Attack against the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center in Skopje.

In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Macedonian ambassador to demand an explanation

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Unknown persons broke into the premises of the center through a side wall and stole some of the director's computer equipment.

Keys are missing from one door, padlocks.

"This is the first time that such a criminal act or aggressive behavior has been directed at a state institution such as ours.

The Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center is one of the 11 cultural institutes that our country has and the Ministry of Culture manages," Antonia Veleva, director of the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center, told bTV.

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The Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center was opened in Skopje in 2006.

The Bulgarian cultural club in Skopje was attacked

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also came out with a position that it is following with concern the latest developments in North Macedonia.

The reason is the ban - the Bulgarian cultural club in Bitola bears the name of the last leader of VMRO

VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (VMRO–BND) is a nationalist Bulgarian politician Ivan Mihailov.

So in practice the club has to change its name and request a new registration.

"The founders of the club have said that they will seek their rights in Strasbourg, but there are other clubs that continue to operate," Antonia Veleva said.

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