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href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Orthodox_Church" title="Macedonian Orthodox Church">Macedonian Orthodox Church</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)" title="Macedonians (ethnic group)">Macedonians</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a> are an ethnic minority in <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>. Bulgarians are mostly found in the <a href="/wiki/Strumica_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Strumica municipality">Strumica</a> area,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but over the years, the absolute majority of southeastern North Macedonia have declared themselves <a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)" title="Macedonians (ethnic group)">Macedonian</a>. The town of <a href="/wiki/Strumica" title="Strumica">Strumica</a> and its surrounding area (including <a href="/wiki/Novo_Selo_(Novo_Selo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Novo Selo (Novo Selo)">Novo Selo</a>) were part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Kingdom of Bulgaria</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan wars">Balkan wars</a> and the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, as well as during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The total number of Bulgarians counted in the 2021 Census was 3,504 or roughly 0.2%. Over 100,000 nationals of North Macedonia have received Bulgarian citizenship since 2001 and some 53,000 are still waiting for such, almost all based on declared Bulgarian origin.<sup id="cite_ref-bgorigin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgorigin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the period when North Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia, there was also migration of Bulgarians from the so called <a href="/wiki/Western_Outlands" title="Western Outlands">Western Outlands</a> in Serbia.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Bulgarians" title="Macedonian Bulgarians">Macedonian Bulgarians</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Yugoslavia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="19">Number and percentage of the Bulgarian ethnic minority in Macedonia from 1948-2021<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th rowspan="2">Ethnic group </th> <th colspan="2">census 1948 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1953 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1961 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1971 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1981 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1991 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1994 </th> <th colspan="2">census 2002 </th> <th colspan="2">census 2021 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Bulgarians </td> <td align="right">889 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">920 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">3,087 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">3,334 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">1,984 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">1,370 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">1,682 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">1,417 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">3,504 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Until the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan wars">Balkan wars</a> the majority of the Slav population of all three parts of the wider <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(region)" title="Macedonia (region)">region of Macedonia</a> had Bulgarian identity.<sup id="cite_ref-Helsinki_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Helsinki-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1913, the region of present-day Republic of North Macedonia became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia" title="Kingdom of Serbia">Kingdom of Serbia</a>, thus becoming <i>Southern Serbia</i>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, when most regions of Macedonia were annexed by Bulgaria, a pro-Bulgarian sentiment still existed among the Slavic majority.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, harsh treatment by occupying Bulgarian troops reduced significantly the pro-Bulgarian orientation of the Macedonian Slavs.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the end of World War II, the creation of <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Macedonia">People's Republic of Macedonia</a> and the codification of a new <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian language</a>, a process of <a href="/wiki/Ethnogenesis" title="Ethnogenesis">ethnogenesis</a> started and a distinct national Macedonian <a href="/wiki/National_identity" title="National identity">identity</a> was inaugurated into an established system. The new <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslav</a> authorities began a policy of removing of any Bulgarian influence, making North Macedonia a connecting link for the establishment of new <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Communist_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Communist Federation">Balkan Communist Federation</a> and creating a distinct <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> consciousness that would inspire identification with Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The authorities took also repressive measures that would overcome the Bulgarian national identity of the population, such as the <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_1945" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloody Christmas 1945">Bloody Christmas in 1945</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Djokic_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Djokic-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Phillips_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phillips-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In North Macedonia the <i>Bulgarophobia</i> increased almost to the level of state ideology,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the communists were successful in removing