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Macedonia 30.11.20 | 13:15

Citizens of Vatasa, the site of a horrific 1943 massacre, angry at Zaev’s surrender to Bulgaria

Alfa TV aired a report from Vatasa, near Kavadarci, which was the site of a horrific massacre of 12 young men in 1943. The men were suspected of collaborating with the partisans and were shot by the Bulgarian forces. It’s one of the worst atrocities during the course of the war in Macedonia. The...

Macedonia 27.11.20 | 21:54

Rasela Mizrahi spoke from the site of the Vatasa massacre

Rasela Mizrahi spoke from the near-by village of Vatasa, the site of a massacre of 12 youths by the Bulgarian forces in 1943, during the series of protests held today. Protesters gathered in seven cities to denounce Zoran Zaev’s surrender in the dispute with Bulgaria, which includes revising Macedonian...

Macedonia 16.06.19 | 21:47

On the anniversary of the Vatasa massacre, tenor Blagoj Nacoski calls on Bulgaria to apologize

As emotions run high between Macedonia and Bulgaria, as result of the work of the committee on historic affairs, Macedonian tenor Blagoj Nacoski posted a video of his rendition of the song The village of Vatasa is crying, dedicated to the 12 young Macedonians killed by Bulgarian soldiers in 1943, after...