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Macron vetoed them, now he has a proposal "when the time comes"
That agreement would enable the opening of negotiations for Skopje's accession to the European Union.
However, as he said, that will happen "when the time comes".
Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit
Serbia's neighbours Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bulgaria closed their air space to his plane, Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow that it won't disrupt Russia's good relations with Belgrade.
Lavrov's visit canceled? Russia's MFA: "Our diplomacy has not mastered teleportation"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.
"Those reports are accurate," a high-ranking source in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Interfax today.
Fire in Voula and Vari: The fiery front is in recession – Aircraft in the fray since morning
The fiery front that started yesterday from Pournari in Glyfada and has spread due to the strong winds towards Panorama Voulas and Vari is in recession.
With the first light of day, aircraft and helicopters entered the battle of extinguishing the fires, in an effort to prevent a resurgence.
The Bulgarian Cultural Center in North Macedonia was Set on Fire
Early this morning, the "Ivan Mihailov" Cultural Center in the town of Bitola, in the Republic of North Macedonia, was set on fire.
Bulgaria’s Parliament will have a Broad Agreement on North Macedonia's EU Membership
The coalition partners agreed that there should be a broad consensus on the issue of the Republic of North Macedonia. This became clear after a 3-hour meeting of the four parties in power, which lasted until late last night.
Bulgaria PM at Odds with President and Partners over North Macedonia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov ended a visit to the Bitola 2 electricity project in North Macedonia, on April 16, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
Russian and USSR Flags in the Center of Sofia on the Occasion of May 9 (PHOTOS)
Tensions in front of the Monument to the Soviet Army on the occasion of the May 9 celebrations.
Early this morning, a drone poured yellow and blue paint on the monument, as a result of which volunteers gathered to clean up before the official guests from the traditional March of the Immortal Regiment arrived at the scene.
The Bulgarian Government proposes that the VAT threshold be BGN 100,000
The Bulgarian government proposes that the threshold for VAT (ДДС) registration be raised twice - from BGN 50,000 to BGN 100,000.
Divisive Statue of ‘Assassin’ May Return to North Macedonia
The new mayor of North Macedonia's capital Skopje, Danela Arsovska, has raised eyebrows after announcing she had tracked down a bronze statue of Ottoman-era rebel Andon Lazov Kjoseto, which was removed by her predecessor in 2018, and might call a referendum on the statue's reinstallment.
The EU wants Bulgaria to lift the Veto on North Macedonia by June 2022
"I will come to Sofia as often as necessary in order to reach a decision (lifting the Bulgarian veto on North Macedonia's membership in the EU) by the end of June, we have no time, the war has shown us how important the European integration is."
North Macedonia Ex-PM Convicted of Illegal Property Scheme
Nikola Gruevski, who was tried in absentia, was found guilty at Skopje Criminal Court on Thursday of unlawfully acquiring over 1.3 million euros from his former ruling VMRO DPMNE party, and of instigating a money-laundering scheme to cover his tracks and buy property with the proceeds.
President Radev: It is High Time to Stop the Anti-Bulgarian Ideology in North Macedonia
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev made a sharp statement to the authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia. He said, "it was high time the anti-Bulgarian ideology swirling in our neighboring country to stop."
Week in Review: Perfect Storms and Banal Disputes
Widening Cracks
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov leaves after an emergency European Union (EU) summit on the situation in Ukraine, Brussels, February 25, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/JOHN THYS
WWII Bulgarian Nationalist ‘Glorified to Undermine Macedonian Identity’: Historian
World War II nationalist leader Ivan Mihailov was once regarded as a Nazi collaborator, but has been rehabilitated in Bulgaria for use as a tool in the country's dispute over its shared history with North Macedonia, says Bulgarian historian Chavdar Marinov.