Bulgarian "no" is to Macedonia's advantage

15 December 2012

The Bul­gar­i­an gov­ern­ment's deci­sion to say "no" to start­ing nego­ti­a­tions for Mac­e­do­nia's EU acces­sion was just as his­tor­ic as the one on 15 Jan­u­ary 1992 that made Bul­gar­ia the first coun­try to recog­nize the inde­pend­ence of Mac­e­do­nia. Odd as it may seem, not only aren't the two deci­sions con­flict­ing, but they are in the inter­est of Mac­e­do­nia itself. [Read more]