but how real is the potential for new instability here in the balkans? prime minister dimitar kovacevski, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for coming to north macedonia, to skopje, and to the government. it is a great pleasure to be in skopje. but mr prime minister, it strikes me you have a problem. you in north macedonia definitely want to be in the european union. it is still not clear whether the european union truly wants you. do you find that very frustrating? well, i can answer this question very straightforward
my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that europe s attention right now is fully focused on the war in ukraine. but how real is the potential for new instability here in the balkans? prime minister dimitar kovacevski, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for coming to north macedonia, to skopje, and to the government. it is a great pleasure to be in skopje. but mr prime minister, it strikes me you have a problem. you in north macedonia definitely want to be in the european union. it is still not clear whether the european union truly wants you. do you find that
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is in effect really bulgaria, and that the macedonian language, for example, has no legitimacy because it s really bulgarian, and you want all of that written, for a start, it seems, into the macedonian constitution. what on earth is going on here? to quote one respected independent academic in sofia, ivaylo ditchev, he says, there is no rational explanation for the bulgarian veto on opening accession talks with north macedonia. are you going to change policy? absolutely. there are few. so, the very first day that my colleague dimitar got into power in north macedonia, i went to visit him, and a week later we met, where we signed three memorandums. a week later, today, we have yet another meeting on transport and common infrastructure, and tomorrow is the first flight that s flying from sofia to skopje. so, we ve.we ve changed