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Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria

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625: 634: 1724:. In the two rulings: Case of Vasilev and Society of the Repressed Macedonians in Bulgaria Victims of the Communist Terror v. Bulgaria (Application no. 23702/15); and Case of Macedonian Club for Ethnic Tolerance in Bulgaria and Radonov v. Bulgaria (Application no. 67197/13), the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Bulgaria violated Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and that Bulgaria must pay a collective total of 16,000 euros to the applicants. 3989: 1448:
Macedonians from other parts of Bulgaria did not change compared to previous censuses (c. 8–9,000), the number of Macedonians in the district of Blagoevgrad fell to 1,432 in the 1965 census. The Communist Party of Bulgaria insisted at the time that the process had been completed in a completely "free" manner, but 20 years later Zhivkov mentioned a "manoeuvre" he had employed, known only to four persons, to turn the all the population of the region of Pirin into Bulgarians "within a few days".
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region and in the following ten years, the 178,862 strong Macedonian population fell to just 1,600. The March Plenum of the Central Committee of the BCP openly denounces any notion of "a separate Macedonian nation" in Bulgaria. However, in 1964 four people were tried for writing: "We are Macedonians" and "Long live the Macedonian nation" on a restaurant wall.
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Even today, it is not clear whether Bulgaria has a significant number of people who feel themselves "Macedonians", although the results of Census 1956 indicate the number of almost 200,000 (see Table. 5). These results, however, are grossly falsified - at that time on the population of Pirin Mountain
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there are many foreigners, especially... Macedonians, in this concentration camp. The Macedonians, who were taken prisoner during 1951 on the pretext that they were in contact with Yugoslav Macedonians, number about 400. Even though these prisoners are undernourished, they are obliged to work 8 - 10
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The change in the population came in 1965 census, when the people in the province declared free as Bulgarians, within ten years the 187,789 strong Macedonian minority fell to just 9,632 individuals. The 1965 census counted only 9,632 people declaring themselves to be Macedonians. While the number of
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held the same year, the decision was made that the Macedonian nation and language did not exist. Afterwards, the teaching of the Macedonian language was discontinued and the Macedonian teachers from Yugoslavia were expelled. Since 1958, Bulgaria has not recognized a Macedonian minority in the Pirin
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in 1998, their number ranged from 15,000 to 25,000. In 2006, per the personal evaluation of a leading local ethnic Macedonian activist Stojko Stojkov, they counted already between 5,000 and 10,000 people. The 1992 census indicated 10,830 Macedonians, but in the 2001 census this figure had decreased
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introduced an amendment to the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union protocol calling "on the Bulgarian authorities to prevent any further obstruction to the registration of the political party of the ethnic Macedonians (OMO-Ilinden PIRIN) and to put an end to all forms of discrimination and
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Macedonians have been refused the right to register political parties (see United Macedonian Organization Ilinden and OMO Ilinden - PIRIN) on the grounds that the party was an "ethnic separatist organization funded by a foreign government", something that is against the Bulgarian constitution. The
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In 2006, according to a personal evaluation of a leading local ethnic Macedonian political activist Stoyko Stoykov, the present number of Bulgarian citizens with ethnic Macedonian self-consciousness is between 5,000 and 10,000. He has claimed that the result of the 2011 census, which counted only
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In 1947 the newspaper 'Pirinski Vestnik' (Pirin Newspaper) was established and a "Macedonian Book" publishing company were set up. These were part of the measures to promote the Macedonian language and consciousness and were subsequently shut down in 1958. In the early 1990s a new newspaper was
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Order of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of Bulgaria the pupils to begin study the history of Macedonia separately from the history of Bulgaria, 30 January 1948. Instructions are given as to which sections of school material to drop out to fit the new historical narrative for
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Letter from Bulgarian Education Minister Kiril Dramaliev dated 18 February 1949 informing the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov that the students from Pirin Macedonia do not want to study the newly codified Macedonian
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Voskresenski, Valentin. (2020). The Goryani Movement against the Communist Regime in Bulgaria (1944–1956): Prerequisites, Resistance, Consequences. In: Violent Resistance From the Baltics to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe 1944–1956 (pp.388 - 426), Verlag Ferdinand
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at his gravesite. The Republic of Bulgaria has not recognized the Macedonian language. However, in 1999 the linguistic controversy between the two countries was solved with the help of the phrase: "the official language of the country in accordance with its constitution".
