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Macedonia 04.02.24 | 15:16

Macedonia marks 152 years since Goce Delcev’s birth

Macedonia marks the 152nd anniversary of the birth of legendary VMRO leader Goce Delcev. The event is sometimes marked with incidents, especially with the growing tensions with Bulgaria, but this year there were no such problems. VMRO-DPMNE, the largest party in the country that draws on the heritage...
Macedonia 16.08.23 | 10:37

Bulgarians did not pick Goce Delcev in a poll of their main national heroes

A poll conducted in Bulgaria over who is the most important national hero in the country’s history did not include Goce Delcev – even though Bulgarian historians and politicians are trying to push Macedonia to declare him as a Bulgarian. The list is dominated by the leading Bulgarian revolutionary...
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...
Macedonia 23.01.23 | 21:36

Trouble between Macedonians and Bulgarians possible during Goce Delcev’s celebration on February 4th

The upcoming honoring of the Goce Delcev’s birth, on February 4th, will be a high risk event, warned President Stevo Pendarovski, because of the possibility that clashes occur between Bulgarian and Macedonian groups. Recently, a group of Bulgarian nationalists gathered in downtown Skopje to celebrate...
Macedonia 04.05.22 | 21:07

Mickoski: If we had enough of Delcev’s spirit in us, Macedonia would’ve been one of the most successful countries in Europe

The VMRO-DPMNE party held a round table on Goce Delcev, on the 119th anniversary of his death, and at a time when Macedonia and Bulgaria are locked in a bitter dispute about the legendary VMRO hero. Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said that Delcev would not like if he could see what is happening...
Macedonia 04.05.22 | 09:18

Tensions between Macedonia and Bulgaria grow as the countries honor Goce Delcev on the 119th anniversary of his death

Macedonia today marks 119 years since the death of its great national leader Goce Delcev. One of the main organizers of VMRO, Delcev fought to liberate Macedonia from Ottoman rule and to establish a Macedonian state. He was killed by Turkish soldiers in a battle near the village of Banica in 1903, shortly...
Macedonia 03.05.22 | 13:48

Bulgarian Academy moderated the event it plans on Goce Delcev, after President Radev used it to push his nationalist agenda

Ahead of the planned conference on Goce Delcev in Sofia, that will take place tomorrow, the organizers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences BAN have moderated the invitation. The conference was initially announced by hardline President Rumen Radev as an even dedicated to the “Apostle of Macedonian...
Macedonia 23.02.22 | 10:46

Mickoski: Our offer to form a common approach on Bulgaria was rejected by the Government

We offered the Government that we formulate a joint position on the dispute with Bulgaria, but we were rejected, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski. We offered a resolution on Goce Delcev. It was turned down. Our Government officials refuse to mention him, while in Bulgaria, Radev and Petkov...
Macedonia 10.02.22 | 12:15

The Government echoes SDSM, refuses to accept VMRO’s declaration on Goce Delcev

The Kovacevski Government issued a statement similar to the position of the ruling SDSM party – that it will not support the VMRO-DPMNE proposed declaration on Goce Delcev. VMRO asks that the Parliament votes on the declaration which elevates Delcev to the ultimate historic figure of Macedonia...
Macedonia 08.02.22 | 11:04

Mickoski: Pendarovski and Kovacevski are afraid to say that Goce Delcev is a Macedonian hero

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski strongly condemned the refusal of SDSM to accept the declaration VMRO proposed to the Parliament, meant to safeguard the historic legacy of Goce Delcev. We celebrated 150 years since the birth of the greatest Macedonian son, and Pendarovski or Kovacevski did not...
Macedonia 08.02.22 | 08:55

VMRO-DPMNE asks SDSM why they refuse to support the Goce Delcev declaration

The ruling SDSM party is determined not to support the declaration VMRO-DPMNE proposed on Goce Delcev. The declaration would instill Delcev as the paramount historic figure of Macedonia and protect him from Bulgarian claims. SDSM needs to explain what is it in the declaration that they find objectionable...
Macedonia 07.02.22 | 13:31

SDSM will not support the VMRO declaration that protect the legacy of Goce Delcev

The ruling SDSM party will not support VMRO-DPMNE’s proposed declaration on Goce Delcev. VMRO asked the Parliament to declare Delcev a pivotal figure in Macedonian history, in light of the growing Bulgarian demands that Macedonia accepts the Bulgarian historic narrative. Jovan Mitrevski, who heads...
Macedonia 06.02.22 | 11:42

VMRO calls on SDSM to support their declaration on Goce Delcev

VMRO-DPMNE today called on SDSM to support their declaration on Goce Delcev. The declaration was submitted to Parliament on the 150th anniversary of Delcev’s birth, and declares him a pivotal figure in Macedonian history – at a time when Bulgaria is increasing its attempts to claim him as...
Macedonia 04.02.22 | 20:51

Bulgaria returned Delcev’s body in 1946, allowed him to rest in the capital of the Macedonian state

The body of Goce Delcev, which was kept in Sofia for decades after his death in 1903, was delivered to Macedonia after the Second World War. Delcev rested in the village of Banica, where he was killed in battle against the Ottoman forces, between 1903 and 1917. The body was then carried to Sofia by his...
Macedonia 04.05.21 | 11:19

Zaev and Pendarovski did not come to pay their respects to Goce Delcev

Neither Zaev not President Pendarovski appeared at the Goce Delcev memorial in Skopje, on the 118th anniversary of his death. Both sent officials from their cabinets to the St. Spas church, where Delcev is buried, to represent them. It is common with the Zaev regime that its officials avoid honoring...
Macedonia 04.02.21 | 19:19

Bulgarian nationalist MEP claims Goce Delcev in a message to Zaev, Mickoski responds to defend Delcev’s memory

Bulgarian nationalist member of the European Parliament Angel Dzhambazki slid into the replies to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Facebook, when Zaev posted a message on the 149th anniversary of the birth of Goce Delcev. In his typical style, Dzhambazki wrote to declare that “Goce Delcev was a Bulgarian...
Macedonia 28.12.20 | 09:40

Mickoski cites New York Times article that described Goce Delcev as Macedonian, calls for an end to negotiations with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski intervened in the dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria by sharing a 1903 New York Times article about the killing of Goce Delcev. In the article, written by the NYT correspondent from Sofia, Delcev is declared as a “famous Macedonian chief” who “practically...
Macedonia 20.10.20 | 13:39

Zaev says no need for a new treaty with Bulgaria, wants a solution that will recognize the Macedonian language and people

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he expects any solution to historic disputes with Bulgaria to focus on the fact that Bulgaria recognizes the Macedonian language and the Macedonian people. As Bulgaria wants concessions on historic figures such as Goce Delcev, who their side considers a Bulgarian,...
Macedonia 28.09.20 | 20:36

Zaev: We won’t reach agreement with Bulgaria if we claim that Goce Delcev was solely a Macedonian

During a TV interview, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev acknowledged that Bulgaria will block Macedonia from opening EU accession talks unless he gives up on insisting that legendary VMRO leader Goce Delcev was exclusively a Macedonian. Bulgaria has been demanding a concession on the ethnic identity of Delcev...
Macedonia 23.09.20 | 15:45

Pendarovski says that Goce Delcev was a Macedonian hero, but that Bulgaria is welcome to honor him as well

President Stevo Pendarovski also opined on the dispute with Bulgaria over the national heritage of legendary VMRO leader Goce Delcev. Like Zaev earlier today, Pendarovski also insisted that Delcev was an ethnic Macedonian, but also gave a conciliatory statement meant to placate Bulgaria and avoid its...
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