site.btaNorth Macedonia's President and PM: Bulgarian Cultural Clubs Need to Observe Associations Act

The Chairman of the Ivan Mihailov Culture Club in Bitola, Ljupco Georgievski, has been summoned to appear at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Bitola on Friday in his capacity as a suspect under Article 394-d of the Criminal Code.

Answering a question related to the latest attack against the King Boris III Bulgarian culture club in Ohrid, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski stressed: "When these clubs were opened, I said that they could only be seen as provocation because of the names they were given, which arouse negative feelings among the citizens because they [the names] are associated to the most negative part of European history. I called for opening cultural and information centres that will bring people closer together".

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia Thursday condemned the latest attack against the King Boris III Bulgarian culture club in Ohrid, the Republic of North Macedonia. А protest note was handed to the Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia in Sofia,