 An official permission was received on 19 October 2006 and the reconstruction began, supported by locals and the Novo Selo municipal administration.On 4 November 2006, an Eastern Orthodox holiday of Archangel Michael, the renovated cemetery was officially inaugurated with a military and a religious ceremony paying tribute to the perished Bulgarian soldiers.The ceremony was attended by Georgi Parvanov, a number of officials and citizens of Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia.