Tag: OMO Ilinden
Macedonia 06.11.22 | 19:15

New Macedonian club will be opened in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

OMO Ilinden – Pirin, one of the key associations of Macedonians in Bulgaria, announced that it will open a new cultural center near the city of Plovdiv. The organization recently opened a club in Blagoevgrad, which followed the opening of several controversially named Bulgarian clubs in Macedonia. OMO...

Macedonia 31.10.22 | 10:49

Hooligans damaged the sign on the Macedonian club in Blagoevgrad

Stojko Stojkov, head of the Macedonian organization OMO Ilinden – Pirin, said that he is satisfied with how the opening of their first cultural center went, albeit with some smaller incidents and attempts to vandalize the center. In the days ahead of the opening on Sunday, the sign on the club...

Macedonia 28.10.22 | 18:54

Macedonians in Bulgaria react to Minister Osmani’s accusation: Not only is he not helping us, he is attacking those who do

The OMO Ilinden – Pirin organization that represents Macedonians in Bulgaria reacted strongly against the announcement from Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani that he will investigate the opening of their club in Blagoevgrad planned for Sunday. Macedonians in Bulgaria have struggled for decades to organize...

Macedonia 17.10.22 | 20:03

OMO Ilinden: Pressure on Macedonians from Pirin Macedonia continues, the Bulgarian police are looking for the president from Blagoevgrad

Discrimination against ethnic Macedonians continues in Pirin Macedonia, in Bulgaria, the president of the City Committee of OMO Ilinden from Blagoevgrad, Atanas Kirjakov, informed today. He reported that he was called twice by phone by a Bulgarian police inspector without being told the reason. It is...

Macedonia 04.06.22 | 23:26

OMO “Ilinden”: Bulgaria gave away Tsar Samuil in 1947 – what does it want now?

OMO Ilinden asks why history is being renegotiated with Bulgaria when it has already been agreed. OMO Ilinden published a document from 1947, in which historical commissions between Macedonia and Bulgaria regulated the Bulgarian views of Macedonian history. The documents are for corrections of history...

Macedonia 28.01.22 | 17:10

Pendarovski meets “OMO Ilinden” representatives, fails to refer to them as Macedonians

President Stevo Pendarovski met Friday with representatives of the Macedonians in Bulgaria. In the comment after the meeting, the head of state never mentioned that they are Macedonians but citizens of Bulgaria.

News 24.11.21 | 11:19

OMO Ilinden demands EU investigation for issuing Bulgarian citizenship through fictional addresses

The party of Macedonians in Bulgaria, OMO Ilinden PIRIN this morning expressed its deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the 45 Macedonian citizens killed in the bus accident that happened on the Struma highway. They say that they cannot but express serious concern about some of the information...