all Bulgarian influence in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Djokic_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Djokic-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special <a href="/wiki/Law_for_the_Protection_of_Macedonian_National_Honour" title="Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour">Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour</a> was passed by the government of the SR Macedonia at the end of 1944. The Presidium of <a href="/wiki/Anti-fascist_Assembly_for_the_National_Liberation_of_Macedonia" title="Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia">Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia</a> established a <a href="/wiki/Special_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Special court">special court</a> for the implementation of this law, which came into effect on January 3, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bulgarian sources claim that in early 1945, around 100,000 <a href="/wiki/Bulgarophiles" title="Bulgarophiles">Bulgarophiles</a> were imprisoned and over 1,260 were allegedly killed due to this <i>Law</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the period between 1945 and 1991, when North Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia, there was also migration of Bulgarian population from <a href="/wiki/SR_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Serbia">SR Serbia</a> to the SR Macedonia.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of these migrants is unofficially estimated at 20,000.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a 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class="sidebar-pretitle" style="padding-top:0.4em;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Bulgarian_people" title="Category:Bulgarian people">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:175%; line-height:1.0em; padding-bottom:0.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a><br /><span class="nobold">Българи</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image" style="border:none; padding:0.6em 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Bulgaria"><img alt="Coat of arms of Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria.svg/130px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria.svg/195px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Bulgarian_folk_dance" title="Bulgarian folk dance">Dances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_national_garb" title="Bulgarian national garb">Costume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Bulgaria" title="Sport in Bulgaria">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bulgaria" title="Public holidays in Bulgaria">Public holidays in Bulgaria</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> By country</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Albania" title="Bulgarians in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Australians" title="Bulgarian Australians">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Canadians" title="Bulgarian Canadians">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Croatia" title="Bulgarians in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Czechoslovakia" title="Bulgarians in Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_France" title="Bulgarians in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Germany" title="Bulgarians in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_speakers_of_Greek_Macedonia" title="Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Hungary" title="Bulgarians in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Italy" title="Bulgarians in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Kazakhstan" title="Bulgarians in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Lebanon" title="Bulgarians in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Romania" title="Bulgarians in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Serbia" title="Bulgarians in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Spain" title="Bulgarians in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_South_America" title="Bulgarians in South America">South America</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Brazilians" title="Bulgarian Brazilians">Brazil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Turkey" title="Bulgarians in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Ukraine" title="Bulgarians in Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Bulgarians" title="Crimean Bulgarians">Crimea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bulgarians in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Americans" title="Bulgarian Americans">United States</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Subgroups</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_Bulgarians" title="Anatolian Bulgarians">Anatolian Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banat_Bulgarians" title="Banat Bulgarians">Banat Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessarabian_Bulgarians" title="Bessarabian Bulgarians">Bessarabian Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dobrujan_Bulgarians" title="Dobrujan Bulgarians">Dobrujan Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Bulgarians" title="Macedonian Bulgarians">Macedonian Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomaks" title="Pomaks">Pomaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C8%98chei" title="Șchei">Șchei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shopi" title="Shopi">Shopi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thracian_Bulgarians" title="Thracian Bulgarians">Thracian Bulgarians</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Bulgaria" title="Religion in Bulgaria">Religion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Bulgarian Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Muslims" title="Bulgarian Muslims">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Bulgaria" title="Catholic Church in Bulgaria">Catholic Church</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Greek-Catholics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Bulgaria" title="Protestantism in Bulgaria">Protestant denominations</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Language</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_dialects" title="Bulgarian