Tag: ilinden
Macedonia 03.08.24 | 09:36

Siljanovska and Mickoski present their positions on the EU integration in light of Ilinden

In her Ilinden remarks, President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova said that the republican, democratic and anti-Fascist foundation of Macedonia, determined at the 1944 ASNOM assembly, are “pulsating with the European progressive ideals”.– Today, our independent Republic is compatible...

Macedonia 02.08.24 | 20:14

Tradition: Mickoski visits the village of Tasmarunista on Ilinden

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski did not miss an opportunity to visit Tasmarunista, a Struga village that distinguished itself in the Macedonian national liberation struggle. As opposition leader, Mickoski would often spend Ilinden in Tasmarunista. This year, as Prime Minister, he was the keynote speaker...

Macedonia 02.08.24 | 16:22

President Siljanovska celebrates Ilinden in the Prohor Pcinski monastery, discusses increased cooperation with Serbian President Vucic

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova marked Ilinden in Pelince and in the Prohor Pcinski monastery, across the border in Serbia, where she was welcomed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The historic monastery where delegates declared the creation of the Macedonian state in 1944 was long...

Macedonia 02.08.24 | 16:08

On Ilinden, Mickoski responds to the opposition and the Albanian nationalist demands

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski announced an end to political infighting on topics that are divisive to the Macedonian public. While speaking in Krusevo, on the honoring of the 1903 Ilinden Uprising, – Let’s talk about money, let’s talk about the economy, about the solving of the...

Macedonia 02.08.24 | 10:46

Ilinden: Macedonia marks the 121 anniversary of the Krusevo Republic

Macedonia today marks the 121st anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising. The central celebration will take place in Krusevo, at the Meckin Kamen – site of the last stand battle between the forces of the short-lived Krusevo Republic and the Ottoman Army in 1903. Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski will...

Macedonia 28.07.24 | 13:37

Ilinden: the Battle Continues

The Battle Continues will be the slogan for this year’s celebration of Ilinden – Macedonia’s highest holiday. Ceremonies will take place in Krusevo, where Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski will address supporters at the site of the crucial 1903 battle between Macedonian rebels and the...

Macedonia 12.08.23 | 10:06

“SDS needs to respond whether they withdrew their Ilinden Declaration under Bulgarian pressure?”

VMRO-DPMNE called on SDSM to respond whether they withdrew the proposed Declaration about Ilinden under pressure from Bulgaria. SDSM said that they will submit a resolution on the historic uprising before its 120th anniversary, but as Bulgaria also claims the event as part of its national heritage, SDSM...

Macedonia 11.08.23 | 20:18

Where is the Declaration on Ilinden?, VMRO asks SDSM

The public still awaits to see the text of the Ilinden Declaration that SDS announced they will submit, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. Ilinden came and went, and we didn’t see a letter from this Declaration, let alone held a Parliament session to discuss it. In the meantime, the Prime...

Macedonia 04.08.23 | 11:10

Bulgaria appropriates Ilinden, Kovachevski is silent

Kovachevski, Marichikj, and Osmani really embarrassed themselves on this IlinThey celebrated it without mentioning that it is a Macedonian holiday and abused it to convince the people that the constitutional amendments are good, despite that 80% of the people are against them, VMRO-DPMNE reacts in its...

Macedonia 03.08.23 | 20:11

Records from Bulgaria show that Ilinden was a Macedonian uprising

The 120th anniversary of Ilinden reignited the dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria – after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev came out with a position that Ilinden is a Bulgarian uprising. But photographs from Sofia, of the subsequent celebrations of Ilinden, show that it was always considered...

Macedonia 03.08.23 | 12:53

Democratic Union: The authorities celebrated the greatest Macedonian holiday far from the people and under strong police protection

The country’s leadership celebrated the greatest Macedonian national and state holiday Ilinden far from the people, with strong police protection, and selected guests, the Democratic Union reacts on Thursday. “It is indisputable that the EU is our national, strategic, and state interest,...

Macedonia 03.08.23 | 12:05

VMRO-DPMNE: The people are united to protect the national interests

The people are now united, as they were throughout this period, and demand a strong national unity to protect the national and state interests. The authorities ignore their own people, they humiliate them and try to divide them. The authorities’ attempts to make constitutional amendments hit a...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 22:50

Dismal attendance at the main Ilinden celebration

The public largely ignored this year’s Ilinden celebration in Krusevo, where Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi delivered a speech insisting that Macedonia must approve the Bulgarian demands and amend its Constitution. The lack of patriotic fervor and the constant national humiliations under the...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 14:05

Political analyst Mickovski: I would stay away from terms like Ilinden … hearth

The political analyst Ivor Mickovski doesn’t agree with the slogan of this year’s celebration of the Day of the Republic “Ilinden – The Hearth of the Fatherland”. I would stay away from so pretentious and forced patriotic phrases because our little country, especially...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 12:51

Mickoski: Macedonia and Ilinden are two intertwined strains that indicate the identity of each Macedonian

On the occasion of the state holiday on August 2 – Ilinden, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, congratulated the Macedonian citizens. “Ilinden is the brightest day for Macedonians. Ilinden is the symbol of the Macedonian fight for freedom. Ilinden is the foundation of Macedonian...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 11:47

Today is Ilinden, one of the greatest Macedonian holidays

Today Macedonia celebrates Ilinden – the Day of the Republic, one of the largest state holidays in the Republic of Macedonia and a religious holiday celebrated in honor of St. Elijah. The Day of the Republic marks two large events that took place on this date when the foundations of the Macedonian...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 18:06

Kocarev: Macedonia is again enslaved, a vassal state, a banana republic

We desperately need a Third Ilinden, says Macedonian Academy President Ljupco Kocarev in his remarks on the 120th anniversary of the historic uprising. Macedonia is again enslaved, a vassal state, a banana republic, a neo-colonial fief. The sole culprits for this are the part of the Macedonian politicians...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 18:24

Copycats: SDSM submitted an Ilinden Declaration to the Macedonian Parliament, just like Petkov’s party did in Bulgaria

The ruling SDSM submitted on Friday a Declaration on Ilinden, the biggest Macedonian national holiday. On Monday, the party of the former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, submitted an identical declaration to the Bulgarian Parliament, only their declaration speaks about a Bulgarian uprising and...

Macedonia 22.07.23 | 22:45

Bulgaria lays claim on the Ilinden Uprising

The PP party, which is part of the ruling coalition in Bulgaria, proposed a resolution to the Parliament declaring the Ilinden Uprising – or the Ilindensko-Preobrazensko Uprising as it is known in Bulgaria, as a Bulgarian historic event. “It was the wreath of the Bulgarian national-liberation...

Macedonia 02.07.23 | 12:21

Moroccan migrants arrested after they entered the Skopje barracks

Two Moroccan citizens in their 20ies were detained yesterday after they entered the Ilinden army barracks complex in Skopje. The two were found by barracks employees who called the police. Officers escorted the men to the Tabanovce border crossing with Serbia, and the local migrant processing center.  

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