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North Macedonia Increases Film Budget for 2025
The Film New Europe
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SKOPJE: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of North Macedonia has announced a significant increase in the national budget for culture in 2025, with a notable boost of 2.3 m EUR / 145 m MKD for the film sector. A new legal provision is also in...
North Macedonia's PM Insults Bulgarian Foreign Minister: 'A Mouse Teasing a Lion'
Novinite
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North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski launched a personal attack against Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, likening him to a “mouse” and dismissing his relevance in the ongoing political dialogue between the two countries....
Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov Urges North Macedonia's PM Mickoski to Apologize
Novinite
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov addressed recent comments by North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, describing his remarks toward Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev as offensive and inappropriate. Referring to...
North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry Strongly Condemns Comments by Bulgaria’s Chief Diplomat
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Foreign Ministry in Skopje has strongly condemned what it called "the offensive remarks” made by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev towards the Prime Minister and the institutions of North Macedonia during his appearance on BTV’s...
Skopje lodges a protest with the Bulgarian ambassador over the term “North Macedonian”
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 11, 2025
Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement following the summoning of the Bulgarian ambassador to North Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Skopje. Skopje lodged an official protest with Ambassador Zhelyazko Radukov, as the...
Foreign Ministry Condemns "Unacceptable, Offensive Language" Used by North Macedonia's PM towards Bulgarian Foreign Minister
Bulgarian News Agency
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In a position released late on Thursday, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "unacceptable and offensive language" used by Prime Minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski to address the Bulgarian Foreign Minister earlier...
PM of North Macedonia: Bulgarian FM Georg Georgiev is a mouse, I am a lion
BGNES
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July 10, 2025
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski compared Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev to a “mouse,” while likening himself to a “lion,” BGNES reported. His comments came after, earlier on July 10, Minister Georgiev stated that...
North Macedonia's PM Accuses Bulgaria: 'They Want to Destroy the Macedonian Nation and Identity'
Novinite
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski declared on Wednesday that Bulgaria is pursuing a long-standing strategy aimed at erasing the Macedonian nation and identity. The statement came in response to developments in the European...
Only via Dialogue and Once It Has Fulfilled Its Commitments Can North Macedonia Begin Negotiations, Says Parliament Chair Kiselova
Bulgarian News Agency
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"We hope that our neighbors in the Republic of North Macedonia will see that when there is dialogue and when commitments between the European Union and the country in question are fulfilled, negotiations can be greatly accelerated, as is the case...
Bulgaria: With its vulgar behavior, North Macedonia is violating the Friendship Treaty and distancing itself from the EU
BGNES
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July 10, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria has condemned the undermining of the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness by Skopje, as well as the unacceptable and offensive language used by North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski...
Bulgaria to Take Part in European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria will participate with 34 athletes and 12 coaches at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, which will take place from July 20 to 26. The country will be represented in the sports of...
Global lenders line up to finance North Macedonia’s €1.9bn high-speed rail project
BNE Intellinews
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North Macedonia’s Ministry of Finance announced on July 9 that it received expressions of interest from 16 international financial institutions and commercial banks for financing the ambitious Corridor X high-speed rail project, estimated at...
The accusations by North Macedonia’s premier are crisis PR, says Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 10, 2025
Georg Georgiev Photo: BTA Bulgaria is a factor in the EU and the region that North Macedonia must take into account, Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev said in an interview with bTV regarding the report of the European Parliament from...
North Macedonia's PM: Bulgaria’s Goal Is “The Destruction of the Macedonian Nation and Identity”
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, stated on Wednesday that Bulgaria’s goal is “the destruction of the Macedonian nation and identity.” At an extraordinary press conference held at the headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE, he said...
North Macedonia declares national wildfire emergency
Gazeta Tema
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July 9, 2025
SKOPJE, 9 July - North Macedonia has declared a 30-day state of crisis nationwide amid a spike in wildfires. The decision was announced Tuesday following a meeting of the country’s emergency coordination committee. The government will mobilize all...
Qatar and North Macedonia discuss bilateral ties
The Peninsula
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July 10, 2025
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia H E Timco Mucunski during their meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, yesterday. Skopje:...
'Bulgaria Is a Factor North Macedonia Must Recognize,' Says Foreign Minister Amid Mickoski’s Criticism
Novinite
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Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev commented on the recent developments regarding the European Parliament’s report on North Macedonia, from which the references to "Macedonian language and identity" were removed. He said Bulgaria successfully...
Bulgarian firefighters help extinguish a fire in North Macedonia
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 10, 2025
Bulgaria reacted swiftly to a forest fire near the town of Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia, which is located near the Bulgarian-North Macedonian border. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon, spread rapidly and threatened the town...
Megaproject to Megadump: North Macedonia’s Ancient City Surrounded by Garbage
Balkan Insight
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July 10, 2025
Late archaeologist Ivan Mikulcic, the authority on ancient settlements in North Macedonia, who died in 2020, wrote that Skupi was once twice as large as Stobi in central North Macedonia, five times larger than Heraclea, near Bitola, and nine times...
Foreign Minister Comments on North Macedonia’s Progress Report, Bulgaria Entering Eurozone
Bulgarian News Agency
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Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev said in a bTV interview on Thursday that Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone shows that the country has achieved very high standards of economic, political and financial processes. He noted that this is a very...