dialects">Dialects</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_dialects_of_Bulgarian" title="Balkan dialects of Bulgarian">Balkan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banat_Bulgarian_dialect" title="Banat Bulgarian dialect">Banat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rup_dialects" title="Rup dialects">Ruptsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torlakian_dialects" title="Torlakian dialects">Torlakian</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Other</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bulgarians" title="List of Bulgarians">List of Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_of_Bulgarian_descent" title="Category:People of Bulgarian descent">People of Bulgarian descent</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-top:0;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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Present-Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the time the then-Republic of Macedonia proclaimed its independence those who continued to look to Bulgaria were very few.<sup id="cite_ref-Djokic_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Djokic-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 3,000 - 4,000 people that stuck to their Bulgarian identity (most from <a href="/wiki/Strumica" title="Strumica">Strumica</a> and surroundings) met great hostility among the authorities and the rest of the population. With the fall of Communism the hostility decreased, but still remains.<sup id="cite_ref-Djokic_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Djokic-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Occasional trials against <i><a href="/wiki/Bulgarophiles" title="Bulgarophiles">Bulgarophiles</a></i> have continued until today.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the period after 1991 ca. 100,000 citizens of North Macedonia have acquired Bulgarian citizenship (which represents 10% of the self-declared ethnic Macedonians in the country in the 2021 population census), almost all of them acquired by descent and always on 1st position by acquired citizenship per country. On 11 December 2020 at the Parliament, the Minister of Justice of Bulgaria Desislava Ahladova reported that from 1 January 2010 to 22 October 2020, 77,829 files have been opened for the acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship by citizens of North Macedonia, 77,762 of them based on declared Bulgarian origin.<sup id="cite_ref-bgorigin_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgorigin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macedonian citizens are starting to take out Bulgarian passports due to the fact that Bulgaria is becoming a member of the European Union, and with that, the only prospect for Macedonian citizens is to be able to work and live in European countries where there are greater conditions for prosperity. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Period</th> <th>Acquired citizenships</th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>2002-2012<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>22.01.2002-15.01.2012</td> <td>44,211</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>23.01.2012-22.01.2013</td> <td>8,185</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>23.01.2013-22.01.2014</td> <td>4,388</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2014-31.12.2014</td> <td>1,874</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2015-31.12.2015</td> <td>4,315</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2016-31.12.2016</td> <td>6,196</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>14.01.2017-31.12.2017</td> <td>1,150</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2018-31.12.2018</td> <td>3,619</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2019-31.12.2019</td> <td>5,628</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>01.01.2020-31.12.2020</td> <td>9,098</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>01.01.2021-31.12.2021 </td> <td>7,696 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>01.01.2022-31.12.2022 </td> <td>1,992 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>01.01.2023-31.12.2023 </td> <td>2,422 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>01.01.2024-31.12.2024 </td> <td>1,698 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b></td> <td>22.01.2002-22.01.2024</td> <td>102,472</td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> There were 37 ethnic Bulgarians born in North Macedonia who lived in the United States of America in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Bulgarian President <a href="/wiki/Rumen_Radev" title="Rumen Radev">Rumen Radev</a> claimed that some 120,000 Macedonian citizens held <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_passport" title="Bulgarian passport">Bulgarian passports</a> and insisted on putting them into North Macedonia's constitution, which lists the Albanian, Serbian, Bosniak, Turkish, Romani peoples, as well as the other peoples inhabiting the country.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 169 people in North Macedonia voted in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Bulgarian_parliamentary_election" title="2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election">2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bulgarians in North Macedonia do not have their own political parties, but still have political activity. Many politicians have revealed their affiliation to Bulgaria after leaving the political stage, such as <a href="/wiki/Ljub%C4%8Do_Georgievski" title="Ljubčo Georgievski">Ljubčo Georgievski</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_Radko">Association Radko</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Association Radko"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Association Radko is an illegal <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarian</a> political organisation in North Macedonia. The "Radko" association was registered in Ohrid in 2000. In 2001 the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Court">Constitutional Court</a> of North Macedonia banned the organization <a href="/wiki/Radko_Association" title="Radko Association">Radko</a> as "promoting racial and religious hate and intolerance".