Dimitar Stoyanov wants to stop EU funds for Macedonia
Region: Macedonia
Bulgarian nationalist parties will ask the EU to stop all means of Macedonia accession funds of the European Union. This write many popular media in Macedonia. "Tomorrow MEP Dimitar Stoyanov will forward the request to the European Parliament to be suspended funds Macedonia because unneighborly relations with Bulgaria," said the leader of the NPD party Kapka Georgieva Bulgaria. In Macedonia it should be h... more
Views: 655The pressure on the Bulgarians in Macedonia is growing
Region: Macedonia
Six citizens of macedonian city of Strumica with double Macedonian-Bulgarian citizenship were arrested after rough searches of their homes. That was on Jan. 2 - a week after the team of the bulgarian bTV guest in some of them, and they described how they persecuted because of their Bulgarian identity. As official purposes shall be given false medical documents. "Around 15 pm on Wednesday the cops were waiting for ... more
Views: 702The monument of Mara Buneva in Skopje was destroyed again
Region: Macedonia
Broken is another plate placed on the quay of Vardar river, in honor of the 85th anniversary of the death of Mara Buneva. The plate was placed yesterday in the presence of Bulgarians from Bulgaria and FYROM. It was placed at the rip marble slab, which was rebuilt several times and always afterwards - shattered. Buneva is a figure in the Bulgarian history. Official position of the state science that has made... more
Views: 345Greek linguistics:Macedonian language is Bulgarian-Serbian
Region: Macedonia
The problem for the name clouded the language issue between Athens and Skopje, said George Baniniotis, Greek linguist and former Minister of Education, writes Macedonian "Utrinski Vesnik". In a public lecture at the University of Melbourne Baniniotis emphasized that the ancient Macedonian language was a Greek dialect. Banionitis called the Macedonian language "Bulgarian-Serbian". "We respect the language, histo... more
Views: 872Macedonia on the brink of ethnic war
Region: Macedonia
In the past 48 hours in the Macedonian capital were two incidents between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians. Yesterday afternoon in Skopje neighborhood Cair large group of young people take off the Macedonian flag and burn it down. In this municipality population is dominated by ethnic Albanians. The interior ministry confirmed the incident and explained that an investigation has begun. A little later in the same nei... more
Views: 1052INA: The Albanians in Macedonia have the right to Revolt
Region: Macedonia
Albanian news agency INA days ago published a special article, which called Albanians in Macedonia to revolution. Written material is Valbona Vardari. Citing the American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, she pays particular attention to his book "On civil disobedience." Based on what is written in it, it makes a number of calls and recommendations prompted by the situation of Albanians in Macedonia. Va... more
Views: 1733Macedonian Presidential Election Winner Seeks to Quell Naming Dispute
Region: Macedonia
by Anne Szustek Gjorge Ivanov, the candidate from Macedonia's ruling party, won the country's presidential election by a landslide. Now on his agenda: ironing out the country's naming dispute with Greece. Ivanov Wins Macedonia Election; Vows to Tackle Macedonia-Greece Name Issue Gjorge Ivanov, the candidate of Macedonia's majority party, the center-right VMRO-DPMNE,... more
Views: 1302In Macedonia, Student Protest Ends in Violence
Region: Macedonia
By Elena Ignatova Recently, the Macedonian government decided to build an Orthodox church with public financing on the main square of Skopje, a decision that the citizens of the city disapproved of. In spite of numerous online campaigns and discussions, a group of students – “First Arhi (Architect) Brigade” – decided to organize a protest called “The First Architectonical Rebellion”... more
Views: 2629Bulgaria, Macedonia: Blog Wars Over History
Region: Macedonia
by Yavor Mihaylov The relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia are no less complex and incomprehensible than those between Greece and Macedonia, although lately the former get less media exposure than the latter. The main problem between Sofia and Skopje is, once again, history. To Bulgarians, the Macedonians were part of the Bulgarian nation until the beginning of the 20th century, when a large part of Macedonia fel... more
Views: 2842Macedonia: Bloggers Discuss NATO Summit and Greece
Region: Macedonia
by Filip Stojanovski Last week, the Macedonian blogosphere buzzed about Greece's obstruction of Macedonia's NATO entry. This post presents a set of typical initial reactions to this news. Filip Petrovski described (MKD) the atmosphere in Macedonia several days before the NATO Summit: The tension in the air is incredible. The upcoming NATO Summit in Bucharest created a heavy atmosphere of expectation in the regio... more
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