Tag: Bulgarians
Balkans 24.12.23 | 13:01

Radev wants Kosovo to recognize a 15,000 strong Bulgarian minority

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev issued a request to Kosovo to recognize the Bulgarian minority. The request is similar to the demand over which Bulgaria is currently blocking Macedonia’s EU accessions, likely refers to the Macedonian minority in the Kosovan south-western mountainous region of Gora. Radev...
Macedonia 19.07.23 | 08:59

Government formally asks Parliament to include the Bulgarians and five other nations in the Constitution

The Government today adopted the draft proposal to amend the Constitution, and to meet the main Bulgarian demands. The proposal that will be sent to Parliament includes adding the Bulgarians, Croats, Montenegrins, Slovenians, Jews and Egyptians, in addition to the nations already mentioned in the Constitution. The...
Macedonia 23.06.23 | 12:07

Forner British Minister for Balkan claims that Macedonia is populated by Bulgarian-Macedonian majority, sharing it with 29% of Albanians

Dennis Mcshane, former British minister for Balkan, describes the situation in Macedonia and the region in his last analysis, writing that we are humble and poor country, which changed its name under Greek demands and had to give up Alexander the Great and the appropriation of the Greek cultural heritage. Now,...
Macedonia 14.06.23 | 21:17

Spasovski: Swift and efficient resolution of Struga case, attacker detained

The police acted in a swift and efficient way regarding yesterday’s attack on a Macedonian national from the village of Labuniste. The attacker has been detained, statements have been taken from eyewitnesses and the case has been resolved, said Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski on Wednesday. “The...
News Macedonia 24.05.23 | 08:17

Bitiqi claims that the 80 votes for the constitutional amendments are already secured

The Vice-PM and Vice-Chair of SDSM, Fatmir Bitiqi is certain that the constitutional amendments will get the necessary 80 votes in the Parliament. He also claims that there will be no changes to the Preamble of the Constitution regarding the replacement of the term “20 percent” with the words...
Macedonia 14.04.23 | 19:29

Bulgarian association sent a list of demands to Pendarovski

The Vanco Mihajlov association of Bulgarians from Bitola sent a letter to President Stevo Pendarovski in which they demand that the state ensures an end to attacks and hate speech against Bulgarians. The demands are expected to include that the Bulgarians in Macedonia get a say in the process of rewriting...
Macedonia 04.04.23 | 08:19

EU Ambassador Geer encourages Macedonia to amend its Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands

EU Ambassador to Macedonia David Geer said that the eventual decision to amend the Constitution and include the Bulgarian minority in it would be a sovereign decision. Echoing a recent comment from the Austrian President, Geer also said that the changes to the Constitution won’t be that “dramatic”...
Macedonia 10.03.23 | 10:31

The Bulgarians are now also bothered by the Holocaust Memorial Center: they also saw a problem in the inscriptions on the death wagon

Recently, the Memorial Center of the Holocaust of the Jews in Macedonia is starting to bother Bulgaria more and more. In a relatively short time, texts appeared in some of the media in Sofia, and in Skopje, which basically called into question the authenticity of the exhibits, especially the railway...
Macedonia 18.02.23 | 16:43

Government official wants to open a discussion with VMRO over the Bulgarian demands

Deputy Prime Minister Bojan Maricic acknowledged that the Government will have to enter into talks with the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, about the Bulgarian request that the Bulgarian nation is entered into the Constitution. Bulgaria blocks Macedonia’s EU accession talks over this demand, and after...
Macedonia 08.02.23 | 21:39

Council of Europe found that Bulgarians are not discriminated in Macedonia

The Council of Europe adopted a resolution on Macedonia which finds that there are no grounds for Bulgaria to claim systemic discrimination of ethnic Bulgarians in the country, Sloboden Pecat reports. Bulgarian representatives submitted amendments to the resolution, but they were all rejected, in what...
Balkans 28.01.23 | 21:00

Four Bulgarian citizens were prevented from entering Macedonia one day before the gathering in Skopje in front of Mara Buneva’s monument: They were carrying batons and knives

On January 13, one day before the gathering of several Bulgarian associations in the center of Skopje in front of the monument of Mara Buneva, four Bulgarians were caught entering Macedonia at the Tabanovce border crossing with batons and knives. Their items were seized, after which they were prevented...
Macedonia 21.10.22 | 13:52

After associations, Bulgarians in Macedonia seek to form a party

After several associations, the Bulgarians in Macedonia announce the formation of a political party. It will be called “Alliance for Macedonian Bulgarians – movement for national unity and salvation”. For now, it functions as an informal movement and posts on Facebook emphasizing the...
Macedonia 03.10.22 | 10:52

Only 461 Bulgarians voted for Bulgaria in the elections in Macedonia

A small number of Bulgarians in Macedonia went to the polling stations yesterday to exercise their right to vote. According to the data of 4NEWS.mk, only 461 voters went to the polling stations and cast their votes. The largest number of voters was in Skopje (172), followed by Kavadarci (68), Strumica...
Macedonia 06.08.22 | 20:19

Nikoloski: The inclusion of the Bulgarians is very controversial because they want to be included in the Constitution as founders of the Macedonian state

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski pointed out that the SDSM government in Macedonia in just 4 and a half years destroyed everything that generations had created by signing harmful agreements contrary to national and state interests. And if someone thinks it’s impossible, it’s...
Macedonia 23.02.22 | 13:09

Prime Minister Petkov meets with Bulgarians from Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met with the delegation of Bulgarians from Macedonia who are visiting Sofia. The group also met with President Rumen Radev, who already held one such meeting. The rights of the Bulgarians in Macedonia are an enormous priority for my Government, said Petkov, while...
Macedonia 22.02.22 | 13:11

During a meeting with Bulgarian representatives, President Radev repeats his demand for constitutional amendments in Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev had another meeting with representatives of ethnic Bulgarians from Macedonia, and again underlined his demand that Macedonia includes them in its Constitution. It’s a second such meeting Radev held in months and it included representatives from cultural organizations...
Macedonia 04.02.22 | 10:17

Kajcev: Macedonia to include Bulgarians in the Constitution within a reasonable time frame

Bulgarian historian Naum Kajcev believes that Macedonia must include the Bulgarian minority in its constitution within a reasonable time frame. Kajcev explained that relations between the two countries must go in harmony and package. As the economy, the culture, the infrastructure, so the common understanding...
Macedonia 31.01.22 | 12:05

They say Bulgarians are discriminated against, while only one person has so far filed complain to the Discrimination Commission

Last year, only one complaint of discrimination on the grounds of Bulgarian self-feeling was submitted to the State Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. The chair of the Commission, Vesna Bendevska, said that the institution has a high level of independence and is important...
Macedonia 15.09.21 | 14:51

Will the Constitution reopen for Sofia: Bulgarians demand to be included as constituent nation

The Bulgarians in Macedonia should be included in Macedonia’s Constitution as constituent nation, Pressing TV has learned. This, among other things, is demanded by the Bulgarian National Platform and the Foundation “Macedonia”, which at a joint press conference expressed concern that,...
Macedonia 27.07.21 | 17:44

Zaev denies claims from Sofia that he is violating the rights of ethnic Bulgarians in Macedonia

Zoran Zaev insisted that Macedonia respects the rights of the Bulgarians – reacting to an issue that is becoming the latest obstacle to the opening of EU accession talks. An annoyed sounding Zaev responded to comments from Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who alleged that Macedonia is violating...
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