On September 8, 1991, the peaceful separation of Macedonia from Yugoslavia was formalized following a referendum in which a majority of the republic's citizens voted for an independent state. On January 15, 1992, Bulgaria was the first in the world to recognize the independence of the state called the Republic of Macedonia back then, according to its first constitution.
This happened thanks to the efforts of Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev. Late in the evening Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov announced that the government had decided to recognize the independence of four former Yougoslav republics - Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On February 22, 1999, a Declaration of Good Neighborliness between Bulgaria and Macedonia was signed in Sofia by the then Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and his counterpart Lyubcho Georgievski.
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 14 °C and minus 8°C. In Sofia, it will be around minus 12°C. The day will be sunny but frosty. The thermometer values in most places will be negative. Before noon, there will be..
With various events throughout the country Bulgarians are marking 152 years after the death of the Apostle of Bulgarian Freedom Vasil Levski. Today, at 6:00 p.m. a memorial ceremony in front of the monument to the Apostle of Freedom in Sofia takes..
BNB Governor Dimitar Radev will sign the request for an extraordinary convergence report on the fulfillment of the criteria for eurozone membership. This is clear from his response in an interview with BTA, in which Radev announced that the Central..
The latest technological solutions, products and projects in the field of agriculture and agro-industry will be presented at the "Agra..
The Vazrazhdane parliamentary party is organizing a protest on February 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Bank against Bulgaria's entry into the..
The agriculture sector in Bulgaria maintains its stability, providing employment to 6% of the population and forming about 4% of the country's GDP. This..
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