North Macedonia and Bulgaria agree to work on issues blocking EU talks


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  • Tuesday, 18 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: Workers add a new decorative poster saying 'EU with you' on the windows of the offices of the European Union in Skopje, North Macedonia September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski/File Photo

SKOPJE (Reuters) - The new premiers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia agreed on Tuesday to try to overcome problems that prompted Sofia to block the start of accession talks between the European Union and Skopje.

Dimitar Kovacevski, who was sworn in as North Macedonia's prime minister on Monday, said he and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov had agreed at talks in Skopje to try to improve relations between their countries.

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