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North Macedonian Prosecutor's Office accuses a Bulgarian of promoting Ivan Mihailov

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The prosecutor's office in Bitola has raised charges against the chairman of the “Ivan Mihailov” Association in Bitola, Lupcho Georgievski, accusing him of inciting hatred and xenophobia BTA reports.

The announcement of the prosecutor's office does not explicitly state the name of Georgievski, but specifies that it is a 45-year-old resident of Bitola who "committed the crimes in the period from April 16, 2022 to March 22, 2023, knowing that he instills hatred and intolerance, based on ethnicity, language, religion and social status, against the Macedonian people and the members of the Jewish community in the state".

 As a criminal act, the prosecutor's office also mentions the popularization of a quote by Ivan Mihailov, which denies the uniqueness of the Macedonian nation, language and the anti-fascist struggle of the Macedonian communists.

Translation: Al. Markov


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