Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry protests against destruction of Bulagrian monument near Prilep

Foreign Ministry Building
Photo: BGNES

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has handed a note of protest to Vladimir Krstevski, head of mission of the Republic of North Macedonia in Bulgaria.  

The protest is over the replacement of a Bulgarian historic monument in the church yard in the village of Klepac near Prilep. The monument dedicated to Veovod Velko Skochivircheto, killed in 1904 and 8 rebels, has been destroyed. The inscriptions, which are in the literary Bulgarian language, have been erased. The surnames on the monument have been replaced.

The Bulgarian side is demanding that Skopje restore the original monument, stressing that the substitution of historical artifacts constitutes an attempt to rewrite history and is a breach of the Friendship, Goodneighbour and Cooperation Treaty of 2017. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Military personnel have been taking part in the efforts to extinguish wildfires in all parts of the country

Around 2 , 120 military personnel from different land forces units have taken part in the efforts to put out wildfires in different parts of the country since 12 July this year, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Some of them are still..

published on 8/10/24 3:40 PM

The wildfires have destroyed the habitats of globally endangered birds

The forest wildfires during the past weeks endangered people and settlements, but also valuable natural habitats which are home to an enormous variety of species, some of them globally endangered, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds..

published on 8/10/24 3:26 PM
Iliana Iotova

The new caretaker cabinet is not the president’s, Vice President Iliana Iotova says

Vice President Iliana Iotova stated that accusations will likely be targeted at the new caretaker cabinet that it will be used for political purposes.   “This caretaker cabinet is not the president’s. It is time to take off all the masks and say..

published on 8/10/24 11:43 AM