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Ulrich Büchsenschütz - "Minority Policy in Bulgaria. BKP policy to Jews, Gypsies, Turks and Pomaks (1944-1989), p. 5 (in Bulgarian: Улрих Бюксеншютц - „Малцинствената политика в България. Политиката на БКП към евреи, роми, помаци и турци (1944-1989)“, стр.
732:, no Macedonians were recorded in Bulgaria, at the 1946 and 1956 censuses, the results indicated their number of almost 190,000. There are clear indications that the majority of the population from Blagoevgrad Province then was listed as ethnic Macedonians 743:. Whereas Bulgarians envisaged a state where Yugoslavia and Bulgaria would be placed on an equal footing, the Yugoslavs saw Bulgaria as a seventh republic in an enlarged Yugoslavia. Their differences also extended to the national character of the 2445:
The Macedonians, who view this procedure with loathing and hate, wish to join the Yugoslav Federated Republic. With this purpose in mind, units organized in the mountains of Bulgaria are conducting guerrilla warfare against the
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on the occasion of the 151st anniversary of his birth at the border posts of North Macedonia and Bulgaria that afternoon. The incident was condemned by North Macedonia's president, Stevo Pendarovski, and by the
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adopted a declaration which banned the opening of the club. During the opening a verbal incident occurred, and delegations were blocked laying wreaths on the Gotse Delchev monument in Blagoevgrad by members of
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Newspaper "Macedonia", issue 44, 2 December 1998 - The Party violence against the nation in 1946 (in Bulgarian: в-к "Македония", брой 44, 2 декември 1998 г. - Партийното насилие над нацията през 1946 година)
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Georgeoff, Peter John (with David Crowe), "National Minorities in Bulgaria, 1919- 1980" in Horak, Stephen, ed., Eastern European National Minorities 1919/1980: A Handbook, (Littleton, Co: Libraries Limited,
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during which, on 27 December the governor of Blagoevgrad districts sent a telegram with an order all Bulgarians (excluding the ones migrated from other regions of Bulgaria) in the region to be counted as
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On 4 February 2023, the glass façade of the club was smashed by unknown individuals with stones on 4 February 2023. Multiple people were arrested. The perpetrators say that this is in response to the
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In the 1992 census, 10,803 people declared themselves to be Macedonian. Of them, 3,500 registered Macedonian as their mother tongue. According to the President of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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in 1951. Modern sources maintain that resistors to the anti-Macedonian policy formed organizations and were sent to Belene. However, other modern sources clarify, such people were in fact not
911:. The Bulgarian communist government was compelled once again to adapt its stand to Soviet interests in the Balkans. At the same time, the organisation of the old nationalist movement the 2570:
Nedeva, I., Kaytchev, N. (1999). IMRO groupings in Bulgaria after the Second World War. In: Pettifer, J. (eds) The New Macedonian Question. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
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Creed, Gerald W. (1992). "The Ethnic Situation in Bulgaria," Princeton Project of Ethnic Relations, Researches 1992, (Sofia: Club-90 Publishing House — in Bulgarian and in English).
