The visit by the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev to Sofia on 17 June started out in a minor key and with the idea of playing it safe on both sides. One day before the arrival of the delegation from the Republic of North..
Greek Cypriots elect highly-fragmented Parliament 7 parties shared the 56 seats in the new National Assembly of Cyprus. The three major left-wing and right-wing parties lost electoral support and the far-right nationalist parties earned..
“Bulgaria can help North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina with a donation of 150,000 vaccines,” Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov announced at a press conference. “Our own needs have been met fully and there is no reason to..
Croatia to build military base in Kosovo During a visit to Pristina, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Radman said Zagreb opposes any change in the region's borders. After meeting with Kosovo's first diplomat, Donika..
Greece with new 2.5-billion euro relief package for business Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a package of new measures to support companies, freelancers and workers. He pointed out that during the two years of the crisis..
Turkey and Greece to resume political dialogue "Greece and Turkey have a real chance to reduce tension stemming from their disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean, Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas said during his visit to..
EU enlargement in the Western Balkans is still on the agenda, but it is not going to happen "tomorrow", Portugal's Ambassador to Bulgaria Ana Maria Ribeiro da Silva said. At a discussion on the Portuguese Presidency of Council of the European Union ,..
In early 2020, Croatia's EU presidency managed to renew its policy of integrating the Western Balkans. This happened after the acceptance of the French conditions for the negotiations to be reversible, with the candidate countries meeting..
In an online forum dedicated to the Western Balkans and organized by MEP Angel Dzhambazki, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva stressed that Bulgaria had always been one of the strongest supporters of the European perspective of the Western Balkans , BTA..
In 2020 Bulgaria helped 18 countries under the Official Development Assistance with over 5 . 5 million Leva /2 . 8 million euro /. A significant portion of the assistance was allocated to the countries of the Western Balkans and..
