Tag: Macedonian minority
Balkans 10.08.22 | 12:16

UN demands that Bulgaria recognizes the Macedonian minority, only the SDSM government has given up on our people

Bulgaria has an obligation to respect the rights of minorities and to ensure no person is discriminated based on their freely chosen identity, the United Nations Human Rights Office told VOA when asked to comment on Bulgaria’s requirement to include the Bulgarians in the Macedonian Constitution,...

Macedonia 17.01.22 | 09:20

Macedonians in Bulgaria told Petkov that they exist: Denying our existence is a shame for the Bulgarian state

The Macedonians in Bulgaria responded to the Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s statement that there is no Macedonian minority in his country. They ask him how absurd it feels to tell obvious lies that no one but the deceived citizens of Bulgaria believe? According to Omo Ilinden Pirin, the...

Balkans 12.10.20 | 17:27

The Council of Europe calls on Bulgaria to enter into dialogue with the Macedonian minority

Bulgaria has made progress in the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities through advancing non-discrimination legislation, promoting education for Roma children and supporting religious rights, the Council of Europe’s advisory committee said in a report. ...

Macedonia 02.03.19 | 14:49

Dimitrov on the Macedonian minority in Greece: We agreed that there will be no interventions

The BBC article on the existence of a “Macedonian minority” in Greece is a Greek “internal affair issue and subject of Greek debate”, Nikola Dimitrov said in an interview with the Greek TV SKAI. I live and breathe the Prespa Agreement for months… I also sometimes see it in my dreams. That is...