Pendarovski describes the French proposal as acceptable but also transitional
SKOPJE – Following the meeting of the Security Council of North Macedonia on Sunday, President Stevo Pendarovski described the French proposal to lift the Bulgarian...
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Government of North Macedonia receives a new French proposal
by EWB
SKOPJE – The Government of North Macedonia announced in a press release today that it had received a proposal from the French Presidency with ideas...
Bulgarian conditions to lift the veto – “a poisoned chalice” for North Macedonia
by EWB
BRUSSELS – If North Macedonia accepts the French proposal to lift the Bulgarian veto on the country’s EU accession talks, “it would lock the country...
Bulgaria and North Macedonia: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog So, the Bulgarian veto is relegated to the past. On 24 June, the National Assembly in...
Bulgarian lawmakers accept French proposal for lifting veto
by EWB
SOFIA – With 170 votes “in favour, “Bulgarian Parliament accepted a proposal to give the Council of Ministers a mandate to accept the French Presidency’s...
The Devil is in the details: EU mustn’t endorse Putin’s narrative used by Bulgaria in the scramble to grant candidacy to Ukraine
“Macedonians, like no one else in Europe, probably understand what it means to be humiliated for their identity”. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister 27 May 2022 In...
Will another opportunity to lift the Bulgarian veto be missed?
Following today’s meeting of the EU General Affairs Council, it is still unclear whether an intergovernmental conference with North Macedonia and Albania will be held...
Macron attempts to mediate dispute between Skopje and Sofia, which faces further challenges
by EWB
PARIS / SKOPJE / SOFIA – President of France Emmanuel Macron spoke last evening with the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and with the Prime Minister...
Várhelyi visits Sofia and Skopje, Bulgaria sticks to conditions for lifting the veto
by EWB
SOFIA / SKOPJE – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi travelled to Bulgaria and North Macedonia this week. In Sofia, he expressed his...
Meeting of SEE NATO leaders in Sofia: Stalemate of the EU enlargement is risky
by EWB
SOFIA – Prime Ministers of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovačevski and of Montenegro Zdravko Krivokapić met today with their counterparts from Bulgaria Kiril Petkov and Romania...