Where is the original Treaty of Bucharest and what language was it written in?
Dr. Stojchev: The original Treaty of Bucharest is in the Romania war archives and is handwritten in the French language. From the original, four typewritten copies were made again in the French language and were given to Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. I have a copy of the original Treaty of Bucharest. How do you explain the fact that Macedonia, the last territory in the Balkans, achieved statehood on its own? Dr. Stojchev: Soon after the end of the Balkan Wars, World War I broke out which annulled the Treaty of Bucharest. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles, with minor changes, re-established the same borders which were previously established by the Treaty of Bucharest. When the new changes were introduced, Strumitsa, which was previously given to Bulgaria by the Treaty of Bucharest, with the Treaty of Versailles was given to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Why Macedonia was the last of the Balkan States to achieve independence status is a question of rights, politics, history, culture
