{"id":25735,"date":"2021-11-22T16:40:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25735"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:42:51","slug":"bulgarias-veto-on-north-macedonia-to-remain-confirms-reelected-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/bulgarias-veto-on-north-macedonia-to-remain-confirms-reelected-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia to remain, confirms reelected President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the presidential runoff, Rumen Radev reiterated that Bulgaria will not lift the veto on North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession bid.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference, President Radev said that the new government should keep a rigid stance when it comes to identity as well as the country\u2019s history and minority rights.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria\u2019s veto has also blocked Albania\u2019s integration.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, thirteen US Congressmen wrote a letter to the Bulgarian Ambassador urging to \u201cput differences aside\u201d and \u201csupport the integration of Albania and North Macedonia\u201d into the European Union before the end of the year, amid concern that the skepticism might be creating fertile ground for \u201cRussian and Chinese influences\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/22\/bulgarias-veto-on-north-macedonia-to-remain-confirms-reelected-president\/\">Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia to remain, confirms reelected President<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the presidential runoff, Rumen Radev reiterated that Bulgaria will not lift the veto on North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession bid. In a press conference, President Radev said that the new government should keep a rigid stance when it comes to identity as well as the country\u2019s history and minority rights. Bulgaria\u2019s veto has also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia to remain, confirms reelected President - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/bulgarias-veto-on-north-macedonia-to-remain-confirms-reelected-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia to remain, confirms reelected President - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After winning the presidential runoff, Rumen Radev reiterated that Bulgaria will not lift the veto on North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession bid. 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