Tag: Hristijan Pendikov
Balkans 15.02.23 | 09:24

Pendikov: I dream of returning to Macedonia, where I will say that I am Bulgarian

Hristijan Pendikov, from Ohrid, told BTV that he wants to return to Macedonia and say that he is Bulgarian. This is his first appearance after the attack in Ohrid, after which Sofia took him on a government plane to Bulgaria for treatment. He explained that in Ohrid they beat him because he said that...

Balkans 09.02.23 | 14:20

He will walk around with bodyguards: Pendikov gets Bulgarian security

Vice Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev met with the secretary of the Bulgarian club, the Macedonian citizen Hristijan Pendikov, who was attacked in Ohrid. He undertook to provide for Pendikov to guarantee his safety. Minister Demerdzhiev was...

Balkans 08.02.23 | 08:59

Pendikov will get Bulgarian security in Macedonia as well?

Bulgarian Minister Milkov announced that Pendikov will have a meeting with the Bulgarian Minister of Internal Affairs, Ivan Demerdzhiev, “at which it will be specified to what extent and whether he needs security on our territory so that he does not become a victim of provocation.” Regarding...

Balkans 07.02.23 | 14:42

Pendikov to receive an apartment and money from Bulgaria

ΛHristijan Pendikov, the beaten man from Ohrid, who was treated in Sofia by the Bulgarian authorities, will receive an apartment for temporary living and money to support himself while he is in Bulgaria. This was announced today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Milkov, at a press conference....

Macedonia Balkans 07.02.23 | 09:46

Pendikov recovers from the beating and poses between Radev and Iotova without a single bruise

Bulgaria will no longer tolerate violence from Macedonia, said President Rumen Radev, who met the beaten Hristijan Pendikov, secretary of the Bulgarian club “Tsar Boris the Third” in Ohrid. As reported by several Bulgarian media, Radev expressed this attitude at the meeting with Pendikov,...

Macedonia 02.02.23 | 08:54

Van den Berg: EU is losing credibility with the double standards towards Bulgarians in Macedonia and Macedonians in Bulgaria

The “Pendikov” case shakes the European Union as well and is a test for reconsidering European values of Europe itself. The Dutch expert on the Balkans, Hans van der Berg, believes that EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi’s meeting with Macedonian Bulgarians is a bad sign for the credibility...

Macedonia 26.01.23 | 15:21

Whole Bulgaria reacted over the beaten Bulgarian in Ohrid, while the Macedonian government is silent about the death of the Macedonian in Sofia

Double standards! What is the difference in the treatment of Macedonians in Bulgaria and Bulgarians in Macedonia? asked OMO Ilinden Pirin. It reminds that the entire state leadership of Bulgaria rose to its feet for the beaten Bulgarian in Ohrid, and the current Macedonian government is silent about...

Macedonia 22.01.23 | 12:08

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Milkov issues stern warning to Macedonia after the beating of a Bulgarian activist in Ohrid

Bulgarian acting Foreign minister Nikolaj Milkov issued a stern warning that Bulgarians in Macedonia are facing attacks and violence. Milkov spoke after he, along with Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, visited Hristijan Pendikov, Bulgarian activist from Ohrid who was badly beaten up several days...

Macedonia 21.01.23 | 20:48

Who let the secretary of the Bulgarian “Boris the Third” club leave the country with criminal charges?

The way in which the 22-year-old Hristijan Pendikov, secretary of the Bulgarian club “Tsar Boris The Third” in Ohrid, was taken out of the country is a precedent, and the investigation into the bar fight that turned into a diplomatic scandal is completely compromised by the politicians’...

Macedonia 21.01.23 | 19:19

Osmani to visit the assaulted Pendikov in Sofia

Together with Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani will visit on Sunday the Macedonian citizen who was assaulted in Ohrid on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release. During Osmani’s visit to Sofia, according to the MFA, the...

Balkans 21.01.23 | 15:00

Sofia protest for drug dealer Pendikov’s rights in Macedonia

Sofia citizens and VMRO-BND activists have gathered in front of the European Commission office in Sofia to hold a protest in defense of Bulgarians’ human rights in Macedonia after the recent physical assault on ‘Tsar Boris the Third’ Bulgarian Club secretary Hristijan Pendikov in Ohrid, according...