NORTH MACEDONIA BULGARIA HISTORY

Ceremony marking 151st birthday of Goce Delcev

epa10446990 Macedonian police officers secure the area around the orthodox church St Spas at the grave of the revolutionary Goce Delcev, one of the masterminds of an anti-Ottoman rising in Macedonia in 1903, during the ceremony marking his 151st birthday in Skopje, North Macedonia, 04 February 2023.The dispute over Goce Delcev, an Ottoman era hero claimed by both sides, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, is a one of the biggest reason of the growing tensions between the two neighboring Balkan countries. The ongoing debate between Skopje and Sofia over deep cultural, historical, and linguistic ties ignited nationalists in both countries. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI

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