Tag: Blagoevgrad
Macedonia 02.05.23 | 22:59

After only six months, the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad will close down

Only six months after it was opened, the Macedonian cultural center Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov in Blagoevgrad will be closed. Bulgarian authorities used regulatory measures against the Macedonian activists,  and the club also had its windows smashed by municipal workers – who were praised for their...
Macedonia 12.02.23 | 14:25

Macedonian culture club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad registration rejected

Macedonian culture club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad has said its registration for establishment of the namesake association has been rejected by the city administration. We will appeal this rejection to the court. On February 10, we received a decision that the registration is rejected,...
Balkans 09.02.23 | 10:55

Persons who destroyed the Macedonian club in Bulgaria released from custody, no charges filed

The two municipal officials in Blagoevgrad and their wives who vandalized the Macedonian club in the city have been released from custody. No charges have been filed, reports the Bulgarian TV Nova. I am the initiator of what happened. This is not an act of vandalism. We have shown our deep indignation...
Balkans 08.02.23 | 12:35

Attackers of the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad work in a municipal utility company

The two men detained by the Bulgarian police because of the stoning of the Macedonian cultural club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad on Saturday evening, are employees of the municipal utility company “Ozelenuvanje”, while the two women deprived of liberty together with them are...
Balkans 08.02.23 | 11:44

Blagoevgrad mayor: I will punish the attackers of the Macedonian club when Skopje punishes the police officers

The Macedonian cultural club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Bulgaria was vandalized a few days ago, and yesterday two employees of the municipal enterprise “Ozelenuvanje” of the municipality of Blagoevgrad were detained. The mayor of Blagoevgrad, Ilko Stojanov, said that the court is competent...
Macedonia 05.02.23 | 21:13

Kovacevski condemns the vandalism against the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad

Macedonian Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovacevski, strongly condemns the act of vandalism of stoning the Macedonian club “Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad. He said via Facebook that he expects the institutions in the Republic of Bulgaria to find the perpetrators and punish them accordingly...
Macedonia 05.02.23 | 20:52

VMRO-DPMNE condemns demolition of Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad, urges hate speech against Macedonians in Bulgaria to urgently stop

VMRO-DPMNE strongly condemns the demolition of the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad. Vandalism is not good neighborliness and cannot be. The denial of Macedonia, but also of the Macedonians in the neighborhood, is primarily the result of the subservient attitude of the government, which allowed and motivated...
Macedonia 05.02.23 | 20:21

Vandalism and crime of this kind are not European values, Pendarovski condemns the incident in Blagoevgrad

I strongly condemn the act of vandalism of stoning the Macedonian cultural club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria, said President Stevo Pendarodvski in reaction to the latest developments in Macedonian-Bulgarian relations related to the events and statements over the weekend. Vandalism...
Macedonia 05.02.23 | 12:32

OMO Ilinden Pirin demands that the Bulgarian police find out who broke the window of the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad

The organization of Macedonians in Bulgaria OMO Ilinden Pirin asks the local police to investigate the case of breaking the window display of the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad. 17 years of attacks on Macedonian clubs in Bulgaria. Will the police finally investigate this time and not refuse? Let’s...
Balkans 05.02.23 | 09:50

Window display of Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad broken

The window display of the entrance of the Macedonian club “Nikola Vapcarov” in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, has been broken, Bulgarian media reported. The information that the window display of the club was stoned was also confirmed by the Bulgarian police, who carried out an inspection. The incident...
Macedonia 04.02.23 | 21:28

Bulgarian police prevented activists from waving Macedonian flags in Blagoevgrad

Bulgarian police did not allow Macedonian activists from OMO Ilinden – Pirin and other organizations to wave Macedonian flags through the city of Blagoevgrad on Goce Delcev’s birthday. In previous years this practice was allowed, but this year, with tensions between the two nations running...
News 01.11.22 | 11:24

Bulgarian authorities are moving to shut down the Macedonian organization that opened the cultural center in Blagoevgrad

After the relatively problem-free opening of a Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad, the Macedonian activists in Bulgaria who opened it were informed that the Bulgarian courts are moving to ban their organization. The “Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov” club was opened by the Civic association...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 21:39

Bulgarian Interior Minister Demerdziev personally ensured that the police keeps the peace in Blagoevgrad

The Bulgarian Interim Interior Minister Ivan Demerdziev was personally in Blagoevgrad today, to coordinate the actions of the police that worked to prevent an incident between Macedonian groups and guests from Macedonia and the Bulgarian nationalists that gathered in the city to protest the opening of...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 18:36

Macedonian journalist were searched by Bulgarian police

During the opening of the Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad, Bulgarian police harassed the Kanal 5 TV crew. The officers thoroughly searched the team made up of journalist Andrijana Lazova and cameraman Ivan Popovic and requested to see their documents. The journalists, obviously, showed their...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 17:32

Mickoski brushed away a nationalist protester, called on the EU and Bulgarian authorities to condemn the incidents

The opening of the Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad was marred by a group of Bulgarian nationalists. One of them verbally assaulted VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, shouting “traitor” at him. Don’t wave at me, Mickoski responded, as the man was trying to push his way...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 14:39

Blagoevgrad: Despite Bulgarian nationalist protests, Macedonians gathered in front of Goce Delcev’s monument

Bulgarian nationalists, who gathered in Blagoevgrad today to protest the opening of a Macedonian cultural center, were not able to prevent Macedonians from honoring Goce Delcev at his monument in the center of the city. Bulgarian police was out in force and prevented any larger incident between the two...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 14:05

Mickoski in Blagoevgrad: Our right to self-determination as Macedonians is non-negotiable

We are here to send a message that we are Macedonians, who speak the Macedonian language and come from Macedonia, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, during the opening of the first Macedonian cultural center in Bulgaria today. The “Nikola Jonkov – Vapcarov” club, named after...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 12:22

Bulgarian nationalists are gathering in Blagoevgrad, say they will protest at a distance from the Macedonian cultural center

Bulgarian nationalists from the VMRO-BND party announced that they will protest the opening of a Macedonian cultural club in the city, but from a distance, to avoid making an incident. They are expected to gather at the monument of Goce Delcev. police presence is reported in the city, as Macedonian organizations...
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 11:31

LIVE VIDEO – Opening of the Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad

Macedonian organizations in Blagoevgrad are opening their first cultural center in Bulgaria today. Opposition officials from Macedonia will attend the event. You can follow the ceremony live.      
Macedonia 30.10.22 | 11:12

Historians welcome the opening of the Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad

A 50 strong group of Macedonian historians issued a statement welcoming the opening of a Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad, after decades of pressure from Bulgarian authorities to prevent any type of activities by Macedonian organizations. Your persistence and dedication over the years finally...
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