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The association is named after the conspiration <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Mihailov" title="Ivan Mihailov">Ivan Mihailov</a>, leader of <a href="/wiki/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization" title="Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization">Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Interbellum" class="mw-redirect" title="Interbellum">interbellum</a>. In official Macedonian historiography, Mihailov is a <a href="/wiki/Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist">terrorist</a> and a Bulgarian <a href="/wiki/Chauvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Chauvinist">chauvinist</a>. In 2009 the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a>, condemned North Macedonia because of violations of the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_of_Human_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="European Convention of Human Rights">European Convention of Human Rights</a> in this case.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bulgarian_clubs">Bulgarian clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bulgarian clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the autumn of 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_North_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of North Macedonia">parliament of North Macedonia</a> adopted changes to the Law on Associations and Foundations in which clubs and organizations cannot be registered if their names reference <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascism</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="National socialism">national socialism</a> or if they incite religious, national or racial hatred or intolerance. This change came after the opening of two Bulgarian clubs - one named after <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Mihailov" title="Ivan Mihailov">Ivan Mihailov</a> and the other named after <a href="/wiki/Tsar_Boris_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsar Boris III">Tsar Boris III</a>. There was also an attempt to register a third club, named after <a href="/wiki/Tsar_Ferdinand_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsar Ferdinand I">Tsar Ferdinand I</a>. After the opening of the two clubs, protests were organized and the clubs were attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commission for Protection against Discrimination concluded that the club names discriminate against the Macedonian public on national and ethnic grounds. The Commission was referred by the Association of Fighters the National Liberation War and the anti-fascist war.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Bulgarian co-chairman of the common Bulgarian-Macedonian historical commission Angel Dimitrov, the arguments for these changes remind him of the <a href="/wiki/Law_for_the_Protection_of_Macedonian_National_Honour" title="Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour">Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour</a>, which allowed the sentencing of Yugoslav citizens from <a href="/wiki/SR_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Macedonia">SR Macedonia</a> for pro-Bulgarian leanings. Per Dimitrov, this shows that the Macedonians still use propaganda from the early times of Communist Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnically_motivated_attacks">Ethnically motivated attacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ethnically motivated attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 June 2022, the entrance of the "Vancho Mihaylov" club was set on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attacker, <a href="/wiki/Lambe_Alabakovski" title="Lambe Alabakovski">Lambe Alabakovski</a> was swiftly apprehended and was given a 6 months suspended sentence.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 October 2022, the sign above the front door of the "Boris III" cultural club in <a href="/wiki/Ohrid" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a> was smashed.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 November 2022, the glass façade of the same club was smashed by three masked men throwing stones, an incident that was followed by gun fire opened at the club from a car on 22 November.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 January 2022, the car of the Chairman of the Association of Macedonian-Bulgarian Friendship in Skopje was vandalised.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 January 2023, the secretary of the club in Ohrid was attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three suspects have been apprehended, one of them has Bulgarian citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 February 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Ohrid" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a> District's Attorney charged the detainees with an "ethnically-motivated hate crime".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The President of North Macedonia <a href="/wiki/Stevo_Pendarovski" title="Stevo Pendarovski">Stevo Pendarovski</a> condemned the incident and stated that certain political subjects in Bulgaria have used this case for their political goals.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Macedonians_in_Bulgaria" title="Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria">Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Question" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Question">Macedonian Question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Bulgarians" title="Macedonian Bulgarians">Macedonian Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a 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histories of a failed idea, 1918–1992</i></a>, Dejan Djokić, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2003, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85065-663-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85065-663-0">1-85065-663-0</a>, p. 122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bgorigin-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bgorigin_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bgorigin_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.bg/bg/plenaryst/ns/52/ID/10525">ЧЕТИРИСТОТИН ТРИДЕСЕТ И СЕДМО ЗАСЕДАНИЕ София, петък, 11 декември 2020 г. Открито в 9,04 ч.