The anti-government rally took place in front of the parliament in Skopje.
The Interior Ministry of Northern Macedonia reported Tuesday evening, July 5, 47 police officers who were injured during anti-government protests in Skopje. They were injured in clashes with protesters.
Crowd gathered outside the parliament in the evening, chanted slurs against the authorities of the country, and then the protesters broke through the fence and broke through to the police cordon. Stones, bottles, Molotov cocktails, eggs, garbage cans, concrete tiles and road signs were thrown at the law enforcers.
"Forty-seven police officers were injured, of whom 11 were more seriously and two were seriously injured at the protest, which began tonight at 7 p.m. in front of the government building, continued in front of the Foreign Ministry and ended outside the Assembly around 10:30 p.m.," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Eleven of the most aggressive activists were detained. The MIA report does not mention any injuries, but notes that the police did not use pyrotechnic or chemical means to disperse the protesters.
This was already the fourth protest in Skopje. The Macedonians were outraged by France's proposal to start negotiations to settle the disagreements between Northern Macedonia and Bulgaria. Protesters, including the opposition, believe that the Bulgarians are demanding sensitive ideological concessions from the Macedonians that violate their national, cultural and historical rights.