The Minister of Justice, Igor Filkov, was part of the government delegation that laid flowers on the mound of Dame Gruev, on the monument of the Smilevo people and on the memorial plaque of the partisan unit in the Demirhisar village of Smilevo.
Ilinden is the country's biggest holiday when respect is paid to the fighters for the Macedonian cause, whose self-sacrificing struggle is woven into the foundations of our statehood, expressing the continuity and aspiration of our citizens to create their own state.