The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of 56 people who were thrown out of a village near Plovdiv because of their Roma origin after an altercation with locals in 2019.
After the opening of Bulgarian cultural clubs provoked protests in North Macedonia earlier this year, a Macedonian cultural club has opened in Bulgaria – and is sparking similar tension among locals.
Petkov's call for Bulgaria to lift its veto on the start of North Macedonia's EU membership talks is meeting stiff resistance from President Radev and the PM's own coalition partners.