“One of the reason for our current problems with North Macedonia is the fact that we don’t have a national policy with regard to our compatriots abroad,” said Vice President Iliana Yotova at the last meeting for the year of the Council for Work with Bulgarians Abroad, the BTA reports. “Relations there have shrunk to issuing Bulgarian passports, without extending the influence of Bulgaria, even after the signing of the goodneighbour agreement.”
“We have no lobby among our European partners on the national position concerning Skopje. We have no lobby within the academic circles of Slavic studies. We have not revived, nor are we creating new Bulgarian language chairs unlike the existing Macedonian ones,” Iliana Yotova stated.
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.S. Embassy in Sofia paid tribute to Bulgarian politician Dimitar Peshev and all those who followed his example of standing up for justice and humanity. On 27 January the world..
The "Stand up, Bulgaria" citizens' initiative is collecting signatures for the introduction of a cap on bank fees. The initiative's leader, former ombudsman Maya Manolova , noted that there was already a draft law, submitted by the Bulgarian..
Minister of Tourism Miroslav Borshosh and Marton Nagy - Minister of National Economy of Hungary signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of tourism. The Memorandum focuses on the exchange of information and experience in tourism, including..
Bulgarian exports to the USA in 2023 are worth 1.1 billion dollars, and number 1 on the export list with a share of nearly 19 percent are "coins that..
Swedish authorities have detained a ship suspected of sabotaging an undersea fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship is the Bulgarian vessel..
The benefits for Bulgaria from full entry into Schengen are estimated at over 800 million euros per year. The largest benefits will be for manufacturers..
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