Skopje, 23 October 2022 (MIA) – President Stevo Pendarovski congratulated Sunday the Day of Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle - October 23, saying that on this day we remind of the brave young people who established the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in 1893 and laid the foundations of an organised revolutionary struggle for freedom and the creation of an independent Macedonian state. “Inspired by this idea, generations of patriots joined the long struggle for a free Macedonian republic, based on the ideals of justice, freedom and dignified life, in which there will be a place for every man and woman, regardless of nationality, language and religion. That brave vision that connected Ilinden 1903 and ASNOM 1944 was finally realized on September 8, 1991 in the independent Macedonian state,” Pendarovski said. Our generation, Pendarovski underlined, is going through a period of profound global challenges and great uncertainty. Europe and the world, he added, are facing an economic and energy crisis that was initially caused by the pandemic, but has been drastically deepened by the war in Ukraine. In order to successfully deal with these challenges, we need to reconcile and unite around the common goal of committedly building the Republic of North Macedonia as modern European state with a developed democratic culture, sustainable economy and transparent institutions, Pendarovski pointed out.