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Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on April 28 that he was deeply concerned by the tensions in the Republic of Macedonia and the clashes the previous night […]
Midway into her term, Federica Mogherini found herself in Moscow. The high representative had wanted to go to Moscow for some time to establish a dialogue with Russian foreign minister […]
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn have condemned the April 27 ongoing attacks on MPs in Skopje that followed the election of an […]
The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, Boiko Borissov – expected within days to return to office as prime minister – has held telephone conversations with Macedonian political leaders Nikola […]
In Skopje, Parliament approved on Thursday afternoon the election of its new speaker, following a political crisis which has been lasting for months. Talat Xhaferi, former minister of Defence and […]
Socialist SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and 10 police officers were injured in a confrontation as Macedonia’s parliament in capital city Skopje was stormed on April 27, reports from the […]
Bulgarian GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected to be returned to office as prime minister on May 4, said that in his party’s coalition government agreement with the nationalist United […]
At a ceremony on April 27, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev handed GERB party leader Boiko Borissov – whose party won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections – a […]
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly on April 27 to lift the immunity from prosecution of three MPs who face charges in three separate investigations. […]
Bulgarian defence experts have ranked the offer by Sweden’s SAAB-Gripen to supply new multi-role fighter jets to the Bulgarian Air Force as the best received – but on April 26, […]
