Macedonia

Archaeological excavations in the Bulgarian seaside town of Sozopol on Sunday revealed an interesting find - a leaden bucranium with an eight-ray star, which possibly served as model for the coat of arms of Macedonia.

This was announced by the Director of the National Historical Museum (NIM) Bozhidar Dimitrov in a press release on Monday.

Reports regarding Brussels Group officials arriving in Athens late Friday in view of carrying on negotiations with the Greek government were refuted by government circles on the same day.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev warned on Thursday that Bulgaria will be the most affected country in the event of a Greek default and deepening of the sovereign debt crisis.

A total of 116 222 foreigners have received Bulgarian citizenship in the period between 2001 and May 2015. The information has been confirmed by the Ministry of Justice.

Out of them, 113 647 people have been granted citizenship on account of their origins. The total number of candidates for the same period was 185 447.

Macedonia's government and opposition leaders have failed to achieve a breakthrough in their talks to resolve the country's political crisis, the European Commission said.

Macedonian political leaders failed to reach a final agreement to resolve the country's political crisis in marathon talks in Brussels on June 10, the European Union said.

A very, very laconic — pun intended – answer by the ancient Spartans to a threat by Phillip of Macedon to topped a list of the 15 best-known responses in history — a list that includes the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Liz Taylor and even … Eminem.

Here’s the Spartan reply:

A total of 2953 foreign citizens were granted Bulgarian citizenship in the first five months of the year.

Traditionally, the largest number of Bulgarian passports were granted to Macedonian citizens, daily Sega reports.

Since the beginning of the year, 1174 Macedonians have been granted Bulgarian identity documents on the basis of their Bulgarian origin.

The mountain-climbing vice-president of fYRoM’s Parliament, Antonio Milososki, again provoked Greece on Monday by showing a photo of himself at the Naselba Caska site with the flag of the Vergina Sun.

Human rights organizations are saying that Macedonia is "one of the worst countries in Europe for migrants," BBC reported.

According to Doctors Without Borders, at least 300 persons died on their way from Greece to Macedonia, in a bid to reach Northern and Western Europe.