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Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani revealed at a briefing with journalists that certain employees and officials from state institutions in North Macedonia have been contacting state institutions in Bulgaria in order to tamper the process of negotiations between Skopje and Sofia for overcoming bilateral disputes. “They have been calling Bulgaria, telling them that the entire engagement around the resolution of ...

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official reaction to the results of the 2021 Population Census in North Macedonia, in which they express surprise from the results. “We could not help but notice the major difference of only around 3,500 enumerated citizens of Bulgarian ethnicity, compared to the data we possess about over 100,000 citizens of North Macedonia ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said at a briefing with journalists that the calls for boycott of the 2021 Population Census resulted with low response by the citizens in the diaspora in specific countries. “Our diplomats informed us in the very beginning of the statistical operation that unfortunately, the calls for boycott are rather effective in several countries, especially among ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting on Friday with Head of the Mission of OSCE in Skopje Clemens Koja. At the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the ongoing preparations for North Macedonia to take over the presidency over OSCE in 2023, with both Kovacevski and Koja concluding that the country is ready to embark on this rather important and challenging role. ...

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov reiterated on Thursday that the Macedonian-Bulgarian Committee on historical Affairs has reached agreement over certain issues and historical figures. “As far as I am informed, they have reached agreement and realised quite great progress in the negotiations. I am very glad that both sides express cooperation spirits. Once they have reached any agreement, they will notify ...

President Stevo Pendarovski welcomed the successful organisation of the 2021 Population Census by the State Statistical Office (SSO) and its results. “The fact that we succeeded to conduct this complex statistical operation after 20 years is a success by itself. We conducted a census, which followed all regulations and good practices applied in Europe. Of course, things in the Balkans ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting on Thursday with State Minister for European and International Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria Melanie Hulm, who paid an official visit to Skopje. At the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the integration of North Macedonia in the EU in context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, with PM Kovacevski ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic paid an official visit to Strasbourg, where he held a meeting with the EU Ambassador at the Council of Europe Meglena Kuneva. At the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the processes for the European integration of North Macedonia and the importance of the resolution of the bilateral disputes between Skopje and Sofia. “I got ...