Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgaria insists that North Macedonia and Albania join EU en bloc

Photo: БТА

The Bulgarian cabinet has approved a proposal which reads that the EU should start accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. This country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva specified that Sofia will insist that the two countries become EU members en bloc, because the separation of North Macedonia and Albania in the accession process may lead to instability in the region. Minister Zaharieva noted that Bulgaria has always supported the North-Atlantic and EU integration of the Western Balkan countries, provided they meet certain requirements. 




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Temperatures on the rise, spring weather on Friday

On Friday, the weather in Bulgaria will be mostly sunny. There will be weak wind in the eastern parts, stronger winds in the western half of the country.  Daytime temperatures will be on the rise - highs will reach 21°C to 26°C, in Sofia – around..

published on 3/28/24 7:10 PM

Ski resort under scrutiny over COVID-19 funds

The European Public Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has conducted searches at two hotels in a Bulgarian ski resort as part of an investigation into fraud involving EU subsidies for Covid-19, reports BNR's Brussels correspondent Angelina Piskova. The money..

published on 3/28/24 6:19 PM

President Radev starts meetings with possible caretaker prime ministers

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has started consultations with the candidates for caretaker prime minister.  President Radev hands ITN the third cabinet-forming mandate, they hand it back to him unfulfilled Under the constitutional changes from..

published on 3/28/24 3:42 PM