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Проф. Пламен Павлов: Македония трябва да се откаже от антибългаризма и записването на българщината в официалните й документи може да бъде крачка напред. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://m.focus-news.net/?action=opinion&id=54783">12 март, 2021, Агенция Фокус.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKostovska2016" class="citation book cs1">Kostovska, Lidija (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211023222346/http://istmat.info/files/uploads/53116/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_macedonia_2016.pdf"><i>Statistical yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Skopje: State Statistical office of the Republic of Macedonia - Skopje. p. 64. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://istmat.info/files/uploads/53116/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_macedonia_2016.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Statistical+yearbook+of+the+Republic+of+Macedonia&rft.place=Skopje&rft.pages=64&rft.pub=State+Statistical+office+of+the+Republic+of+Macedonia+-+Skopje&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Kostovska&rft.aufirst=Lidija&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fistmat.info%2Ffiles%2Fuploads%2F53116%2Fstatistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_macedonia_2016.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For more detailed census results, please see: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Macedonia#Ethnic_groups" title="Demographics of North Macedonia">Demographics of North Macedonia#Ethnic groups</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnett_R._Rubin1996" class="citation book cs1">Barnett R. Rubin, Victor A. Friedman (1996). <i>Toward comprehensive peace in Southeast Europe. Observing the Observers</i>. New York: The twentieth century fund. p. 90.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Toward+comprehensive+peace+in+Southeast+Europe.+Observing+the+Observers&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=90&rft.pub=The+twentieth+century+fund&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Barnett+R.+Rubin&rft.aufirst=Victor+A.+Friedman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Helsinki-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Helsinki_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060723084106/http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/cedime-se-bulgaria-macedonians.PDF">"Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe - Southeast Europe (CEDIME-SE) - Macedonians of Bulgaria"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/cedime-se-bulgaria-macedonians.PDF">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 July 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 April</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Center+for+Documentation+and+Information+on+Minorities+in+Europe+-+Southeast+Europe+%28CEDIME-SE%29+-+Macedonians+of+Bulgaria&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greekhelsinki.gr%2Fpdf%2Fcedime-se-bulgaria-macedonians.PDF&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qYAwZFwyYdwC&pg=PR25"><i>The struggle for Greece, 1941–1949</i></a>, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2002, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85065-492-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85065-492-1">1-85065-492-1</a>, p. 67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j_NbmSoRsRcC&dq=who+are+the+macedonians&pg=PP1"><i>Who are the Macedonians?</i></a>, Hugh Poulton, Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1995, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85065-238-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85065-238-0">978-1-85065-238-0</a>, p. 101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaufman2001" class="citation book cs1">Kaufman, Stuart J. (2001). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernhatredssym00kauf"><i>Modern hatreds: the symbolic politics of ethnic war</i></a></span>. New York: Cornell University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernhatredssym00kauf/page/193">193</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8014-8736-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8014-8736-6"><bdi>0-8014-8736-6</bdi></a>. <q>While <i>Bulgarian</i> was most common affiliation then, mistreatment by occupying Bulgarian troops during WWII cured most Macedonians from their pro-Bulgarian sympathies, leaving them embracing the new Macedonian identity promoted by the Tito regime after the war.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+hatreds%3A+the+symbolic+politics+of+ethnic+war&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=193&rft.pub=Cornell+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-8014-8736-6&rft.aulast=Kaufman&rft.aufirst=Stuart+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmodernhatredssym00kauf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hafLHZgZtt4C&pg=PA808"><i>Europe since 1945</i></a>. Encyclopedia by Bernard Anthony Cook. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8153-4058-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8153-4058-3">0-8153-4058-3</a>, pg. 808.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Djokic-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Djokic_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Djokic_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Djokic_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Djokic_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDjokić2003" class="citation book cs1">Djokić, Dejan (2003). <i>Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918-1992</i>. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 122. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85065-663-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85065-663-0"><bdi>1-85065-663-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yugoslavism%3A+Histories+of+a+Failed+Idea%2C+1918-1992&rft.pages=122&rft.pub=C.+Hurst+%26+Co.