site.btaBulgarian Embassy Delegation Commemorates Freedom Fighter Gotse Delcehv's 119th Death Anniversary in Skopje

A delegation of the Bulgarian Embassy in North Macedonia, headed by Ambassador Dimitar Karastoyanov, laid wreaths on freedom fighter Gotse Delchev's grave at the Church of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje on the occasion of the 119th anniversary of his death.

Gotse Delchev is celebrated as a historical figure in both Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, Ambassador Karastoyanov recalled.

Georgi [Gotse] Delchev was killed on May 4, 1903 near the village of Banitsa near Serres (Greece) in a skirmish with Ottoman police.