In the run up to the general elections in Bulgaria, the VMRO-BND party, led by nationalist Defense Minister Krasimir Karakacanov, is promoting a map of Greater Bulgaria.

Party campaign materials use a map of Bulgaria that includes the whole of the Republic of Macedonia, and chunks of Greece, Serbia and Turkey. The map largely corresponds to the San Stefano Bulgaria.

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The map was even used in the message the party sent out on March 8th – International Women’s Day, under a sketch of a woman cradling a baby.

Karakacanov has been key in blocking Macedonia from opening EU accession talks until it agrees to accept the Bulgaria historic narrative and makes major concessions with its national identity.