Greek Church to celebrate Easter with doors closed The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church has announced that its churches will remain closed throughout the Easter holidays because of the coronavirus epidemic. The Synod invited..
Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras win Westphalia Peace Prize over Prespa agreement The former Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, are this year’s winner of the International Westphalia Peace Prize. The..
Bulgarian National Assembly President Tsveta Karayancheva, who attended the ratification of North Macedonia’ protocol on accession to NATO membership said Bulgaria would continue to support North Macedonia on its path towards Euro-Atlantic..
Greece approves update of military agreement with US The Greek parliament has approved updating of the defense agreement with the US by 175 against 80 votes and 33 abstentions. The agreement allows US forces to use Greek military facilities such..
It is very important for the Balkans, the region and our relations with North Macedonia and Albania that these countries are given EU Membership perspective. It would be a historic mistake if they were not allowed to enter EU accession negotiations..
Forest fires raging in Greece Code Red for danger of fires has been in force in Greece since Saturday as the situation is complicated because of the hot weather and strong winds. Despite all preventive measures taken so far, on Saturday some 59..
Macedonian historians in no hurry to settle Gotse Delchev issue The co-chair, on the Macedonian side, of the joint committee for resolving controversial historical issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia Dragi Georgiev rejected the proposal..
Several days after the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev welcomed US Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Boyse. The two discussed issues of bilateral interest as well as topics..
Bulgaria has been working actively to strengthen Balkan connectivity. This was stated by PM Boyko Borissov at the 12th ASEM Summit (ASEM12) Europe and Asia in Brussels, which this year is hosted by the EU. Borisosv recalled that connectivity was one of the..
The Bulgarian government has approved a Memorandum for the establishment of an executive council responsible for the Alpine-Western Balkan Rail Freight Corridor. The main objective of the project is to improve connectivity and commodity exchange with..
