Skopje, 11 October 2025 (MIA) — President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova offered her best wishes to the nation on National Uprising Day, calling for unity and solidarity.

"We live in difficult times of war and military threats, shameful for the 21st century. We are burdened with essential problems in the rule of law, justice, humanity and solidarity. We face new challenges, uncharacteristic of democracy," she wrote in a public letter urging the nation to show the maturity, wisdom and courage of the Ilinden uprising rebels and the World War II partisans in making important decisions. 

"We need to be united and cohesive again, if we want to preserve what we inherited from those who set out on an insurgent march, guided by a clear vision and ready to sacrifice in their mission of liberation!" she wrote.

Siljanovska Davkova also wrote that on Oct. 11, 1941, the Macedonian anti-fascist fight and resistance was opposed to much larger and stronger nations who had joined the axis of evil or distanced themselves from war. This, she wrote, was proof that freedom, justice and equality were woven into the Macedonian DNA.

"In the dramatic days of World War II, we showed that standing together united, regardless of our social, ethnic, religious, ideological or other differences, we can defeat force and injustice. Celebrating October 11 is not just a reminder of this glorious epopee, but a call to continue it through dialogue in peace," Siljanovska Davkova wrote. mr/