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position by acquired citizenship per country. On 11 December 2020 at the
Parliament, the Minister of Justice of Bulgaria Desislava Ahladova reported that from 1 January 2010 to 22 October 2020, 77,829 files have been opened for the acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship by citizens of North Macedonia, 77,762 of them based on declared Bulgarian origin. Macedonian citizens are starting to take out Bulgarian passports due to the fact that Bulgaria is becoming a member of the European Union, and with that, the only prospect for Macedonian citizens is to be able to work and live in European countries where there are greater conditions for prosperity.
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1191:. After the opening of the two clubs, protests were organized and the clubs were attacked. The Commission for Protection against Discrimination concluded that the club names discriminate against the Macedonian public on national and ethnic grounds. The Commission was referred by the Association of Fighters the National Liberation War and the anti-fascist war. According to the Bulgarian co-chairman of the common Bulgarian-Macedonian historical commission Angel Dimitrov, the arguments for these changes remind him of the
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and other prominent people received death sentences or prison terms. Mayors and other administrators during the
Bulgarian regime were sentenced to death. 1,260 prominent Macedono-Bulgarians were killed by these farce processes. In 1946, Dimitar Gyuzelev, Yordan Chkartov and Dimitar Chkartov were sentenced to death, whereas seventy-four other Macedono-Bulgarian nationalists led by Angel Dimov were sentenced to jail for plotting to join Vardar Macedonia to Bulgaria.
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157:. The total number of Bulgarians counted in the 2021 Census was 3,504 or roughly 0.2%. Over 100,000 nationals of North Macedonia have received Bulgarian citizenship since 2001 and some 53,000 are still waiting for such, almost all based on declared Bulgarian origin. In the period when North Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia, there was also migration of Bulgarians from the so called
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Macedonian national honour 'for opposing the new ethnogenesis'. 1,260 leading Bulgarians were allegedly killed in Skopje,
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have continued until today. In the period after 1991 ca. 100,000 citizens of North
Macedonia have acquired Bulgarian citizenship (which represents 10% of the self-declared ethnic Macedonians in the country in the 2021 population census), almost all of them acquired by descent and always on 1st
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was smashed. On 20 November 2022, the glass façade of the same club was smashed by three masked men throwing stones, an incident that was followed by gun fire opened at the club from a car on 22 November. On 30 January 2022, the car of the
Chairman of the Association of Macedonian-Bulgarian
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and insisted on putting them into North
Macedonia's constitution, which lists the Albanian, Serbian, Bosniak, Turkish, Romani peoples, as well as the other peoples inhabiting the country. A total of 169 people in North Macedonia voted in the
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was most common affiliation then, mistreatment by occupying
Bulgarian troops during WWII cured most Macedonians from their pro-Bulgarian sympathies, leaving them embracing the new Macedonian identity promoted by the Tito regime after the
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Macedonia do not have their own political parties, but still have political activity. Many politicians have revealed their affiliation to Bulgaria after leaving the political stage, such as
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Friendship in Skopje was vandalised. On 20 January 2023, the secretary of the club in Ohrid was attacked. Three suspects have been apprehended, one of them has
Bulgarian citizenship. On 8 February 2023, the
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1944:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2022 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2022)
1933:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2021 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2021)
1922:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2020 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2020)
1911:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2019 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2019)
1900:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2018 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2018)
1889:Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 14 януари – 31 декември 2017 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 14 January - 31 December 2017)
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By the time the then-Republic of Macedonia proclaimed its independence those who continued to look to Bulgaria were very few. Some 3,000 - 4,000 people that stuck to their Bulgarian identity (most from
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consciousness that would inspire identification with Yugoslavia. The authorities took also repressive measures that would overcome the Bulgarian national identity of the population, such as the
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and surroundings) met great hostility among the authorities and the rest of the population. With the fall of Communism the hostility decreased, but still remains. Occasional trials against
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1867:Годишен доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 01.01.2015-31.12.2015 година (Annual report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 01.01.2015-31.12.2015 year), p. 6
1856:Годишен доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 01.01.2014-31.12.2014 година (Annual report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 01.01.2014-31.12.2014 year), p. 5
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1845:Доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 23.01.2013 – 22.01.2014 година (Report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 23.01.2013–22.01.2014 year), p. 6
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was swiftly apprehended and was given a 6 months suspended sentence. On 12 October 2022, the sign above the front door of the "Boris III" cultural club in
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or if they incite religious, national or racial hatred or intolerance. This change came after the opening of two Bulgarian clubs - one named after
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increased almost to the level of state ideology, and the communists were successful in removing all Bulgarian influence in the region. A special
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for pro-Bulgarian leanings. Per Dimitrov, this shows that the Macedonians still use propaganda from the early times of Communist Yugoslavia.
