Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Friday that Bulgaria should approve the start of EU membership negotiations for Macedonia after the objective historical facts are recognised by all and the process for elimination of hate speech in Macedonia becomes sustainable and irreversible. “The Bulgarian government throughout the year was making rather generous promises for support of North Macedonia’s integration in ...

The Health Ministry has registered a total number of 2,935 new COVID-19 cases over the past weekend. In the past three days, the Ministry also registered a total number of 2,394 cured patients, as well as 101 COVID-19 related deaths. So far in Macedonia, 61,543 cases of COVID-19 were registered, of which 38,400 are cured, 21,412 are still active, while ...

One cannot put an ethnic label on fascism, it was present all over Europe in the 2nd World War, PM Zoran Zaev said one day after his interview for Bulgarian news agency BGNES which provoked numerous negative reactions. “It is not fair for the entire nation to suffer consequences because of evil deeds of isolated groups or individuals. True, Europe ...

Former PM and former SDSM leader Branko Crvenkovski called upon the entire party membership to distant themselves from PM Zoran Zaev and his claims in the interview for BGNES he gave on Wednesday. “The positions Zaev promoted in the interview caused massive unrepairable damage to the Macedonian politics, and will result with further serious consequences over the Macedonian people and ...

German Minister for Europe Michael Roth and Macedonian Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov spoke about the issue of the integration of Macedonia in the EU and the Bulgarian blockade in a mutual interview for German newspaper Die Welt. “We gave a promise that by the end of our presidency with the EU we will start the membership negotiations ...

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ektareina Zaharieva said in an interview for a Bulgarian news web portal that official Sofia will continue to block the integration of Macedonia in the EU until complete elimination of the different forms of hate speech towards Bulgaria. “Bulgaria is concerned, because North Macedonia stopped respecting and sticking to the Good-neighbourliness Agreement right after the country’s accession ...

Bulgaria is not a fascist country, they are our friends, PM Zoran Zaev said in an interview for Bulgarian news agency BGNES. “North Macedonia and Bulgaria share mutual history, and unfortunately this has resulted in great discord between the citizens in both countries, and now we need to work to change this. Goce Delcev is recognised as great revolutionist by ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski held a press conference as a response to PM Zoran Zaev’s interview for BGNES. “With this utterly scandalous interview, Zaev negated the entire anti-fascist struggle and history of the Macedonian citizens, and placed an equality sign between the anti-fascist fighters and the Bulgarian occupiers from World War II. I am very concerned that this interview of ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani informed at a press conference that official Skopje and Sofia are maintaining communication and exchanging proposals over the unresolved bilateral disputes because of which Bulgaria blocked the start of the EU membership negotiations for Macedonia. “Numerous issues, like for example the one about revolutionist Goce Delcev, are open for discussion at the Macedonian-Bulgarian Committee on ...

The Health Ministry informed that in the past 24 hours 3,349 citizens were tested for COVID-19, and 1,288 of the tests turned positive. The Health Ministry also registered 1,078 cured patients, as well as 39 COVID-19-related deaths, a new daily record for Macedonia. So far in Macedonia, 57,451 COVID-19 cases were registered, of which 34,970 are cured, 20,881 remain active, ...