Ohrid, 7 October 2022 (MIA) - A protest against the opening of the Bulgarian cultural club "Tsar Boris III" in Ohrid, organized by the party Levica and supported by VMRO-DPMNE, has ended. Tsar Boris's supporters left the club from the back door of the premises where the club is located. Chanting "Tatars", "Fascists", "Bugarophils" and throwing eggs and rocks at the club, protesters voiced their revolt against the name chosen to name the club after. "The name is provocative, we have nothing against the opening of this club," some protesters said. The protest escalated when a group of protesters tried to break through the police corridor. Speaking to reporters, Tome Blazhevski, president of the Tsar Boris II Association, said the organization was opened a year ago in line with national legislation. "We only chose the name of Tsar Boris III since he was a Bulgarian tsar. We've never thought of making any provocation. The opening of the club has been politicized," he stated. To protest, Blazhevski said, is a citizen's right and we don't want to stop anyone from protesting. He denied that the organization cooperates with neo-Nazi or fascist movements. Boris III of Bulgaria was crowned Tsar of Bulgarians in 1918 after the abdication of his father Ferdinand following Bulgaria’s defeat in the First Balkan War. During the rule of Boris III, widely known as the “Unifying Tsar in Bulgarian history, Bulgaria had joined the pact made by Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and militarist Japan. In 1941, he had allowed German forces from the territory of Bulgaria to launch an aggression against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. As a reward, Bulgaria got territories from the disintegrating Yugoslavian state and Greece, including large portions of what is today North Macedonia. Boris III died unexpectedly in 1943 after a visit to meet with Germany’s Hitler.