Skopje, 4 May 2024 (MIA) – North Macedonia marks on Saturday the 121st anniversary from the death of revolutionary Goce Delchev.

Delegations and citizens will lay wreaths at Goce Delchev’s grave in the Skopje-based St. Spas Church, including President Stevo Pendarovski, a government delegation led by Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Kaja Shukova, a parliamentary delegation composed of Darko Kaevski, Daniela Nikolova and Velika Stojkova-Serafimovska, and several party delegations and associations.

In addition, the Parliament will host at noon a presentation of the 2024 Goce Delchev award for significant achievements in the interest of the Republic of North Macedonia in the field of science.

This year's winners of the state award include Robert Hudson, Ivan Dodovski, Ana Martinoska and Zharko Ivanov. 

The Goce Delchev University in Shtip and Shtip Municipality will also mark the 121st anniversary from the death of revolutionary Goce Delchev. 

A visionary inspired by revolutionary ideals, Goce Delchev was born in Kukush on February 4, 1872, and was active in revolutionary movements.

He attended the Thessaloniki high school and the Sofia Military Academy. As the member of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, Delchev worked on the establishment of a network of committees and fighting units of the organization.

Goce Delchev, who understood the world as a field for cultural contest among nations, was killed by an Ottoman unit on May 4, 1903, in the village of Banica, near Serres.

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