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North Macedonia: Pendarovski leads the polls by narrow margin

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Polling stations closed on April 21 at 7pm in presidential elections in the Republic of North Macedonia, with voter turnout

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on measles epidemic in North Macedonia

April 19, 2019April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to the country’s citizens about the measles epidemic that has been declared in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria increases patrols at borders as migrants try to reach North Macedonia from Greece

April 5, 2019April 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told

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Bulgaria 

Orthodox Easter 2019: N Macedonia bishop to go with Bulgarian delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’

April 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to

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Bulgaria 

Aircraft crashes in North Macedonia, Bulgarian family of four dies

April 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A Cessna PN210N  light aircraft crashed on April 2 in the Jakupica mountain range in North Macedonia. Authorities said that

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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, North Macedonia to deepen co-operation on disaster response

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved an agreement with the Republic of North Macedonia on co-operation on disaster response, the government information

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Transport Minister: Around 2025, the train trip between Sofia and Skopje will take an hour

March 7, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The deadline for completing the rail link between Sofia and Skopje is 2025-2027, Bulgarian Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov said on

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