Fierce protests against "Bulgarianization" - opposition leader targeted for liquidation. This is how the regional media convey the events and tensions in Skopje and the protests of the opposition on the streets of the capital

The Macedonian opposition has been protesting against the "French proposal" for Skopje's progress towards the EU for five days. There is already violence in the streets. Experts agree that Brussels supported Bulgaria's "nationalist" demands with the proposal.

In the focus of the regional media is the statement of the leader of the opposition VMRO DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, who is one of the organizers of the protest and the main mobilizer of opposing the government's intentions to accept the so-called French proposal.

"This is the man who was supposed to kill me tonight," Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, wrote on social media on Wednesday, showing a picture of a man with a gun in his hand.

Reporting on the protests SG states that an "interethnic incident" almost happened on Wednesday evening, when the demonstrators, who have been protesting against the "French proposal" in Skopje for the fifth day, passed a group of people near the Skanderbeg monument. . That group allegedly attacked them with stones, and one person pulled out a firearm.

Police sources quickly announced that a 40-year-old man from Skopje was arrested for brandishing a weapon. It is not clear if he fired in the air.

Српски "Flash" in his reports he stated that the beginning of the negotiations with the EU caused real chaos on the streets in North Macedonia

"Macedonians between "Bulgarians and an anvil": Pressure is growing on Skopje to accept France's proposal," is the headline of this influential Serbian media.

New protests in Skopje - the chants against Bulgaria continue, they are part of the protests that are broadcast by the Bulgarian media. BG nes in its reports emphasizes that from the very beginning, as stated, "the crowd started chanting against the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani, calling him "Bugar Osmani". And that evening, posters with anti-Bulgarian and anti-European messages, including vulgar inscriptions, were distributed to the protesters, states BG nes.

The Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian, as well as the correspondents of the world media in the region report on the five days of protests under the name "Ultimatum - no, thank you".

Several thousand protesters are said to oppose the negotiating framework presented by French diplomacy.

They believe that Bulgaria will use the negotiations for the assimilation of the Macedonian nation or, as they say, its Bulgarianization, the media in the region write.

Last night at the protests, the protesters threw stones at the police and at one of the groups of protesters, during which 47 policemen were injured two days ago, and 11 protesters were detained.

The Croatian media recall yesterday's visit by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. of Skopje

"Together we are on the verge of a possible breakthrough in the process of your country's accession to the EU", the Croatian media reports Michel's statement at a press conference with North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski.

Index recalls the blockade that Bulgaria raised for the start of EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia, in a dispute related to the common history, language and rights of the Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia. France recently presented various compromise options in an attempt to make progress on the issue, wrapping up its six-month EU presidency, reports Index hr.