Tag: Ilinden Uprising

"I hope this will be the start of a tradition in which the 2nd of August will be celebrated at "St. Prohor Pchinski" monastery and we will be coming here to give respect to those who have created the Macedonian state in 1944", said President Stevo Pendarovski who led the state-church delegation that on the 2nd of August visited...

Do not doubt - the friendship between Macedonia and Bulgaria is sincere. Together we will celebrate and honour our past and on its foundation we will continue building our common future, wrote Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the social network "Facebook" this morning in response to a recent debate in Bulgaria for the relations of both countries. "I see in...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov celebrated the 115th anniversary of the Ilinden uprising together in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Prime Ministers Zaev and Borisov held a bilateral meeting before the beginning of the ceremony, and the meeting coincided with the first anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of friendship, good neighborly relations and cooperation between the...

President Gjorge Ivanov devoted much of his speech to the Agreement with Greece in his address for the occasion of August 2 – Ilinden Uprising at Mečkin Kamen in Krushevo. "It is a lie to say that with the Greek agreement, the 74-year-old right for self-determination and statehood of the Macedonian people is not being respected. On the contrary, this...

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will together mark the 115th anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising tomorrow in Blagoevgrad, announced the government's press service. The two prime ministers will participate in the ceremony by laying wreaths and flowers at the monument of Goce Delchev, at "Macedonia" square in Blagoevgrad. This will be the second joint celebration,...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov laid fresh flowers at the grave of Goce Delčev at the Church of the Ascension of Jesus, Skopje, on the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising and for the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the first ASNOM session (Anti-fascist Assembly for for the National Liberation...

The SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today in Krusevo celebrated the great national holiday, August 2nd - the Day of the Republic and said that in Macedonia for years a false apparent division of partisans and rebels has been imposed in order for one party to connect to the legacy of fighters from the first Ilinden, the other with the...

Today, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski at the monument of the president of the first presidium of ASNOM, Metodi Andonov-Cento in Skopje, called for unity and unification and said that Macedonia remains a priority for membership in NATO and the EU and is invested in the development of the state. “I call for the additional recovery of mutual respect and understanding...

Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev in his speech at the central celebration of August 2 – Ilinden at Meckin Kamen in Krusevo, said that this great holiday reminds us of the past and encourages us to think about the future of our country. He called for unity of all available capacities in the country in the process of development and...

President Gjorge Ivanov from the memorial complex in Pelince celebrated the national holiday Ilinden, the first meeting of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) and said that history has shown that whenever we are divided, we are enslaved, and whenever we are united, we are free. He noted that the world finds itself again in a period...

The voting of the re-balance of the budget on Friday (29 July 2016) was the last act of Parliament before the summer vacations started, which usually last two weeks. One day before, the amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs, the Law On Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, the Law on the Criminal Code, and the Law on Government were...

Republic of Macedonia is celebrating on August 2 two of its most important historic events that mark 112 years from the beginning of the Ilinden uprising in 1903 and the First assembly of ASNON in 1944. The central manifestation for observing the holiday will take place in Krushevo, at the place called Mechkin Kamen, where the guests will lay fresh...