The ruling Macedonian party SDSM, through a press release, says that yesterday's celebration of Ilinden Day was celebrated with a proud and dignified mass.

"We praise the ideals of Ilindenas, revolutionaries, Asnomians, we stand behind the meaning of the common struggle for a stable, free, independent and prosperous state.

Ilindeni is the foundation of Macedonian citizenship, a monument of the glorious past and a beacon for the future".

"Ilindeni is our strength for the European future, to build a common state for all citizens, a state integrated in the European Union, as the main strategic goal", say the SDSM.

Otherwise, in yesterday's recording of this holiday, Albanian songs were also released.