Bulgaria and Czechia exchange information connected with the investigation of the blasts at the arms depot in Vrbetice to which the name of Bulgarian arms
As Portugal’s EU presidency is reaching its final month, additional pressure is expected on Bulgaria to press it to resolve its ongoing dispute with North Macedonia in order to open Skopje’s path towards the first phase of EU accession negotiations. Unfortunately for North Macedonia, it is next to
The diversion by Belarus of a Ryanair flight to a forced landing in Minsk was air piracy, Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev said on May 25.
Belarus authorities diverted a Greece-Lithuania flight on May 23 to the airport in the country’s capital city and arrested journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, actions that have led to widespread condemnation.
Stoev said that in addition to the forced landing of the aircraft, the question arose about the personal data of the passengers.
“How are these personal data obtained, how are they provided to the relevant services, who has the right to hold them and, accordingly, if this becomes a practice, we face new challenges in air transport,” he said.
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North Macedonia feature among the priorities, outlined by caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan
Stoev at a news conference here on Tuesday. We are open to dialogue. Our relations need consistency and constructive attitude in order to achieve sustainable and
irreversible results in the restoration of trust between the two countries, said Stoev.
He recalled that President Stevo Pendarovski of
North Macedonia will be part of a delegation to Rome together with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.
Another priority is related to
Bulgaria s relations with NATO. Next week NATO foreign ministers will meet via video conference as part of preparations for a NATO summit scheduled in June.