Tag: Macedonian language
Macedonia 20.07.22 | 15:37

The authorities have signed that Macedonians living in Greece and Bulgaria do not speak a dialect of the Macedonian language

The declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Macedonian language in the section on dialects caused a revolt among the Macedonian citizens living in the neighboring countries. They ask how it is possible that the Macedonian language was created only from dialects that were on the territory...

Macedonia 20.07.22 | 10:18

In 1980, Harvard University published a map indicating areas where the Macedonian language is spoken

One of the most prestigious universities in the world, Harvard University, in 1980 in its Encyclopedia of American ethnic groups, published a map of Macedonia indicating the areas where the Macedonian language is spoken.

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 22:42

Linguists react sharply to the unilateral statement on the Macedonian language – what language do Macedonians living in neighboring countries speak?

The Macedonian unilateral declaration on the language is shameful and catastrophic, say the experts. It only confirms Bulgaria’s theses that the Macedonian language is an artificial creation. The declaration denies its historical continuity and spaciality, professor Elka Jaceva Ulcar told Sitel. Linguist...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 22:28

Nikoloski: The Macedonian language is alive and no one can erase it, it is spoken by Macedonians in Pirin, Aegean Macedonia…

The Macedonian language is pure Macedonian, ours! We Macedonians who live in the Republic of Macedonia speak it, but also Macedonians who live in Pirin and Aegean Macedonia! The Macedonian language has beautiful dialects – of Skopje, Ohrid, Bitola, Veles, Strumica, but also of Petrich, Gornojumaj,...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 22:15

Republika’s writings confirmed: Osmani reduced the Macedonian language to a constitutional category

After Bulgaria released the unilateral declaration on the Macedonian language, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia did the same today. Here’s the text of the Macedonian unilateral statement on the Macedonian language: As stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 12:51

Osmani accepted that the Macedonian language derived from Bulgarian?

While today in Brussels our state delegation is taking photos at the photo session dedicated only to the initial step for the official start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations, it still remains unclear why the Minister of Foreign Affairs does not publish the Macedonian unilateral declaration...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 12:35

Bulgarians want to be included in the Constitution in a language they do not recognize!

First inclusion of the Macedonian Bulgarians in the Constitution, and then official start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations in a period of two years after today’s joint photo shoot in Brussels, is one of the essential provisions of the French proposal. At the center of the provision,...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 11:43

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM and DUI, driven by sick ambition for power, allowed Bulgaria to dispute the Macedonian language

VMRO-DPMNE says that SDSM lied to the citizens that the Macedonian language is guaranteed and no one disputes it. The truth is that the SDSM, with its treacherous policies, opened the door for deniers to constantly dispute the Macedonian language and identity. The last proof of that is the statement...

Macedonia 19.07.22 | 10:19

Bulgaria published a Declaration stating that the Macedonian language is a dialect of Bulgarian

In a separate declaration, distributed a few minutes ago, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Sofia indicates that the reference in EU documents to the official language of the Republic of Macedonia should in no way be interpreted as recognition of the “Macedonian language” by...

Macedonia 24.06.22 | 15:40

Bulgarian condition: Nothing in Macedonia’s accession process should be interpreted as recognition of the Macedonian language

Bulgaria adopted four conditions for Macedonia’s EU accession – effective implementation of the Good Neighborly Agreement, guarantee of the rights of Bulgarians in Macedonia through their inclusion in the Constitution as a nation-building, that nothing in Macedonia’s accession process...

Macedonia 07.06.22 | 14:29

Cement from Prespa Agreement crumbles: New instructions to avoid using “Macedonian language” in UN documents

Indicators for erasing the Macedonian identity are increasingly coming to light, and confirmation of that is the latest internal decision in the United Nations Secretariat, which instructs the Secretariat services to use the term “the language of the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) instead of...

Macedonia 08.07.21 | 10:38

Is this Bulgarian language? 1936 letter that Koco Racin sent from Belgrade to his brother shared on social media

A letter in Macedonian language dated September 10, 1936 that Kosta Solev Racin sent from Belgrade to his brother Aleksandar from has been published on social media. Вечниот Рацин од Белград му пишува на својот брат Александар на ден 10. 09....

Macedonia 30.06.21 | 14:32

EU doesn’t want to comment on the Portuguese diplomat’s statement that the Macedonian language was part of the Bulgarian

The European Union will not comment on the statement of Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias, who said that the Macedonian language was once part of the Bulgarian. “Republika” asked the EC spokesperson Ana Pisonero whether in this way the EU is undermining...

Macedonia 30.06.21 | 10:14

Scandalous audio recording of Zacarias’ statement: North Macedonian language was once part of the Bulgarian

The SDK news portal published an audio recording of the controversial and scandalous statement of Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias regarding the Macedonian language. In the audio recording Zacarias says that the “North Macedonian language” was once...

Macedonia 06.03.21 | 10:40

Vankovska: I’m sad that the majority of colleagues from the Faculty of Philology are either silent or use ostrich tactics

What makes me sad is that the majority of colleagues from the Faculty of Philology are either silent or use ostrich tactics, commented Professor Biljana Vankovska on the warnings of the President of MANU, Ljupco Kocarev, of action being taken to change the status of the departments of Macedonian language...

Macedonia 29.01.21 | 19:16

Dimitrov: Bulgaria doesn’t want to sign any document that states “Macedonian language”

The Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, said at Friday’s conference “The role of the media and civil society organizations in the integration process” that there is an obvious interest in the European Union in signing Macedonia’s agreement with Frontex...

Macedonia 06.11.20 | 21:30

Macedonian language and Macedonian identity are not up for debate

Nobody can tell the Macedonian people who we are and what language we speak, according to international and European law, said Deputy Prime Minister for EU Affairs Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with TV Kanal 5 on Friday. He stressed that not even in 7 months, 7 years, 700 years will there be a government...

Macedonia 22.10.20 | 15:42

Bulgaria starts with the blockades, disputes the Macedonian language in Frontex

Bulgaria is blocking the important agreement on border management between Macedonia and the European Security Service, Frontex, and the problem is the “Macedonian language”, reports the daily “Dnevnik”, citing a statement by a spokesman for the European Commission. This is an...

Macedonia 20.10.20 | 17:11

Zaev: The Macedonian language is me, the Macedonian language is you, the Macedonian language is all of us

Today, the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, together with the Minister of Education and Science, Mila Carovska, attended the International Scientific Conference “Macedonian language – a source of scientific research (at home and abroad)” at the Institute of Macedonian Language “Krste...

Macedonia 21.09.20 | 21:28

Although they now deny: In 1948 students in Bulgaria studied the subject “Macedonian language”

The denial of the Macedonian nation, history and language by Bulgaria has no basis in reality, given that the Bulgarian state has officially recognized the existence of a separate Macedonian identity. Proof of this is the fact that the children in Blagoevgrad and the surrounding area studied the subject...

Повеќе