Tag: history

It is not the first time to see narratives on social networks about Ukraine being fascist and Nazi country, that Nazism (Neo-Nazism) is being glorified there and that Zelenskyy himself is a Nazi. All this is done to justify the Russian aggression on a sovereign country going on for more than a year, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between...

Regional CSOs networking in the Balkans has become an increasingly challenging effort for the most of organizations engaged in regional initiatives fostering human rights, democracy, good governance, rule of law, reconciliation or socio economic development. One can note at least three reasons for this unenviable situation facing both formal and informal regional CSO networks since 2020 – Covid 19...

“Balkan history has been shaped by the territorial ambitions and disputes of the last century, and so has become a zero-sum game; it also has quasi-religious aspects, insofar as current debates reveal an implicit concern with purity and pollution underlying accusations around loyalty and betrayal. Grievances and disputes escalate; and (to pursue the game metaphor) there is no mechanism,...

"Bulgaria is a NATO member and so are we. The communication between the allies shouldn't be in this manner," said Radmila Shekerinska - Jankovska, Defense Minister of North Macedonia, commenting the statement of her Bulgarian counterpart Кrassimir Karakachanov, who said he will "send an engineering regiment" in Macedonia to remove all of the monuments with the plaques that mention...

I don't want to talk about Plan B. We have to succeed, said Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, when asked by a journalist whether the state has a Plan B if the EU accession negotiations fail to start in December. He said that the Government under his leadership never had a Plan B since in that case, they...

The end of World War I on the territory of the Southern Balkans and on the territory of today’s Macedonian state, in addition to major military destruction and victims of military operations, was marked with the outbreak of the Spanish flu epidemic. The disease, caused by the H1N1 influenza virus with unusual intensity, quickly spread not only among soldiers and warring parties...

In an article published at the website of the Bulgaria's daily newspaper 24 hours, Rosen Petrov, former MP and scriptwriter and current anchor of history show that is screened on the Bulgaria On Air online TV, writes falsities on the difficult and painful subject Bulgaria and Macedonia discuss - history. In his column titled "Macron and the Macedonians - Bulgarian...

In Brussels this week, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov told reporters that Macedonians still need to mature in order to get a date to start EU accession talks, Bulgarian news agency BGNES reported. "They need to fix much more. Don't get me wrong, but as long as they dispute whether Goce Delchev is Bulgarian or Macedonian - that is a...

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk looks upon the history of the Balkans as more dramatic and more interesting than the popular TV series Game of Thrones. At the inauguration of the Bulgarian EU presidency in Sofia, he warned against the Game of Thrones screenplay happening in the Western Balkans, where Brussels is trying to maintain tight...

The documentary shows and series with historical content produced in co-production with independent production houses in the period between 2013 - 2015 amounted to a total of 1.8 million euros, shows BIRN's research into co-production contracts concluded in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The recorded contents are an audiovisual reflection of the architectural "Skopje 2014" project, ie an attempt through the...

Bulgarians have positive opinions towards Macedonia and 51% think that Macedonians are very alike or are identical to Bulgarians, shows the latest research carried out by the Bulgarian Institute for politics dedicated to the relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia. As Bulgarian portal "Dnes" reports, when asked whether there is a Macedonian nation that is different to the Bulgarian, 72% of...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov denied today that he has agreed on a revision of the history with his Greek colleague, Nikos Kotzias. -At the meeting in Thessaloniki, this wasn't the subject that was discussed. During the meeting in New York, we talked about a meeting between historians and experts that will start talking about this. This...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov and his Greek colleague, Nikos Kotzias, during the meeting in New York didn't speak about forming fo a joint commission but a meeting of experts in history confirmed the MFA for Meta agency. "What was discussed in New York between Dimitrov and Kotzias was towards an initiative on part of Macedonia dated...

With the recognition of the Macedonian state, Bulgaria also recognizes the Macedonian language in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, said the Head of the Bulgarian Diplomacy and Deputy PM, Ekaterina Zaharieva, saying that there is nothing problematic in the recognition of the Macedonian language. In an interview for the Bulgarian national television BTV, she said...

“VMRO-DPMNE is very worried about the non-transparency and the easiness with which Zaev has approached an extremely serious issue such as the agreement with Bulgaria. VMRO-DPMNE is demanding an insight into the content of the Agreement that Zaev has agreed upon”, said VMRO-DPMNE’s MP Trajko Veljanoski at a press conference. By making a reference to yesterday’s statement by Prime Minister...

Macedonia was one of the topics discussed by US President Barack Obama and his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The Greek President repeated his views and accusations against the Macedonian government to Obama, criticizing the country for trying to adopt Greek history as its own. “The fact is that a neighbouring state, who are demanding a name, who other than falsifying...

Macedonia is a particularly important issue in the political life of Bulgaria, said Bulgarian writer, historian and blogger Plamen Paskov in the debate about World War I which was organized by the Russian portal "Justice". - Macedonia is much more to us than than Kiev is to Russia. It is a holy place. Ohrid was the medieval capital of Bulgaria,...

Ukraine is a fictional country, just like Macedonia, stated Bulgarian historian Dimitrov for Bulgarian National Television. - In 1954, a drunkard gave away the Crimea, Russian territory, along with its Russian population, to a fictional country, to a "Macedonia". Russian Macedonia – that is Ukraine. Fictional border - such as the borders of Macedonia. When the political elite creates such...