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adopted changes to the Law on Associations and Foundations in which clubs and organizations cannot be registered if their names reference
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for the implementation of this law, which came into effect on January 3, 1945. Bulgarian sources claim that in early 1945, around 100,000
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authorities began a policy of removing of any Bulgarian influence, making North Macedonia a connecting link for the establishment of new
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Veles, Kumanovo, Prilep, Bitola and Stip... For more see: Hugh Poulton, Who are the Macedonians? C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000,
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condemned the incident and stated that certain political subjects in Bulgaria have used this case for their political goals.
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District's Attorney charged the detainees with an "ethnically-motivated hate crime". The President of North Macedonia
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political organisation in North Macedonia. The "Radko" association was registered in Ohrid in 2000. In 2001 the
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had Bulgarian identity. In 1913, the region of present-day Republic of North Macedonia became a part of the
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There were 37 ethnic Bulgarians born in North Macedonia who lived in the United States of America in 2015.
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as "promoting racial and religious hate and intolerance". The association is named after the conspiration
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area, but over the years, the absolute majority of southeastern North Macedonia have declared themselves
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1298:ЧЕТИРИСТОТИН ТРИДЕСЕТ И СЕДМО ЗАСЕДАНИЕ София, петък, 11 декември 2020 г. Открито в 9,04 ч.
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On 5 June 2022, the entrance of the "Vancho Mihaylov" club was set on fire. The attacker,
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to the SR Macedonia. The number of these migrants is unofficially estimated at 20,000.
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Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996
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were imprisoned and over 1,260 were allegedly killed due to this
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Bulgaria, North Macedonia condemn ethnic-related violence
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Bugarskiot okupaciski sistem vo Makedonija, 1941-1944
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1310:12 март, 2021, Агенция Фокус.
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666:Bessarabian Bulgarians
68:and surrounding region
2977:Macedonian Bulgarians
2557:Other minority groups
2548:
2412:Радио Слободна Европа
1967:"Explore Census Data"
1244:Macedonian Bulgarians
1062:22.01.2002-22.01.2024
1004:01.01.2020-31.12.2020
990:01.01.2019-31.12.2019
976:01.01.2018-31.12.2018
962:14.01.2017-31.12.2017
948:01.01.2016-31.12.2016
934:01.01.2015-31.12.2015
920:01.01.2014-31.12.2014
906:23.01.2013-22.01.2014
892:23.01.2012-22.01.2013
878:22.01.2002-15.01.2012
867:Acquired citizenships
676:Macedonian Bulgarians
171:Macedonian Bulgarians
101:Related ethnic groups
32:Macedonian Bulgarians
2982:Bulgarian minorities
2070:5 March 2009 at the
1595:on 24 September 2007
1117:Constitutional Court
656:Anatolian Bulgarians
153:, as well as during
1239:Macedonian Question
1083:Bulgarian passports
696:Thracian Bulgarians
671:Dobrujan Bulgarians
366:Macedonian language
342:region of Macedonia
143:Kingdom of Bulgaria
141:) were part of the
55:3,504 (census 2021)
46:
2693:Bulgarian diaspora
2551:
1624:. pp. 84–85.
