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 February 19th, the day when Bulgarians worldwide commemorate 152 years since the passing of the Apostle of Freedom, Vasil Levski, Bulgaria’s National Liberation Day, March 3rd, received special recognition in Beverly Hills. Mayor Lester Friedman..
An office of the association for culture, education, and tradition "Balkan Bridge" was opened in Bitola in the presence of Bulgarian Ambassador to North Macedonia Zhelyazko Radukov, Bulgarian Consul General in Bitola Nikolay Dimitrov, diplomats and..
Education must make children not only knowledgeable but also good people, said Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev at a meeting with His Holiness Daniil, Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia. "We are discussing the..
The patriots from Vazrazhdane parliamentary party and civil organizations against Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone have announced a protest for today...
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..
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