Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.
The world was battered in 2015 by overlapping crises that fueled xenophobic sentiment in democratic countries, undermined the economies of
Read more
The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but
Read more
Opinions of young Europeans appear to be hardening toward immigration. Ask them about their lives and talk quickly turns to
Read more
The U.N. warns that refugee women and children seeking safety in Europe are at great risk of sexual abuse and
Read more
The largest opposition party SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), has decided last evening that it will not participate in the
Read more
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to visit Skopje again in mid-February, with a precise plan comprised of three
Read more
In an urgent session on the night of January 18, without the presence of the opposition, Macedonia’s parliament elected the new
Read more
Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent his resignation letter to the president of parliament, Trajko Veljanovski, as planned on January
Read more
Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski said in a televised address to the nation that he would resign on January 15
Read more