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Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov: Never has the situation in the Balkans been so ‘pre-war’

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Macedonia, Turkey

Never has the situation in the Balkans been so “pre-war”, GERB leader Boiko Borissov told an election meeting on March

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Europe 

Socialist SDSM continues efforts to form a government in Macedonia while Gruevski’s party opposes

March 13, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Political parties that have secured a majority in parliament to form a new government in the Republic of Macedonia have said that they

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: More pragmatism needed in work of Southeast Europe Cooperation Process

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Roumen Radev, Serbia, Turkey

At a meeting with ambassadors from seven Balkan countries in Sofia on March 8, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen

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Europe 

Macedonian president Ivanov does not mandate Zaev to form a government

March 1, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The president of  Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov held a news conference on March 1 to announce his decision on the mandate regarding

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Europe 

Protests, violent incidents and journalists beaten in Skopje

March 1, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A beaten group of journalists and violent clashes between Slav-Macedonian young people and Albanians was the outcome of last night’s

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Europe 

Macedonian social democrat leader expects mandate to form government

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The leader of the social democrats in the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has delivered to the country’s president Gjorge

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Europe 

Two months after the elections, Macedonia is yet to form a government

February 13, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Political leaders in the Republic of Macedonia are yet to come to an agreement on the creation of a new government

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Europe 

Macedonian political parties yet to reach deal on new government

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

It has been a week since the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, failed to create a new government, while political parties

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Europe 

Macedonian SDSM leader Zaev demands mandate to form a government

January 31, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The leader of SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), Zoran Zaev has requested a mandate from president George Ivanov to form

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