+Publishers&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-85065-663-0&rft.aulast=Djoki%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Dejan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Phillips-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Phillips_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips2004" class="citation book cs1">Phillips, John (2004). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/macedoniawarlord00phil"><i>Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans</i></a></span>. I.B.Tauris. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/macedoniawarlord00phil/page/n50">40</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86064-841-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-86064-841-X"><bdi>1-86064-841-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Macedonia%3A+Warlords+and+Rebels+in+the+Balkans&rft.pages=40&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-86064-841-X&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmacedoniawarlord00phil&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mirjana Maleska. Editor-in-chief. WITH THE EYES OF THE "OTHERS". (about Macedonian-Bulgarian relations and the Macedonian national identity). New Balkan Politics - Journal of Politics. ISSUE 6 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070924172406/http://www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/OldSite/Issue_6/editorial.eng.asp">"New Balkan Politics - Issue 6"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/OldSite/Issue_6/editorial.eng.asp">the original</a> on 24 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Balkan+Politics+-+Issue+6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk%2FOldSite%2FIssue_6%2Feditorial.eng.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKostov2010" class="citation book cs1">Kostov, Chris (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P-1m1FLtrvsC"><i>Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lang_(publisher)" title="Peter Lang (publisher)">Peter Lang</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">84–</span>85. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783034301961" title="Special:BookSources/9783034301961"><bdi>9783034301961</bdi></a>. <q>Furthermore, between April and August of 1945, the Court for the Defence of the Macedonian National Honour was set up by Yugoslav authorities, and its targets were Macedono-Bulgarian intellectuals who openly expressed their Bulgarian identity. Writers, lawyers, journalists, doctors, teachers, priests and other prominent people received death sentences or prison terms. Mayors and other administrators during the Bulgarian regime were sentenced to death. 1,260 prominent Macedono-Bulgarians were killed by these farce processes. In 1946, Dimitar Gyuzelev, Yordan Chkartov and Dimitar Chkartov were sentenced to death, whereas seventy-four other Macedono-Bulgarian nationalists led by Angel Dimov were sentenced to jail for plotting to join Vardar Macedonia to Bulgaria.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Contested+Ethnic+Identity%3A+The+Case+of+Macedonian+Immigrants+in+Toronto%2C+1900-1996&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E84-%3C%2Fspan%3E85&rft.pub=Peter+Lang&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9783034301961&rft.aulast=Kostov&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP-1m1FLtrvsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStojčev1996" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Stojčev, Vanče (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YzGBAAAAIAAJ"><i>Bugarskiot okupaciski sistem vo Makedonija, 1941-1944</i></a> [<i>Bulgarian occupation system in Macedonia, 1941-1944</i>] (in Slovenian). <a href="/wiki/Grigor_Prli%C4%8Dev" class="mw-redirect" title="Grigor Prličev">Grigor Prličev</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789989661310" title="Special:BookSources/9789989661310"><bdi>9789989661310</bdi></a>. <q>Подоцна, Президиумот на АСНОМ формирал и Суд за судење на злосторствата против честа на македонскиот народ и за казнување лица што ја извалкале македонската национална чест за време на окупацијата.</q> [Later, the Presidium of ASNOM established a Court to try crimes against the honor of the Macedonian people and to punish persons who tarnished the Macedonian national honor during the occupation.]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bugarskiot+okupaciski+sistem+vo+Makedonija%2C+1941-1944&rft.pub=Grigor+Prli%C4%8Dev&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9789989661310&rft.aulast=Stoj%C4%8Dev&rft.aufirst=Van%C4%8De&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYzGBAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFБитовскиПанов2003" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Битовски, Крсте; Панов, Бранко (2003). <i>Историја на македонскиот народ, Том 3</i> [<i>History of the Macedonian people, Volume 3</i>] (in Slovenian). Institute of National History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9989624763" title="Special:BookSources/9989624763"><bdi>9989624763</bdi></a>. <q>Президиумот на АСНОМ со посебно решение формирал Суд за судење на престапите против македонската национална чест.</q> [The Presidium of ASNOM with a special decision established the Court for trial of the offenses against the Macedonian national honor.]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%2C+%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC+3&rft.pub=Institute+of+National+History&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9989624763&rft.aulast=%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8&rft.aufirst=%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5&rft.au=%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-fcqAQAAIAAJ"><i>Makedonski arhivist, Volumes 11-12</i></a> [<i>Macedonian Archivist, Volumes 11-12</i>] (in Slovenian). Društvo na arhivskite rabotnici i arhivite vo SR Makedonija. 1981. <q>Судот за судење по престапите против македонската национална чест е формиран со решение на Президиумот на Народното собрание на Македонија (ACHOM).</q> [The Court for Trial of Offenses against the Macedonian National Honor was established by a decision of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Macedonia (ACHOM).]