Send to Kindle
Wikimedia Commons
Bulgaria has started imitating Greece, I hope the negotiations will not continue for years and years, said in an interview with Macedonian TV Channel 5 the President of the Republic of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski.
According to him, his appeal not to hurry in the negotiations with Bulgaria is because the long wait to reach an agreement with Greece was to have "the main identification marks" - language and nationality.
Pendarovski expressed fears that in the negotiations with Bulgaria, the Republic of North Macedonia may enter the Greek scenario. "What (Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril) Petkov said - to create working groups and debate for six months - will it not lead to exactly that?"
The main thing in the dispute with Bulgaria is history - said Pendarovski. Regarding the history, we can talk - in one of these famous 5 + 1 points (which Bulgaria set as a condition) it is about opening the files and archives of the secret services, what happened before 1990, what happened to people with Bulgarian self-consciousness, how they were abused, (...) we can talk about it. We agree. But we can not talk about that we were Bulgarians until 1944 or we spoke "dialect of. .) "until 1944. That's the problem," Pendarovski said.
"We sent our position to these 5 + 1 points and we have no answer. There was also the Portuguese proposal. In Sofia they told the Portuguese foreign minister that they need 4-5 days to answer. Again there was no official answer to that. What are we talking about then? In 6 months, in a month? The question is whether you want to enter into real talks or you just want to delay the work", said Pendarovski, according to whom it is about tactical maneuvers on the part of Bulgaria.
/BTA
Preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) show that Bulgaria employed 3,726,500 people in the third quarter of 2025
In Bulgaria, the common perception that investing is reserved for the wealthy remains widespread, but recent analysis by Freedom24 shows that households can begin investing with modest amounts of 50–100 BGN (approximately €25–50) per month
From December 1, pensions in Serbia rose by 12.2%, bringing the average pension for retirees to 485 euros
The three leading telecommunications operators in Bulgaria inject more than 640 million BGN (≈327 million EUR) annually into the development of networks and services
A series of non-working days is approaching around Christmas and New Year
Farm Sense AD, a long-standing agribusiness company based in the Dobrudja region, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings in the Sofia City Court
The United States Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) on Friday (December 5) concluded a two-day workshop
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with EU ambassadors at the Danish Embassy on December 4 to discuss pressing challenges facing the European Union
The United States and Bulgaria have successfully concluded a dynamic regional workshop, hosted by the Bulgarian Air Force, on military air operations management
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev told parliament that Bulgaria is following the situation of its communities across the Western Balkans with particular focus and, at times, concern
Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova has warned that relations between Sofia and Moscow are at historic lows
Bulgaria reiterated its unwavering backing for Ukraine’s pursuit of a just and durable peace, one that preserves the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and rests entirely on compliance with international law
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
When Politics Means Violence
