European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi Monday wrote on Twitter that the European Commission condemns the refusal of North Macedonia’s authorities to allow Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev in the country on May 6. “We call on the government of North Macedonia to urgently clarify the situation. The denial of entry of a Member of European Parliament is a very serious decision,” the tweet reads.
On May 6, the Day of Valour and of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, MEP Andrey Kovatchev (GERB/EPP), Bulgarian Memory Foundation President Milen Vrabevski and another three persons were not allowed by border authorities of the Republic of North Macedonia to attend an event to commemorate the fallen Bulgarian soldiers near Novo Selo, Kovatchev told BTA. Later on May 6, North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Toni Angelovski commented that Kovatchev and Vrabevski were denied entry due to “non-implementation of the conditions for entry in the Republic of North Macedonia”. "The Macedonian police will not allow in the country, either now or in the future, people who are potential disruptors of the public order and peace and who insult and belittle the citizens and the State," Angelovski told Kanal 5.
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