At the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government has adopted the Information on the first meeting of the North Macedonia-Bulgaria Joint Intergovernmental Committee established as a result of the Friendship Treaty signed between the two countries, which was held in Sofia on June 10, 2019. At a government session on Tuesday, ministers […]
Goce Delchev, who is considered to be a national hero in both Bulgaria and North Macedonia, has cast doubts on the agreement for good neighbouring relations achieved between Sofia and Skopje a year ago. Experts from both countries are discussing as to whom belongs this historical figure in an attempt to settle all disputes that […]
North Macedonia’s Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov is in an official visit to Sofia today to assess the process of cooperation and Bulgaria’s support in its NATO accession path. Prior to setting off, minister Dimitrov has published a part of his interview given for Bulgarian TV network BTV where he has stressed that “Skopje and Sofia […]
The meeting between Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev and Greek PMs Alexis Tsipras that was held on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia on Thursday has ended. The meeting was the second tête-à-tête between the two PMs after the name dispute negotiations resumed. It was expected that they would try to come closer […]
The EU-integration is the best instrument at Brussels’ disposal for assisting those countries that wish for changes and reforms, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Wednesday in Sofia at a conference on Western Balkan European prospect. The European Commission’s positive report and recommendation justifies Macedonia’s expectation to get a date for commencing the EU accession […]
The details of meeting between the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Macedonia’s PM Zoran Zaev were finalized and thus the two politicians will meet on Thursday (May 17) morning, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. According to IBNA’s exclusive information, the meeting was arranged for 10:30 a.m. at the NDK where the EU Western Balkans Summit will take […]
Asked if he would meet with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on May 17 to come up the final name solution, Zaev said the upcoming meeting was not one of the scheduled, long-awaited ones. The meeting, he said, is to happen on the margins of the EU Summit, which all EU PMs will attend along with […]
Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will met in Sofia on May 17, UN mediator on Skopje-Athens name talks said Saturdayafter the new round of negotiations in Sounio near Athens with the foreign ministers of both countries. ‘I can characterize today’s meeting as rather serious and frequently tense. We have worked hard and […]
A meeting between Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is planned in Sofia on May 17, unless something unpredictable happens, according to Greek web-portal News247. Diplomatic sources told News247 that despite existing difficulties, important progress has been achieved in majority of the topics within the negotiations, despite the main differences over the name use. According to the […]
Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is set to attend the EU-Western Balkans meeting, scheduled to take place in Sofia on 1 March, the government said Monday in a press release. The meeting, which should bring together the Heads of Government of Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, will be co-chaired by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and […]
European Union foreign ministers disagreed on Thursday over a proposal by the bloc’s executive to push for expansion into the Western Balkans, a region still scarred by ethnic wars fought in the 1990s and dogged by a reputation for lawlessness. Meeting in Bulgaria, the EU ministers discussed for the first time the plan by the […]
According to IBNA’s exclusive information, the meeting of foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia, Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov respectively, is considered to be of key importance for the next day of the attempt resolve the dispute over the nomenclature. The meeting, which will be held on the sidelines of the Informal Meeting of Foreign […]
