- Explosion in poilitical activity after the fall of Kiril Petkov's government after 6 months in power.
- Bulgaria, after years of defending a pointless veto, accepted the so-called "French proposal", which opened the door to the start of the European negotiations in Skopje.
- After the initial threats of fearsome retaliation by the Kremlin in relation to the expulsion of 70 Russian "diplomats", which almost led to the official termination of relations between the two countries, followed a major diplomatic nothing.
Political analysis by Plamen Asenov.
