“2 August is a symbol – on that day, 120 years ago, Bulgarians in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace proved that the idea of a democratic republic, in which Bulgarians, Turks, Jews will have equal rights in every respect, did not hang together with Vasil..
The 120th anniversary of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising was marked with a torchlight procession on the evening of August 1st in Blagoevgrad. The procession started from the Gotse Delchev monument on Macedonia Square. Children,..
A solemn ceremony on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the start of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903 will be held tonight in Sofia. The uprising was a climax in the struggle for the liberation of the Bulgarians..
On July 20, the Orthodox Church revers the memory of the Holy Prophet Elijah, one of the greatest Old Testament righteous men, alongside Moses and St. John the Forerunner. On St. Elijah Day Bulgarians also celebrate the anniversary of the..
August 2 marks the 119 th anniversary since the outbreak of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising . It was the result of the strong reaction of the Bulgarian people to the decision of the Great Powers (Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Russia,..
With numerous events in Plovdiv, Ruse, Haskovo and Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria pays honors to the feat of the heroes of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. August 2, 2021 marks 118 years since the outbreak of the uprising, which was the..
On March 4, Bulgaria marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of voivode Todor Aleksandrov. The revolutionary, who was born in the town of Stip, is regarded as the second most influential figure in the Macedonian Struggle after Gotse Delchev. At..
On August 2, 1903, the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising broke out, which is considered to have been the culmination of the national liberation movement of the Bulgarians in Macedonia and the Edirne region. It is the result of the intransigence of..
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev will jointly mark the 115th anniversary of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, the government's press service announced. On August 2, the two..