1337:on 23 October 2021
1177:national socialism
1101:Ljubčo Georgievski
795:List of Bulgarians
2964:
2963:
2867:
2866:
2652:
2651:
2602:Megleno-Romanians
1501:Europe since 1945
1447:978-1-85065-238-0
1222:Stevo Pendarovski
1209:Lambe Alabakovski
1107:Association Radko
1072:
1071:
836:
835:
346:Kingdom of Serbia
334:
333:
116:
115:
16:(Redirected from
3009:
2934:Asia and Oceania
2909:
2887:
2707:Southeast Europe
2704:
2691:
2690:
2679:
2672:
2665:
2656:
2636:
2630:
2622:
2614:
2606:
2598:
2590:
2582:
2574:
2570:Balkan Egyptians
2566:
2537:
2529:
2521:
2513:
2505:
2497:
2478:
2454:
2447:
2440:
2431:
2424:
2423:
2421:
2419:
2404:
2398:
2393:
2387:
2382:
2376:
2375:
2373:
2371:
2355:
2349:
2348:
2342:
2334:
2332:
2330:
2314:
2308:
2307:
2305:
2303:
2287:
2281:
2276:
2270:
2269:
2267:
2265:
2250:
2244:
2239:
2233:
2232:
2230:
2228:
2213:
2207:
2202:
2196:
2191:
2185:
2180:
2174:
2173:
2171:
2169:
2154:
2148:
2147:
2145:
2143:
2127:
2121:
2116:
2110:
2104:
2098:
2092:
2086:
2080:
2074:
2062:
2056:
2044:
2038:
2033:
2027:
2026:
2019:
2013:
2012:
2010:
2008:
1994:
1988:
1987:
1977:
1971:
1970:
1963:
1957:
1952:
1946:
1941:
1935:
1930:
1924:
1919:
1913:
1908:
1902:
1897:
1891:
1886:
1880:
1875:
1869:
1864:
1858:
1853:
1847:
1842:
1836:
1831:
1825:
1820:
1814:
1809:
1803:
1798:
1792:
1786:
1780:
1777:
1771:
1760:
1754:
1742:
1736:
1735:
1718:
1712:
1711:
1685:
1679:
1678:
1646:
1640:
1639:
1611:
1605:
1604:
1602:
1600:
1591:. Archived from
1584:
1578:
1577:
1561:
1551:
1545:
1544:
1526:
1513:
1497:
1491:
1490:
1466:
1456:
1450:
1434:
1428:
1412:
1406:
1405:
1403:
1401:
1395:
1389:. Archived from
1388:
1380:
1374:
1373:
1365:
1359:
1353:
1347:
1346:
1344:
1342:
1336:
1329:
1318:
1312:
1306:
1300:
1295:
1286:
1270:
1189:Tsar Ferdinand I
1143:and a Bulgarian
858:
828:
821:
814:
661:Banat Bulgarians
450:
441:
423:
348:, thus becoming
180:
159:Western Outlands
50:Total population
47:
21:
3017:
3016:
3012:
3011:
3010:
3008:
3007:
3006:
2967:
2966:
2965:
2960:
2929:
2903:
2881:
2863:
2820:
2797:Bulgarian Turks
2744:North Macedonia
2695:
2685:
2683:
2653:
2648:
2639:
2634:
2628:
2620:
2612:
2604:
2596:
2588:
2580:
2572:
2564:
2552:
2540:
2535:
2527:
2519:
2511:
2503:
2495:
2481:
2476:
2463:
2458:
2428:
2427:
2417:
2415:
2406:
2405:
2401:
2394:
2390:
2383:
2379:
2369:
2367:
2366:(in Macedonian)
2364:Нова Македонија
2357:
2356:
2352:
2335:
2328:
2326:
2325:(in Macedonian)
2316:
2315:
2311:
2301:
2299:
2298:(in Macedonian)
2289:
2288:
2284:
2277:
2273:
2263:
2261:
2252:
2251:
2247:
2240:
2236:
2226:
2224:
2215:
2214:
2210:
2203:
2199:
2192:
2188:
2181:
2177:
2167:
2165:
2156:
2155:
2151:
2141:
2139:
2138:(in Macedonian)
2136:Нова Македонија
2129:
2128:
2124:
2117:
2113:
2105:
2101:
2093:
2089:
2081:
2077:
2072:Wayback Machine
2063:
2059:
2054:Wayback Machine
2045:
2041:
2034:
2030:
2021:
2020:
2016:
2006:
2004:
2002:www.sobranie.mk
1996:
1995:
1991:
1985:
1978:
1974:
1965:
1964:
1960:
1953:
1949:
1942:
1938:
1931:
1927:
1920:
1916:
1909:
1905:
1898:
1894:
1887:
1883:
1876:
1872:
1865:
1861:
1854:
1850:
1843:
1839:
1832:
1828:
1821:
1817:
1810:
1806:
1799:
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1787:
1783:
1778:
1774:
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1743:
1739:
1720:
1719:
1715:
1704:
1687:
1686:
1682:
1671:
1648:
1647:
1643:
1632:
1613:
1612:
1608:
1598:
1596:
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1574:
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1498:
1494:
1479:
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1457:
1453:
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1413:
1409:
1399:
1397:
