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Macedonia's Zaev to Meet Bulgaria Officials, Opposition Leaders
Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev, who heads socialist SDSM, is due in Bulgaria on Friday.
A day earlier his party's website informed of the visit, adding he would meet both leaders of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and state officials.
No schedule of the visit has been made public.
Macedonian Opposition Leader Zoran Zaev to Visit Bulgaria Friday - SDSM
The leader of Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats Zoran Zaev will pay one-day visit to neighbouring Bulgaria on Friday, the party has announced.
Zaev is expected to meet high-ranking Bulgarian officials as well as leaders of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), according to the announcement posted on the website of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) on Thursday.
Balkan Feuds Re-Surface at Leaders' Tirana Summit
The Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans visited Tirana to take part in the "Tirana Talk" of the Vienna Economic Forum, a forum organized on the initiative of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama.
Pavlopoulos: Only fools may doubt that Macedonia is Greek
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a clear message on Thursday reiterating what most people with a knowledge of elementary western civilization and history already know, namely, that Macedonia is Greece’s largest province and the same land that approximates to geographical and historical Macedonia – despite a 70-year effort to “baptize” a one-time Yugoslav province as such.
Bulgaria Backs Idea to Send EU Special Representative to Macedonia - Minister
Bulgaria backs the idea to send an EU Special Representative to Macedonia in a bid to solve the political crisis in the country, according to Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov.
Mitov made clear in a Thursday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio that Bulgaria had stated its support for the initiative put forth by Germany a long time ago.
Maxim Behar Backed for New 3-Year Term on Management Board of Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum
?he General Assembly of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) has elected four members of the Management Board at an annual meeting.
Petar Ivanov, Microsoft General Manager for Bulgaria and Macedonia, and Boryana Manolova, CEO of Siemens Bulgaria, are the new members of the BBLF Management Board.
Cheaper roaming announced in region starting June 30
The inter-state agreement on reducing roaming charges inked by Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia will come into force on June 30.
Serbian Minister of Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic told this to Tanjug on Thursday.
Zaev Predicts Early End to Macedonia Crisis
Speaking on a stage in front of the government headquarters in Skopje, opposition Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev said he expected the crisis over the illegal surveillance scandal in Macedonia to end soon with the aid of international mediation.
Macedonian Opposition Leader Zaev Expects Crisis Will Be Over by End-June
Zoran Zaev, leader of Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats, expects the political crisis in the country to be resolved by the end of June.
Bulgaria's Chief of Defence Staff to Attend Annual Balkan Countries CHODs Conference
Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov, Chief of Defence Staff of Bulgaria, will participate in the Annual Meeting of the Chiefs of Defence/General Staffs of the Balkan Countries on May 27-28 in Budva, Montenegro.
Macedonia Appoints New Secret Police Chief
Andonovski was appointed the new head of Macedonia's intelligence agency, the UBK, on Tuesday at a government session.
He was the former head of the Skopje branch of the secret police. His resume says he has worked in the police since 1987.
Bulgarians Made More Business, Holiday Trips Abroad in April
According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, Bulgarians made more business trips and holiday travels abroad in April.
Bulgarians completed 369 000 trips abroad in April, which represented an increase of 14.2 % compared to the same month in 2014.
Macedonia Will Only Join Turkish Stream amid Agreement between Russia, EU on it - Gruevski
Macedonia will join the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project when the European Commission and Russia reach agreement on the scheme, according to Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
In an interview for local news portal Pres 24 he says that Macedonia is a country that makes decisions of strategic importance on the basis of its Euro-Atlantic orientation.
Preventing Ethnic Tensions in Macedonia Essential to Bulgaria - ?x Foreign Minister
Former Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has argued that it is essential for Bulgaria that the conflict in Macedonia does not escalate into ethnic tensions.
Pseudo-mufti wants … referendum to prove number of … ‘Turks’ in Thrace
A pseudo mufti in the northeast province of Thrace wants a … referendum. And not just any referendum, but one to show people and other countries, as he maintained, “who and how many Turks there are in western Thrace.”
The statement belongs to one Ahmet Mete, who used the “referendum” idea to prove, as he claimed, that “150,000 Turks” live in the northeast Greek province.