Bulgarian President: Government ‘showed courage’ by picking Western Balkans as theme for EU Presidency
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has praised the work of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the choice
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Month: June 2018
Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast
Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car
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Bulgarian government welcomes June 17 signing of ‘North Macedonia’ name agreement
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 17 that he congratulated his counterparts from Athens and Skopje, Alexis Tsipras
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Greek government survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name deal
The left-led coalition government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived on June 16 a no-confidence vote brought by the conservative
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Nikola Dimitrov, Foreign Minister in Skopje: June 17 is a historic day
“Tomorrow’s a historic day for Macedonia, because it will mark the day when the future of the country is written”.
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Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute
By Daniel Stefanov and Vessela Tcherneva Macedonia and Greece have defied the stereotype that the Balkans produce only bad news.
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Tsipras and Zaev have EU’s full backing over ‘North Macedonia’ name deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from Skopje, Zoran Zaev, have the full backing of the European Union
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Macedonian PM Zaev tells Bulgarian Foreign Minister: ‘Today the Balkans are building friendships’
Meeting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Republic of Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he believed that his
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Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019: Open call for ‘last-minute’ projects
The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation announced on June 15 an open call for last-minute projects in the official programme of the
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