North Macedonia’s conservative prime minister has reacted angrily to reports that his country’s troubled European Union accession bid hit a new hurdle because of a dispute with neighboring EU member Bulgaria.

By Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje Hungarian right-wing PM Viktor Orban, during his visit to North Macedonia, announced a plan aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute between Skopje and Sofia, aiming to unblock North Macedonia’s EU accession by the end of the year.

Hungary’s right-wing prime minister has accused European Union officials of denting North Macedonia’s “national pride” by further delaying the country’s troubled bid to join the bloc