutsche Welle and BTA.
Year in Pictures: 2020 in the Balkans and Central Europe
BIRN presents its selection of photos of some of the events and processes that marked a difficult year.
Battle Goes on With Deadly Virus
A medical worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) attends a patient at the Covid-19 hospital in Belgrade, Serbia, 18 December 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/MARKO DJOKOVIC.
Bulgarian Diplomat: Russia Is Interested in Delaying N Macedonia's EU Accession
Expulsion of one diplomat does not mean reduction of their number. There will be a new military attache and new spies will be sent to Bulgaria, explained diplomat Milen Keremedchiev on Nova TV in connection with the Russian diplomat expelled from the country for espionage. There are two reasons why.
Last Despatches: News Team Killed the Day After Kosovo War Ended
It was June 13, 1999, and Uli Reinhardt, a photojournalist from the German news magazine Stern was due to meet his colleague Gabriel Gruener at 6pm in the southern Kosovo city of Prizren.
But Gruener would never arrive for the meeting, and could not be contacted by mobile phone because Kosovo's telecommunications system had been damaged in the war.
Madeleine Albright: Bulgarian Veto on North Macedonia EU Accession Negotiation Is Tragedy
A tragedy caused by internal reasons - this is how former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright defined the Bulgarian veto on the negotiations for the accession of Northern Macedonia to the EU. She commented on this during a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Congress.
Week in Review: Old Problems, Hybrid Solutions?
Surprise, Surprise
Picture showing a TV screen inside Government Headquarters building, as seen trough a window, showing Ludovic Orban, Romania's premier and the leader of PNL (National Liberal Party), announcing live his resignation after parliamentary elections in Bucharest, Romania, 07 December 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT
Bulgaria Refuses to Remove Barrier to North Macedonia’s EU Talks
A meeting of EU countries' European affairs ministers on Tuesday once more failed to signal a green light for the much-awaited start of North Macedonia and Albania's EU membership negotiations.
Behind the scenes on the Macedonian issue
Greek governments, from Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1990-03) to Antonis Samaras (2012-15), followed an ineffective secret diplomacy, while accepting, without admitting it, a double (or triple) name for what was then the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), with the word "Macedonia" included in every iteration.