Balgarianovinite.com A two-day national scientific conference, titled “The April Uprising and the National Liberation Struggles of Bulgarians in Macedonia”, was held in Razlog. The academic forum, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the April Uprising, was organized by the Macedonian Scientific Institute, the Vasil Levski Foundation, the All-Bulgarian Vasil Levski Committee, the Municipality of Razlog, and the Historical Museum of Razlog. The forum is part of the events marking the 150th anniversary of the April uprising.
The conference was opened by the director of the Historical Museum of Razlog, Dr. Hristina Manova, the deputy mayor of Razlog, Hristo Zaykov, the chairman of the Macedonian Scientific Institute (MSI), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milen Mihov, the chair of the Board of the Vasil Levski Foundation, Korneliya Marinova, and Dr. Georgi Trenchev from the MSI.
On the first day of the conference, presentations were delivered by Alexander Grebenarov from the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), doctoral candidate at the Faculty of History of Sofia University Krum Mitov, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Slavi Slavov from the Institute for Historical Research at BAS, curator at the Historical Museum in Razlog Iliya Tantilov, Dr. Georgi Trenchev from the MSI, and local historian Kosta Govedarov.
The second part of the academic forum continued with presentations by Genka Ivanova, curator at the Church History Museum of the Rila Holy Monastery, by the director of the Historical Museum of Razlog, Dr. Hristina Manova, and by curators from the Regional Historical Museum in Blagoevgrad, Dr. Elena Aleksandrova, Dr. Elena Chalgynova, and Rositsa Yaneva.
Within the framework of the conference, student Liliya Ruskova from Razlog presented her original poem dedicated to the events in Batak, while local singer Todor Preshelkov performed a folk song inspired by the Bulgarian national liberation struggles.
At the end of the conference, the director of the museum in Razlog, Dr. Hristina Manova, announced that the presented papers would be collected and published in an edited volume in order to reach a wider audience. Two-Day Forum Dedicated to April Uprising Brings Together 20 Scholars in Razlog 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-15 15:32:14 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
