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European Parliament Removes Phrase “Macedonian Language and Identity” from North Macedonia's Progress Report on EU Path
Bulgarian News Agency
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References to language and identity in the European Parliament's annual report on the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia on its path to EU membership have been removed. After a discussion in Parliament that began on Tuesday, the report...
Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Committee Chair Urges North Macedonia to Honour Commitments Assumed on Path to EU
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria’s National Assembly Foreign Policy Committee Chair Yordanka Fandakova on Wednesday urged North Macedonia to heed the European Parliament (EP) call for the country to honour the commitments it has assumed on the path of European...
Report on North Macedonia's Progress towards EU Membership Adopted in Strasbourg
Bulgarian News Agency
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The European Parliament’s (EP) annual report on North Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession was adopted during a plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The report was voted with 461 in favor, 121 against and 107 abstained out of 689 EP...
Foreign Minister: EP’s Resolution on North Macedonia’s Progress Stops Internal Political Exploitation
Bulgarian News Agency
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With its resolution on the annual report on North Macedonia’s progress towards EU membership, the European Parliament (EP) did not allow it to be instrumentalized for the purposes of the internal political debate of a candidate country, Foreign...
Borisov: Only through unity can we protect national interests. Let us move forward with our friends from North Macedonia
BGNES
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July 9, 2025
"To our friends in North Macedonia, I extend my hand once again – let us move forward together on the basis of respect and full implementation of the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness. In me and in Bulgaria, they will always have a...
Vazrazhdane Leader Says North Macedonia Issue Has Required and Will Always Require National Unity
Bulgarian News Agency
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Commenting on the European Parliament's resolution on North Macedonia's progress towards accession, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said in Parliament: "There are not many moments when we can demonstrate unity, but this is one of them. The...
EU Parliament Removes References to 'Macedonian Language and Identity' in Report on North Macedonia
Novinite
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The European Parliament has adopted the report on North Macedonia, authored by Austrian MEP Thomas Waitz, without any mention of the “Macedonian language and identity.” Amendments proposed by the largest political groups - the European People's...
European parliament accepts Thomas Waitz’s report on North Macedonia with all of the Bulgarian corrections
BGNES
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July 9, 2025
All texts referring to the “Macedonian identity and language” were removed, BGNES reports. The three largest political forces in the European Parliament—the EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe—agreed to remove the phrases “Macedonian identity” and...
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry: Identity and Language Issues Should Be Addressed in Scholarly and Academic Discourse
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry acknowledges the resolution adopted by a substantial majority in the European Parliament, which keeps the institution from getting involved in attempts at political instrumentalization by the Republic of North...
European Commission publishes annual rule of law report
Irish Legal News
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The European Commission has published its sixth annual rule of law report, examining rule of law developments in all member states. For a second year, the report does not just cover the EU’s 27 member states but also includes chapters dedicated to...
EP adopts progress report on North Macedonia without phrase "Macedonian language and identity"
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 9, 2025
The European Parliament's annual report on the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia on its path to the EU was adopted today in Strasbourg. This is the first report on the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia on its European path in...
Europe's freak back-to-back heat-domes killed 2,300 in eight days with temperatures 'reaching 48C', study finds - as continent is ravaged by more wildfires and extreme weather
Daily Mail
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July 9, 2025
As many as 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the recent two-week heatwave, bleak new research has found. British scientists studying the 10 days to July 2, and looking at cities including London, Madrid,...
Before the report on North Macedonia and the red light "Macedonian identity and language"
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 9, 2025
"What we have let slip, we have let slip over the last 20 years, not yesterday or the day before." This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Ivaylo Valchev, MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), before today's vote in...
TISP: Bulgaria Has Achieved Rare Geopolitical Victory for First Time
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria has achieved a significant geopolitical victory by defending its national interest and blocking a backdoor attempt to include contested language in the European Parliament's annual report on North Macedonia’s EU accession progress, MP...
GERB Leader Borissov: When Bulgaria Is United, We Can Achieve Results
Bulgarian News Agency
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"When Bulgaria is united, we can achieve results," GERB leader Boyko Borissov wrote on Facebook, following the adoption of the European Parliament’s annual report on North Macedonia’s progress toward EU accession. The European Parliament...
Heatwave in Europe Attributed to 2,300 Deaths, Scientists Say
EUToday
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July 9, 2025
21A rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday estimates that approximately 2,300 people died across a dozen European cities during the extreme heatwave that swept Western Europe in late June and early July. Researchers attribute around...
Limerick selected to represent Ireland at Youth European Olympics
Limerick Leader
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July 9, 2025
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has today named thirty-five athletes who will compete across eight sports in the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) taking place later this month. Limerick's Destiny Lawal will represent Ireland at this...
European Parliament will vote today on the Weitz report on Republic of North Macedonia
BGNES
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July 9, 2025
The report by MEP Thomas Weitz on North Macedonia's progress will be voted on today at the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg, BGNES reported. The vote will take place after 1:00 p.m. Bulgarian time. The debate on the report took place...
Europe’s Intense Heatwave Ignites Widespread Wildfires
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) A relentless heatwave engulfing Europe has ignited widespread wildfires and triggered urgent emergency responses across multiple nations, displacing thousands and forcing widespread evacuations and shutdowns. In Catalonia, northeastern...
Report on North Macedonia's Progress towards EU Membership to Be Put to Vote in Strasbourg
Bulgarian News Agency
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The European Parliament’s annual report on North Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession will be put to a vote during a plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The report was debated in the chamber on Tuesday. Tensions have arisen in...