1396:on 23 July 2006
1393:
1386:
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1338:
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1303:
1296:
1289:
1271:
1267:
1262:
1230:
1205:
1165:
1163:Bulgarian clubs
1109:
1096:
841:
832:
729:Greek-Catholics
724:Catholic Church
586:North Macedonia
439:
438:
368:, a process of
350:Southern Serbia
178:
173:
167:
149:and the end of
123:North Macedonia
45:North Macedonia
44:
40:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
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3013:
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2962:
2961:
2959:
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2898:
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2875:
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2865:
2864:
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2861:
2859:United Kingdom
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2456:
2449:
2442:
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2426:
2425:
2399:
2388:
2377:
2350:
2309:
2296:Слободен печат
2282:
2271:
2260:(in Bulgarian)
2245:
2234:
2208:
2197:
2186:
2175:
2149:
2122:
2111:
2099:
2087:
2075:
2057:
2039:
2028:
2014:
1989:
1972:
1958:
1947:
1936:
1925:
1914:
1903:
1892:
1881:
1870:
1859:
1848:
1837:
1826:
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1804:
1793:
1781:
1772:
1755:
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1229:
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1204:
1201:
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354:World War I
338:Balkan wars
276:Bulgarians
161:in Serbia.
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147:Balkan wars
111:Macedonians
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1260:References
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336:Until the
176:Yugoslavia
169:See also:
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119:Bulgarians
107:Bulgarians
83:Macedonian
2941:Australia
2879:Argentina
2734:Macedonia
2618:Armenians
2496:(509,083)
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1141:terrorist
1125:pseudonym
1113:Bulgarian
875:2002-2012
870:Position
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752:Bulgarian
648:Subgroups
531:Australia
418:SR Serbia
352:. During
139:Novo Selo
79:Bulgarian
73:Languages
2896:Honduras
2872:Americas
2719:Bulgaria
2528:(17,018)
2525:Bosniaks
2520:(35,939)
2512:(53,879)
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846:Strumica
757:Dialects
744:Language
705:Religion
428:a series
426:Part of
378:Yugoslav
374:identity
135:Strumica
127:Strumica
89:Religion
66:Strumica
2956:Lebanon
2844:Germany
2829:Austria
2804:Ukraine
2766:Dobruja
2756:Romania
2751:Moldova
2729:Hungary
2724:Croatia
2714:Albania
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2589:(2,003)
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2536:(9,695)
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1173:fascism
1065:102,740
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591:Romania
581:Lebanon
566:Hungary
556:Germany
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526:Albania
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490:Cuisine
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628:Crimea
618:Turkey
611:Brazil
596:Serbia
561:Greece
551:France
536:Canada
495:Dances
480:Cinema
386:Slavic
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321:1,417
315:1,682
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303:1,984
297:3,334
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909:4,388
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