Bulgaria blocks North Macedonia EU talks
The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005, when it became an official candidate for accession. The then-Republic of Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004, thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia.
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The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005, when it became an official candidate for accession. The then-Republic of Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004, thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia. It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
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Factrail. (2026). Bulgaria blocks North Macedonia EU talks. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bulgaria-blocks-north-macedonia-eu-talks-2020-11
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