Is it true that US President Joe Biden is supporting North Macedonia and putting pressure on Bulgaria over our stance on the start of negotiations for this country’s EU membership? These questions, prompted by articles in Bulgarian media, were posed by a FactCheck.bg reader.Bozhidar AngelovBozhidar Angelov is a PhD student
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A review of the Western Balkans’ slow motion to the EU.Miruna Butnaru-TroncotăDr Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the National University of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest, Romania. Since 2019 she has coordinated the SNSPA Center for European
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An interview with the specialist on Southeastern Europe about the Bulgarian veto on the beginning of Macedonian accession negotiations with the EU.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA
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An interview with Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă, international relations expert on the Balkans, about the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over good neighbourliness and common historyVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania,
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Sofia’s veto on the start of Skopje’s negotiations with the EU was met by Albanians in Northern Macedonia and Albania with their characteristic pragmatism.The Barricade
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Bulgarians fail to understand that they have made mistakes in Macedonia throughout history, says Sonja Stojadinovic, a Macedonian political scientist, who reflects on Bulgaria’s veto at the start of North Macedonia’s negotiations with the EU.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border
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