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Associated Press
Konstantin Testorides
Skopje, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonian police said 47 police officers were injured, two of whom were seriously injured. .. He threw stones, metal rods, eggs and Morotov cocktails into the Capitol on late Tuesday.
Thousands of people have been protesting every night in Skopje over a compromise aimed at opposition to joining the European Union from neighboring Bulgaria to North Macedonia since the weekend.
Police said 11 protesters were detained on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Dimital Kobachevsky accused the police of attacking, saying the violence could not be justified. Another protest was planned on Wednesday night.
Bulgaria, which has a refusal to new member states as an EU member state, officially admits to Northern Macedonia that the language has roots in Bulgarian. , Recognizing and crushing the Bulgarian minority in the country. A speech of hatred for Bulgaria. " Many in North Macedonia say that acquiescence would undermine their national identity.
President of North Macedonia, Stebopendalovsky, and his government uphold a proposed French agreement calling on the country to constitutionally recognize the existence of Bulgarian minorities. It also provides regular reviews of how bilateral conflicts are being dealt with and may impede North Macedonia's future course towards EU accession.
Bulgaria has already officially accepted the French proposal and now needs the support of the North Macedonian Parliament. Parliamentarians will be convened later this week.
Central right major opposition VMRO-DPMNE, many international law experts and citizens' groups, Bulgaria's request that France's proposal disagrees with Macedonia's view of the region's history, language, identity and heritage. He argues that he supports.
North Macedonia has been a candidate for EU membership for 17 years. The country received a green light to start accession negotiations in 2020, but no start date has been set. Follow AP's coverage of the European Union at
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