Bulgarian citizens that poured into Edirne city of Turkey to get their clothes and food, purchasing their medicines from pharmacies in the city center as well. While pharmacies are bulging at the seams due to Bulgarian crowd, aspirin is being one of the most commonly purchased medicines by Bulgarian citizens. Although, it’s been stated that aspirin can be lethal in case of being taken irresponsibly, they are buying multiple boxes of aspirin due to allegations that aspirin preventing the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Bulgarian citizens, who are purchasing dozens boxes of aspirin, wiping out all aspirins from pharmacies in the city. Pharmaceutical Technician Sevil Özçelik from Edirne said that Bulgarian citizens’ intensity is increasingly continuing. Özçelik indicated that Bulgarian’s are purchasing flue medicines, painkillers, and especially aspirin. Most of the pharmacies in Edirne hanged warnings about COVID-19 measures in Bulgarian on their windows and signboards.
Seven newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide were buried at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 30th anniversary of the massacre. The genocide, recognized by international courts, claimed over 8,300 Muslim lives during the Bosnian War.
The ceremony drew leaders and officials from across the region and Europe, including Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, and French and NATO representatives.
Bosnian official Denis Bećirović emphasized the years of propaganda and planning that led to the genocide, while French President Emmanuel Macron warned that denialism has no place in EU-aspiring nations. NATO’s Mark Rutte called it a lasting tragedy linking the Netherlands and Bosnia.
Sirens marked the remembrance across cities, and symbolic tributes—including a silent jump from Mostar Bridge and the release of lilies—honored the victims. The newly buried include victims aged between 17 and 67.
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