"The Law on Associations and Foundations and the decisions of the Commission on Names are not directed against the guaranteed freedom for association, but against decisions that associations bear the names of controversial individuals who create discomfort among the citizens of the country," the Foreign Ministry of North Macedonia wrote on its website. The comment comes after the sharp reaction of Bulgaria regarding the ban on two Bulgarian associations in the Republic of North Macedonia to use the names they chose - "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola and "Tsar Boris III" in Ohrid.
According to Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov, Bulgaria is watching with concern attempts to limit the right of association of Bulgarians in North Macedonia and will signal to its European partners after Thursday's attack against the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center in Skopje.
I expect that in Sofia, the parliamentarians from the member states of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) will make forward-looking decisions that will support cooperation and the development of the countries in the..
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As part of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Sofia, the police carried out several searches and seizures this week on suspicion of fraud with EU subsidies for agriculture, BTA has reported,..
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