Greece Set to Return the Remains of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
Greek media say the transfer needs Greek Orthodox Church approval and would end a decades-old dispute over a symbolically important historical relic.
- Greece is expected to return the remains of Bulgarian Tsar Samuel to Sofia by the end of the week, according to Greek media reports, marking symbolic significance for relations between the two nations.
- Greek archaeologist Nikolaos Moutsopoulos discovered the remains in 1969 during excavations at the Basilica on the island of Agios Achillios in Lake Prespa in northern Greece.
- The issue has been discussed repeatedly between the two countries over decades, requiring approval from the Greek Orthodox Church; complications involved unresolved disputes regarding religious relics taken from northern Greece.
- Four years after former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov brought the issue to the negotiating table in 2022, the procedure is nearing its final stage, addressing Bulgaria's historical heritage concerns.
- The return of Tsar Samuel's remains resolves a longstanding request from Sofia and reflects strengthened ties between Athens and Sofia, particularly in energy cooperation and cross-border interconnections.
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Greece agrees to hand over remains of medieval tsar to Bulgaria - Regional Media News
(Clarifies in headline and in text that the remains are being handed over, not returned) ATHENS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Greece will hand over to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also [...]
After almost 60 years, GREECE returns the remains of Emperor Samuil to Bulgaria, thus ending the historical dispute between the two countries with the exchange of relics.
Greece agrees to return remains of medieval tsar to Bulgaria
ATHENS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Greece will return to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also provides for the transfer of other historic and religious artefacts between the two Balkan neighbours. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev described the accord as a “historic agreement” and said the return of Samuel’s remains ended six decades of efforts by Sofia to …
Greece will return to Bulgaria the remains of the Samuil country, announced Prime Minister Rumen Radev, Tuesday, in the opening of the weekly meeting of the Government of Sofia.
Greece Set to Return the Remains of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
The issue was raised by Kiril Petkov during his time as prime minister A decades-old issue of particular historical and symbolic significance for Greek-Bulgarian relations appears to be nearing a resolution, with Greece expected to return the remains of Bulgarian Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria by the end of the week, according to Greek media.
An unresolved issue of particular historical and symbolic importance for Greek-Bulgarian relations that has been unresolved for decades is about to be concluded, writes the Greek publication epolitical.gr. The government of our southern neighbor is expected to hand over the mortal remains of Tsar Samuil to Bulgaria by the end of the week. They were discovered in 1969 by the Greek archaeologist Nikolaos Moutsopoulos in the Basilica of Saint Achil…
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