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in the country, claiming there is no ethnic difference between both communities, while Skopje insists on the presence of such separate community, with some circles stating on 750,000
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As regards self-identification, a total of 1,654 people officially declared themselves to be ethnic Macedonians in the latest Bulgarian census in 2011 (0,02%) and 561 of them are in
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in the early 1990s various associations have been set up to represent the minority, these include the association United Macedonian Organisation (UMO-Ilinden), the political party
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Veselin Angelov - Demographic census in Pirin Macedonia (25-31.ХІІ.1946 г.) (in Bulgarian: Веселин Ангелов - "Демографското преброяване в Пиринска Македония (25-31.ХІІ.1946 г.)")
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District Governor during the census of the population in the area in December 1946. The instructions read that the official census takers must record as "Macedonians" all locals.
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1,654 Macedonians is a consequence of manipulation. Stoykov has explained that from this figure, even about 1,000 people were registered as Macedonia citizens. According to the
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A facsimile of a telegram with instructions about the census in Bulgaria in 1946 with order to the scrutineers all people in Pirin Macedonia to be counted as "Macedonians".
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Incompatible Allies: Greek Communism and Macedonian Nationalism in the Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949, Andrew Rossos - The Journal of Modern History 69 (March 1997): 42
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Bulgarian "Macedonian" Nationalism: A Conceptual Overview Anton Kojouharov. OJPCR: The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 6.1 Fall: 282-295 (2004)
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condemned Bulgaria because of violations of the UMO Ilinden–Pirin's freedom of organizing meetings. The court stated that Bulgaria had violated Act 11 from the
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Marinov, Tchavdar (2011). ""Nous ne pouvons pas renoncer a notre histoire": Quand la question macédonienne met à l'épreuve la notion de bloc communiste".
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was codified. The local Slavic population was proclaimed to be ethnically Macedonian - a new nationality meant to be different from the Bulgarians or
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held "unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights."
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and it was the only political party in Greece to recognize Macedonian national identity. The region of Vardar Macedonia received the status of a
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Beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the government tried and imprisoned Macedonian activists who were working underground.
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Case of Vasilev and Society of the Repressed Macedonians in Bulgaria Victims of the Communist Terror v. Bulgaria (Application no. 23702/15)
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160,541 or roughly 64% of the population declared themselves to be ethnic Macedonians. Other areas of Macedonian declaration was 2,638 in
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party, which is banned by the Bulgarian constitution, which also forbids parties on ethnic and religious grounds. On 25 November, the
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Bates, Daniel. 1994. "What's in a Name: Minorities, Identity and Politics in Bulgaria," Identities, Vol.1, No.2, May 1994.
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Pribichevich, Stoyan (1982). Macedonia: Its People and History, (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press).
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to accept the formation of a distinct Macedonian nation, in order to create with the Yugoslav and Greek communists a
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made two decisive rulings against Bulgaria in violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the
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claimed that Macedonians in Bulgaria wishing to join Yugoslavia reportedly conducted guerilla warfare in 1951. Per
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and the accusation against its leaders for the defeat of Bulgaria in the last war due to their leadership military
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In 1956, 187,789 people of Bulgaria declared themselves to be ethnic Macedonians. Of the 281,015 inhabitants of
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worked on a project to merge their two countries into a Balkan Federative Republic according to the projects of
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Zang, Theodor (1991). "Selective Persecution of Macedonians in Bulgaria," News from Helsinki Watch, No.2, 1991.
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party claims to represent the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. In 2007 it was accepted as member of the
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lost by Bulgaria and which leads to the full accession of Macedonia, they voted "no" en masse because of the
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Case of Macedonian Club for Ethnic Tolerance in Bulgaria and Radonov v. Bulgaria (Application no. 67197/13)
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The forcible change of the ethnicity of the population was confirmed by the leader of the opposition party
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Shoup, Paul (1968). Communism and the Yugoslav National Question, (New - York: Columbia University Press).
