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Two bids submitted to build Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline

April 2, 2019May 14, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Two candidates have submitted bids to design and build the gas inter-connector pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece, which project company

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Europe 

Greek PM Tsipras given a warm welcome in Skopje

April 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived in Skopje on April 2 on what is considered to be a historic visit

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Europe 

Greek energy companies ‘ready to invest in North Macedonia’

March 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Macedonia

Greek energy companies are showing strong interest in the interconnection and expansion of the gas, electricity and oil networks between

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Europe 

Greece eases border crossing rules for citizens of North Macedonia

February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

North Macedonian citizens will cross the border with Greece only with their travel documents. The sheets of paper that had

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament ratifies North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 20 to approve the ratification of the Republic of North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol.

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Europe 

UN welcomes official notice of Republic of North Macedonia name

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has confirmed receipt of official notice from Skopje and Athens of the change of the

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Bulgaria 

Albania’s Parliament among latest to ratify North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol

February 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Albania has become one of the first countries to ratify the Republic of North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol. In a

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Europe 

Official: Name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ comes into force

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The name “Republic of North Macedonia” for the former Yugoslav republic has come into force officially, in compliance with the

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Europe 

Republic of North Macedonia: Nato flag raised at government HQ in Skopje

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

The entry of the country soon to be officially named Republic of North Macedonia into Nato would have a positive

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