Bulgarian cultural club in North Macedonia ordered to change its name

The last day that the Bulgarian club Ivan Mihaylov can change its name is November 29, otherwise it will be prosecuted for violating the law and fined from 3 to 10,000 euros, the Commission for Protection against Discrimination in the Republic of Macedonia said. North, on November 29. broadcast on the Bulgarian National Radio.

The club had 45 days to change its name, charter and program after the Skopje authorities decided that all this leads to discrimination on national and ethnic grounds, incites hatred and intolerance.

Ivan Mikhailov – from the point of view of the Bulgarians, a revolutionary who fought for the liberation of Macedonia.

The radical far-left party Levica applied to the club. According to another law, if the clubs “Ivan Mikhailov” in Bitola and “Tsar Boris III” in Ohrid do not change their names before February, they will be removed from the Central Register.

Today, the President of Germany, Frank Walter Steinmeier, visited the Republic of North Macedonia and spoke with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski and President Stevo Pendarvski.

Source: Rossa Primavera