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| Bulgarian Court refuses to register OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN |
| On September 4, 2007 Sofia District Court in Bulgaria denied OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN's party registration. Word from the the party and the European
Court of Human Rights is that it was yet again politically motivated so that the Macedonians could not participate in the next month's local
elections. When OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN was registered back in 1999, the party won a numer of municipal seats in the local elections. For fear of
gaining political ground the Bulgarian government denied the re-registration, and it is whispered that the party will be registered only after the
elections. |
Frattini: Bulgaria to respect the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights
European Commission calls on Bulgaria to recognize OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN
Bulgaria rejects registration of Macedonian minority party
Bulgarian Court refuses to register OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN
OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN's repeated registration in Bulgaria
EU Commission's Spokesman Abing: Bulgaria to recognize OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN
OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria |
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| BBC Macedonian - Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria |
| The BBC radio in Macedonian language broadcasted a report in 2003, about the situation of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian government refuses to acknowledge the existence of the large Macedonian minority in Pirin Macedonia and continues to
violate its basic human rights. |
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| A members of OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN ran at local elections |
| OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN took an indirect part in the local elections in Bulgaria, giving support to independent candidate mayors and municipal
councilors in several settlements in the region of Pirin Macedonia. The latest attempts to officially register the party failed in August, and
this was the reason the party wasn't able to officialy participate at these elections. |
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| Stojko Stojkov, Pavle Voskopoulos and Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias in USA |
| As representatives of OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN from Bulgaria and the Rainbow Party/Vinozhito from Greece, Stojko Stojkov, Pavle Voskopoulos
and Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias visited the United States of America. The talks in Washington were centred mostly around the treatment
of the Macedonian minority in these two countries. |
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| Jan Pirinski from “Narodna Volja” vs. Bulgarian Racism to Macedonians |
| The Bulgarian government attempts to shut down the newsletter "Narodna Volja", for calling out Bulgaria on its racist treatment toward its
Macedonian minority. |
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| Interview with Stoyko Stoykov |
| Interview with Stojko Stojkov from the OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. The party was
registered as a political party in 1999 and participated in municipal elections in October 1999, where it elected five local officials.
However, on February 29, 2000, the Constitutional Court in Bulgaria declared OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN unconstitutional. This was in direct
violation of the right to freedom of association and the right to freedom from discrimination. |
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| Throughout The Pirin Macedonia - Documentary |
Macedonian documentary movie from 1948.
A visit of the Macedonian delegation in Pirin Macedonia, now a part of Bulgaria since the partition of Macedonia in 1912/13. The footage is shot
in Melnik, Bansko, Sveti Vrach, and Rozhden Monastery, showing the life of the ethnic Macedonians as recognised nation in Bulgaria in 1948. |
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| Pirin Macedonia |
| A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria |
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