Tue, 21-Oct-2025

A vote is taken in North Macedonia to settle the Bulgarian issue

A total of 68 lawmakers from the 120-seat parliament voted in favour of the agreement. Opposition politicians did not participate in the vote and left the room. The deal proposes that North Macedonia’s constitution be amended to recognise a Bulgarian minority. North Macedonian legislators have approved a French-mediated agreement to resolve a conflict with Bulgaria; … Read more

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov submits government resignation

Kiril Petkov
  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s government has resigned after it lost a vote of no confidence in parliament.
  • The cabinet was ousted on Wednesday, two weeks after one of the four coalition partners withdrew its support for the government elected in December.
  • It will keep running until a new Council of Ministers is chosen or elected.

SOFIA: Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov gave his coalition government’s resignation to the National Assembly on Monday after it lost a vote of no confidence, as per the Parliament’s press office

As per the country’s constitution, losing candidates are required to resign.

Read more: Russia fires Romanian and Bulgarian diplomats in retaliation over similar action by both countries

The Petkov government will keep running until a new Council of Ministers is chosen or elected.

The cabinet was ousted on Wednesday, two weeks after one of the four coalition partners, the There Is Such A People party, withdrew its support for the government elected in December.

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EU says Croatia ready to adopt euro in 2023

Croatia

Croatia has met all of the criteria for joining the eurozone. The adoption of the euro comes less than a decade after joining the EU. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic expresses confidence his country will join the euro. Croatia has met all of the criteria for joining the eurozone, according to the European Commission, paving … Read more

Dozens march in Belgrade, Sofia to mark 1945 Soviet victory

Belgrade

Two hundred people marched in Serbia’s capital on Monday in an event organised by the Russian embassy in Belgrade to commemorate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Serbia, which aspires to join the European Union, is a traditional Russian ally and has refused to sanction Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine. … Read more

Foreign shoppers swarm Turkey after lira crash

Turkey lira

EDIRNE: The sea of Bulgarian buses parked outside a market in Turkey’s historic city of Edirne betrays the scale of the currency crisis impeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s path to a third decade of rule. The mosque-filled city on Turkey’s western edge was an early capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was expanding across the … Read more