BulgariaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSNorth Macedonia

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BGR LEFT · MKD RIGHT

1. 1912–1913

   The Balkan Wars and the partition of Macedonia

   The Balkan Wars ended Ottoman rule and divided historic Macedonia among Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria; the northern Vardar region passed to Serbia, becoming the core of the future republic.

   War & Rupture · from the North Macedonia chronicle · Partition, 'Vardar Macedonia' and the Yugoslav Republic · REFS 2 — Macedonia (region, Europe): Map, History & Facts, North Macedonia: History (Ancient, Ottoman, Yugoslav)

2. 2020

   Bulgaria blocks EU accession talks

   Bulgaria vetoed the opening of EU accession negotiations over disputes about history, language and identity, including claims that Macedonian derives from Bulgarian.

   Politics & Power · from the North Macedonia chronicle · The Ohrid Framework, NATO and the Road to Europe · REFS 2 — How to advance a European solution to Bulgaria's and North Macedonia's dispute, Bulgaria to Maintain Block on North Macedonia's Path to EU

3. 19 Jul 2022

   EU accession negotiations open

   Following a French-brokered compromise, North Macedonia formally opened European Union accession negotiations, though Bulgaria's conditions continued to complicate the process.

   Politics & Power · from the North Macedonia chronicle · The Ohrid Framework, NATO and the Road to Europe · REFS 2 — Republic of North Macedonia (EU enlargement policy), How to advance a European solution to Bulgaria's and North Macedonia's dispute