Macedonians & Minorities in Bulgaria - Page 21

Carlin15 · 09-23-2020, 10:34 PM

Their homes were burned down in racist violence. Then officials told them to flee

URL:
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019...ons-cnnphotos/

Gabrovo, Bulgaria — When rocks crashed through the windows of their home, the bathroom seemed the safest place to hide. Huddled together, the family of Vasil Velichkow Hristov — including his six young grandchildren — listened as an angry mob chanted threats and racial slurs.

“Come out, Roma, we’ll make soap out of you,” they yelled, according to several people who were nearby at the time.

Once a positive example of integration of the ethnic Roma community in Bulgaria, the northern central city of Gabrovo has been engulfed by racist violence and anti-Roma protests since April 10.

For four consecutive nights ethnic Bulgarians, some armed with metal batons, took to the cobblestone streets to demand that Gabrovo be cleansed of its Roma community. They smashed windows, threatened to kill the Roma, and set their homes on fire, burning to the ground their belongings and leaving the lives they had built here in ruins.

Full article:
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019...ons-cnnphotos/

Liberator of Makedonija · 09-30-2020, 12:46 AM

Bulgarian police breakup the formation of the 'Society of Ancient Macedonians' in Nevrokop.

Risto the Great · 09-30-2020, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberator of Makedonija

Bulgarian police breakup the formation of the 'Society of Ancient Macedonians' in Nevrokop.

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Carlin15 · 10-02-2020, 09:40 AM

I wonder if this may be related:
https://makfax.com.mk/makedonija/%D1...8%D1%98%D0%B0/
https://a1on.mk/region1/sovetot-na-e...e-zdruzhenija/

Liberator of Makedonija · 10-03-2020, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Risto the Great

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Read it in the Australian Macedonian Weekly newspaper

09-30-2020, 12:46 AM	#202
Liberator of Makedonija Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 1,346	Bulgarian police breakup the formation of the 'Society of Ancient Macedonians' in Nevrokop. __________________ I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

09-23-2020, 10:34 PM	#201
Carlin15 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,899	Their homes were burned down in racist violence. Then officials told them to flee URL: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019...ons-cnnphotos/ Gabrovo, Bulgaria — When rocks crashed through the windows of their home, the bathroom seemed the safest place to hide. Huddled together, the family of Vasil Velichkow Hristov — including his six young grandchildren — listened as an angry mob chanted threats and racial slurs. “Come out, Roma, we’ll make soap out of you,” they yelled, according to several people who were nearby at the time. Once a positive example of integration of the ethnic Roma community in Bulgaria, the northern central city of Gabrovo has been engulfed by racist violence and anti-Roma protests since April 10. For four consecutive nights ethnic Bulgarians, some armed with metal batons, took to the cobblestone streets to demand that Gabrovo be cleansed of its Roma community. They smashed windows, threatened to kill the Roma, and set their homes on fire, burning to the ground their belongings and leaving the lives they had built here in ruins. Full article: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019...ons-cnnphotos/

10-02-2020, 09:40 AM	#204
Carlin15 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,899	I wonder if this may be related: https://makfax.com.mk/makedonija/%D1...8%D1%98%D0%B0/ https://a1on.mk/region1/sovetot-na-e...e-zdruzhenija/

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