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Macedonians were recognized as a minority between 1946 and 1958. During this period there was a surge of
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Jelavich, B. (1991). History of the Balkans: Twentieth Century, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
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gradually grew into outright alarm. As result gradual change of that policy came in Bulgaria after the
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Amendments 1-37, Draft Report by Geoffrey van Orden on the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union
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Many other Macedonian organizations have been set up since the fall of communism they include;
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to 5,071. However, in the 2011 Bulgarian census 1,654 people declared themselves to be ethnic
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Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations and Parties
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established for the ethnic Macedonian minority in Blagoevgrad Province, it is called
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was opened. Prior to the opening of the club, on 18 October 2022, the Council of the
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War Report, Sofia, Skopje, and the Macedonian Question, No.35, July/August - 1995.
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and beatings of Bulgarian citizens who came to worship in front of the remains of
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was listed as ethnic Macedonians against their will in the 1946 and 1956 census.
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began a policy of making Macedonia a connecting link for the establishment of new
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Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe-Southeast Europe
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Macedonia's Latest Propaganda Spree Invents 750 000 'Macedonians' in Bulgaria.
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Two ECHR judgments find Bulgaria violated freedom of assembly and association
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exercised massive pressure to identify itself as "Macedonian". (in Bulgarian:
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For a period of some years after the war, the Yugoslav and Bulgarian leaders
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Destorying Ethnic Identity: Selective Persecution of Macedonians in Bulgaria
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Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria - From Recognition to Denying 1948 - 1989
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Committee on the Repression of Macedonians in the Pirin part of Macedonia
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Maps and Politics. A Review of the Ethnographic Cartography of Macedonia
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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There are strong indications that the majority of the population from
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policies, the government went as far as to declare the newly codified
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Reports Bulgarian Communists Acting Against Macedonian Guerilla Units
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Phone interview with Petar Styoanov in the TV show of Velizar Enchev
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Yugoslavia: A History of Its Demise, Viktor Meier, Routledge, 2013,
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The Communist Party of Bulgaria; Origins and Development, 1883-1936
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Results of the 2001 census in the Blagoevgrad region of Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian Subject Files - Social Issues: Minorities: Macedonians
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Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe
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European Court of Human Rights Decisions and European Parliament
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Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and East European Politics
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Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation - Independent
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and the remaining 2926 were scattered throughout Bulgaria.
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parties, who are widely considered as ethnic parties. The
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On 30 October 2022, a Macedonian culture club named after
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and a further 1,851 were scattered throughout Bulgaria.
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hours a day, cutting down trees and constructing roads.
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A change of policy came in 1958. At the plenum of the
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right-wing activists, supporters of the idea about an
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Today the Bulgarian authorities deny any existence of
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However, differences soon emerged with regard to the
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held 3 years before to try those responsible for the
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However, differences soon emerged with regard to the
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A facsimile of a telegram with instructions from the
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Solidarity and Struggle Committee of Pirin Macedonia
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Ethnic identity disputed, see the relevant article.
