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Bulgarian politicians across the political spectrum seldom agree about anything – but Russian president Vladimir Putin has inspired a rare unity among them. Against him. In the past two days, […]
A statement by Russian president Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with his counterpart from Skopje, that Slavonic script “came from Macedonian lands” has caused sharply raised eyebrows in Bulgaria and […]
President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov mandated today the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev to form a new government. Ivanov said that the obstacles in giving the mandate have been overcome. “The […]
Pooja Kapur was just appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Bulgaria. Like her predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Rajesh K. Sachdeva, Ms. Kapur will most likely be […]
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev used the opportunity of his attendance at a special European Council meeting on April 29, held to decide EU guidelines on Brexit negotiations, to discuss Macedonia […]
The night after a violent incursion by nationalists into Macedonia’s parliament after the election of an ethnic Albanian as speaker, thousands gathered at the European Union representation’s office in Skopje […]
The outbreak of violence in Skopje is hardly surprising. The attack on the Macedonian parliament is the result of a long-planned attempt to destroy democracy, says DW’s Boris Georgievski. The […]
Macedonia’s rival parties are trading blame for violence in parliament, while world powers are giving opposing reactions to the events. The European Union and the United States condemned Thursday’s attack, […]
Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and expected soon to become his country’s prime minister, has called for a political solution in the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia and […]
Lise Terlaak is a Dutch expat in Macedonia. For well over two years, she has been living in Skopje, where she works as a support manager for a software company. […]