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Makedonski+arhivist%2C+Volumes+11-12&rft.pub=Dru%C5%A1tvo+na+arhivskite+rabotnici+i+arhivite+vo+SR+Makedonija&rft.date=1981&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-fcqAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bulgarian sources assert that thousands lost their lives due to this cause after 1944 , and that more than 100 , 000 people were imprisoned under the law for the protection of Macedonian national honour 'for opposing the new ethnogenesis'. 1,260 leading Bulgarians were allegedly killed in Skopje, Veles, Kumanovo, Prilep, Bitola and Stip... For more see: Hugh Poulton, Who are the Macedonians? C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1850655340" title="Special:BookSources/1850655340">1850655340</a>, p. 118.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Phillips, Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans. (2004) I.B. Tauris (publisher), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/186064841X" title="Special:BookSources/186064841X">186064841X</a>, p. 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Богослав Јанев, Босилегратчани во Македонија, Скопје: Здружение на граѓани. "Босилеградско", 2006, Куманово: Графотекс. ISBN 9989-57-472-3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Александър Димитров, Колко са българите в РС Македония? <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://glaspress.rs/колко-са-българите-в-рс-македония/">Глас, Прес 10 март 2021 г.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.promacedonia.org/en/human_r/part1.htm">Violations of Human Rights of Macedonian citizens with a Bulgarian ethnic consciousness 1990–1997</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1968994845">Court for waved Bulgarian flag in Macedonia.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1351453309.pdf">Предоставяне на българско гражданство, Справка за преиода 22.01.2002-15.01.2012 г. (Bulgarian citizenship Information for the period 22.01.2002-15.01.2012 year)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1422886816.doc">Доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за 2012-2013 година (Report on the activities of the CBCBA for 2012-2013 year), p. 7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1391177868.doc">Доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 23.01.2013 – 22.01.2014 година (Report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 23.01.2013–22.01.2014 year), p. 6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1422886816.doc">Годишен доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 01.01.2014-31.12.2014 година (Annual report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 01.01.2014-31.12.2014 year), p. 5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1453885886.pdf">Годишен доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 01.01.2015-31.12.2015 година (Annual report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 01.01.2015-31.12.2015 year), p. 6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1484827280.pdf">Годишен доклад за дейността на КБГБЧ за периода 01.01.2016-31.12.2016 година (Annual report on the activities of the CBCBA for the period 01.01.2016-31.12.2016 year), p. 6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1516795436.pdfo">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 14 януари – 31 декември 2017 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 14 January - 31 December 2017)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1548762501.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2018 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2018)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1580292714.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2019 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2019)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1612171599.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2020 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2020)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1643018870.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2021 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2021)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1674645834.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 01 януари – 31 декември 2022 г. (Activity Report of the Bulgarian Citizenship Commission for the period 01 January - 31 December 2022)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1705652588.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 1 януари – 31 декември 2023 г. (Annual Report of Bulgarian Citizenship and Bulgarians Abroad Committee for the period 01 January 2023 - December 31, 2023)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.president.bg/docs/1737642418.pdf">Доклад за дейността на комисията по българско гражданство за периода 1 януари – 31 декември 2024 г. (Annual Report of Bulgarian Citizenship and Bulgarians Abroad Committee for the period January 1 – December 31, 2024)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/table?q=Bulgarian&tid=ACSDT5YSPT2015.B05006">"Explore Census Data"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Explore+Census+Data&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.census.gov%2Ftable%3Fq%3DBulgarian%26tid%3DACSDT5YSPT2015.B05006&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABulgarians+in+North+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sinisa Jakov Marusic, Fact-Check: Can North Macedonia Meet Bulgaria’s Six Demands for Breakthrough? <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://balkaninsight.com/2021/10/19/birn-fact-check-can-north-macedonia-meet-bulgarias-six-demands-for-breakthrough/">[1]</a><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Investigative_Reporting_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Investigative Reporting Network">BIRN</a><span>, Skopje, October 19, 2021.</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sobranie.mk//the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-macedonia-ns_article-constitution-of-the-republic-of-north-macedonia.nspx">"Assembly Republic of North Macedonia - The Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia"</a>. <i>www.sobranie.mk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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