3053:"Skopje gave €75,000 to a Macedonian party of ours" 1736:(1856–1924), political leader and philosopher 82: 66: 49: 39: 3670: 3302: 3300: 2213: 2211: 3135:"Македонистите не се добредојдени во Благоевград" 2633: 2631: 2354: 2352: 2350: 2348: 850:as well as its fraternal parties in Bulgaria and 1678:constitutional court has not however banned the 842:and stimulating there a development of distinct 774:-speaking population of all three parts of the 3016:European Court Condemns Ban on Bulgarian Party 913:Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization 708:an official language of the Pirin region. The 4077: 3838: 2500:. Goce Delčev University of Štip. p. 70. 1794:(1922–2018), ethnic Macedonian activist 1782:(1915–1988), writer, poet, and partisan 1007:United Macedonian Organisation: Ilinden–Pirin 585: 8: 1586:Independent Macedonian Association – Ilinden 1053: 28: 3427:""Македонско сонце" број 672, Скопје, 2007" 3055:. Dneven Trud. 26 June 2006. Archived from 2090: 2088: 2086: 2084: 2082: 1764:(1926–2018), historian and politician 1594:Union for the Prosperity of Pirin Macedonia 4084: 4070: 4062: 3871: 3845: 3831: 3823: 2042: 2040: 2038: 2036: 2034: 2032: 1561:. On 29 February 2000, by decision of the 1052: 592: 578: 95: 27: 2796: 2707:"България разсече "македонския" си възел" 2167: 2165: 2099:. Columbia University Press. p. 126. 3715:(2nd ed.). London: Hurst & Co. 3696:(1st ed.). London: Hurst & Co. 2972:Население с чуждо гражданство по страни 2637: 2572:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230535794_12 2545:Даниела Горчева, Забравената съпротива, 2368: 2366: 2065: 836:Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4241: 3756: 3306: 2831: 2622: 2403: 2358: 2303: 2114: 2112: 2110: 2108: 2106: 1897: 665:) are one of the ethnic communities in 542: 473: 396: 351: 123: 107: 2785:Comparative Southeast European Studies 2511:Theodore Zang Jr. (12 February 1991). 1979:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 1972: 681:1,143 citizens declared themselves as 3770: 3768: 3766: 3764: 3762: 3760: 3102: 3100: 2322:. Taylor & Francis. p. 808. 2197: 2195: 2193: 2123:. Taylor & Francis. p. 810. 1943: 1941: 1806:(1872–1907), IMRO revolutionary 1713:harassment vis-à-vis that minority." 1693:In November 2006, the members of the 1565:, UMO Ilinden–Pirin was banned, as a 854:, had already been influenced by the 7: 50:Regions with significant populations 3677:. New York, NY: M. E. Sharpe. 3331:. 28 September 2007. Archived from 3133:Ивановиќ, Срѓан (18 October 2022). 1610:People's Academy of Pirin Macedonia 1590:Traditional Macedonian Organization 1579:European Convention of Human Rights 669:. They are concentrated within the 4294:Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations 2903:Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire 2560:Либерален преглед, 24 Януари 2012. 2379:. Duke University Press. pp.  2283:The struggle for Greece, 1941-1949 2121:Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia 1871:Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations 14: 2864:"SKAT" Television, 12 August 2009 1667:historiography in North Macedonia 1452:Government intervention withdrawn 1168:From 20 to 31 December 1946, the 969:who wish to join Yugoslavia, but 4256: 4244: 4172:; 3,684 "Vlachs", 891 Romanians) 3987: 3854: 3385:, European Court of Human Rights 3373:, European Court of Human Rights 3237:(in Macedonian). 7 February 2023 3193:(in Macedonian). 5 February 2023 3114:(in Macedonian). 30 October 2022 2594:„Либерален преглед“ 29 Юли 2013. 2148:. Nova Publishers. p. 166. 1855: 1841: 1381:Macedonian or Bulgarian Muslims 115: 3732:Macedonia: its Disputed History 2205:, Liverpool, 1951. pp. 311–312. 2144:Coenen-Huther, Jacques (1996). 1043:EU accession of North Macedonia 864:Socialist Republic of Macedonia 770:Until 1913 the majority of the 1718:European Court of Human Rights 1688:European Court of Human Rights 1571:European Court of Human Rights 1563:Bulgarian Constitutional Court 720:state, as part of a scheduled 643:Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria 638:separate history of Macedonia. 1: 3817:Blinken Open Society Archives 3270:. Nezavisen. 5 February 2023. 2520:. Helsinki Watch. p. 3. 2316:Bernard Anthony Cook (2001). 1876:Bulgarians in North Macedonia 1758:(1906–1991), journalist 1170:People's Republic of Bulgaria 832:People's Republic of Bulgaria 736:by order of the authorities. 1035:Bulgarian Helsinki Committee 1009:(UMO Ilinden-Pirin) and the 690:Bulgarian Helsinki Committee 2658:US Institute of Peace Press 2241:, C. 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