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Sofia ‘Concerned’ as North Macedonia Rejects Bulgarian Club’s ‘Offensive’ Name
Sofia has expressed "concern" after North Macedonia's Justice Minister, Krenar Loga, on Thursday banned a Bulgarian club from being named after a Bulgarian nationalist who became a Nazi collaborator, after a state commission in charge of advising on such issues recommended the move.
Bulgarian Declaration Creates Fresh Headache for Struggling Joint History Commission
Macedonian and Bulgarian members of the joint history commission - established to find common ground between the two radically different views on history - differ sharply on the external pressures that they say are hampering progress.
North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Brace for Trouble at Hero’s Commemoration
The 151st birthday of an Ottoman-era hero claimed by both Macedonians and Bulgarians threatens to further worsen already ice-cold relations between the two neighbours.
The Lausanne Convention and the battle of memory
January 30 was the centenary of the signing of the Lausanne Convention (also known as the Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations) on the compulsory exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey.
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Hero’s Memorial Day Further Inflames North Macedonia-Bulgaria Relations
North Macedonia's government has ordered heightened security on February 4, when the country celebrates 151 years since the birth of its biggest hero, the Ottoman-era revolutionary Goce Delcev.
Bulgarian MEP: The Statement of North Macedonia’s President repeats the Hateful Rhetoric against Bulgaria
"The statement of the Macedonian president repeats the theses of the RNM for many years, that it is an insult against the Macedonian identity and the Macedonian people, if you say things that are related to the objective reading of history - for example, if you say that Gotse Delchev is a Bulgarian, born in Bulgaria family.
Mexico deported 27 Bulgarian Tourists in the span of 3 Months, Some were Kept in Cells for 4 Days
The authorities in Mexico have selectively deported a total of 27 Bulgarian tourists from six travel agencies from October 2022 until now. In one of the cases, Bulgarians were kept in a cell for four days.
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister: Bulgarian Clubs should Change their Names
"The names of the Bulgarian clubs in the Republic of North Macedonia must be changed." This is what the foreign minister of the state Bujar Osmani told bTV. In recent months, two Bulgarian clubs were opened - "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola and "Tsar Boris III" in Ohrid.
Greece’s Unrecognised Turkish Minority Takes Plight to UN
A Muslim in Athens praying in a new mosque, the first official place of worship for Muslims in Athens, 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ORESTI PANAGIOTOU
The letter focuses on its educational and religious problems and its legal harassment for use of the word "Turkish".
North Macedonia’s President: Only Macedonians with Low Self-Esteem are Afraid of "Bulgarianization"
"The threat of 'Bulgarianization' is a fiction of the opposition with the aim of instilling fear among Macedonians", believes the president of our southwestern neighbor, Stevo Pendarovski. He announced this in an interview with the local publication "Trilling".