Tag: Mitko Panov
Macedonia 23.10.24 | 23:33

Macedonian-Bulgarian historic commission meets tomorrow for a first time in months

The joint historic commission between Macedonia and Bulgaria will meet tomorrow, for the first time after a longer hiatus. This will be the first meeting to include the new line-up on the Macedonian side, after historians appointed by the SDSM – DUI regime were dismissed as too accommodating to...
News Macedonia 24.05.23 | 14:10

Mitko Panov, historian: Bulgarian appropriation of St.Cyril and St. Methodius began with the Russian project of Great Bulgaria

The Bulgarian appropriation of the holy brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius began in the 19th century, with the start of the Russian project of Great Bulgaria. The Russians incorporated the history of the Holy Brothers into their project, integrating it into the narrative created to justify both, the...
News Macedonia 24.05.23 | 13:33

We celebrate May 24 – Day of the Holy brothers Cyril and Methodius

The Brothers are born in Thessaloniki to rich and respected parents, Leon and Maria. The older brother, Methodius was a prominent soldier since he was 19 years old and served for ten years in the region of river Struma among the Macedonian Slavs, defending the territory from the Bulgarian attacks. He...
Macedonia 17.08.22 | 12:58

Prof. Panov: The change in the historical narrative in the textbooks should result in building awareness of belonging to another nation, not to the Macedonian one

The tendency is for the Macedonian people to remain without their own Macedonian national heroes, and for the identity adjective Macedonian to be associated exclusively with “Bulgarians”, acquiring in the historical context the exclusive meaning of “Macedonian Bulgarians”. The...

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