The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of North Macedonia, Vesna Bendevska, has reported to the Prosecutor's Office in Bitola that the Bulgarian cultural club "Ivan Mihailov" in the city continues to function, despite its deletion from..
A huge 5x6 m painting depicting the dream unity between North Macedonia and Bulgaria was painted by 30 young artists from both sides of the border. The event took place in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre as part of a campaign of..
The prosecutor's office in Bitola has raised charges against the chairman of the “Ivan Mihailov” Association in Bitola, Lupcho Georgievski, accusing him of inciting hatred and xenophobia BTA reports. The announcement of the..
There are 3,500 Bulgarians in North Macedonia, Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani told the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. The figure was contested by Bulgarian MEPs. They raised the issue of the mistreatment of Macedonian..
An escalation of the attitude towards Bulgaria in Skopje is visible . There is a worsening of the environment for the Bulgarians in North Macedonia, Prof. Naum Kaichev told BNT. The recurrent incidents do not speak well of the European reforms and the..
"The decision of the authorities in North Macedonia to delete from the central register the Bulgarian association Cultural Center "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola is an expression of powerlessness," President Rumen Radev commented to journalists in Brussels...
"The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring with growing concern the developments in North Macedonia related to attempts to limit the right of association of Bulgarians in the country ," said a statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry..
On Archangel All Soul’s Day, Bulgaria’s Vice President Iliana Iotova participated in the military and religious ritual at the Bulgarian military cemetery in the village of Tsapari near Bitola, North Macedonia. "Today the covenant "never again" is..
The Bulgarian Cultural Centre "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola, North Macedonia, has been rebuilt after it was damaged by fire in early June . The costs were covered by the Bulgarian Memory Foundation . Macedonian singer Lambe Alabakovski set fire to the..
Ivan Mihailov is an unread page in Macedonian history, the doyen of Bulgarian journalists in North Macedonia, Vladimir Perev, has told Radio Bulgaria. We asked him why some people in the neighboring country are so afraid of Ivan..
