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.
"Only united will we preserve Bulgaria in the global turmoil. That bright Bulgaria of Levski, which relies on its own strength. The ancient Bulgaria that feels equal to the European nations. That fraternal Bulgaria of free people, which has defended..
The European Union must remain united and predictable in its overall support for Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in his speech at the second emergency meeting on Ukraine, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, announced..
Public organizations in Bulgaria have announced a second day of boycott of grocery chains for February 20 , after reporting the success of the first such initiative in our country. On the first day of the boycott, according to data from the..
In Plovdiv, experts discuss issues of the food industry, in accordance with the most up-to-date requirements of the Bulgarian and European regulatory..
More than 550,000 people received support last year under the European programme Food and Basic Material Assistance – packages of staple foods and nine..
The MPs from the 51 st National Assembly adopted a declaration on non-participation of Bulgarian troops in military activities on the territory of..
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