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Denko Malevski, Prof. of Political Science Talks About Greek and Bulgarian Relation to FYROM

Denko Malevski, Prof. of Political Science Talks About Greek and Bulgarian Relation to FYROM

Prof. Malevski speaks about impossibility to reach EU and NATO, if Greece or Bulgaria disagree. Vladislav Perunović, correspondent from Skopje, FYROM

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Adoption of EU values crucial for FYROM’s accession according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister

Adoption of EU values crucial for FYROM’s accession according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister

Sofia. „FYROM is working against its own interests while at the same time it needs support in order to become an EU member. A day will come when it will seek this help from us,” said Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov commenting on the issue of the Bulgarian ambassador to Skopje being attacked by an organised group of hooligans on Friday […]

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The Greek Character of Macedonia through the Ages

The Greek Character of Macedonia through the Ages

«ΕΣΤΙΝ ΟΥΝ ΕΛΛΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ»  By Christos Karatzios MD (Estin oun Ellas ke i Makedonia) “Macedonia, is of course a part of Greece”                         Strabo, Geography, book 7, Fragment 9 (circa 7 BC – 23 AD) With this quote, Strabo, the famous ancient Greek historian and geographer described the relation of Macedonia to the rest of Greece when he was describing the known ancient […]

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Is FYROM the Troll of the Balkans?

Is FYROM the Troll of the Balkans?

What do Alexander the Great, Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great and medieval Bulgarian ruler Samuil have in common? They are all historical figures who happened to be active at certain point in the Balkan region of Macedonia, which includes parts of what nowadays are Bulgaria and Greece, as well as the whole eponymous country. So, the Former Yugoslav Republic of […]

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Skopje had a Predominately Greek Population During the 13th Century

Skopje had a Predominately Greek Population During the 13th Century

After Skoplje’s conquest by Theodore of Epiros, it was constituted as a theme with a Greek bishop (Dem. Chom. no. XIV, col. 63; no. CXXXI, col. 536. Akrpolites, ed. Heisenberg, 78, Zlatarski, III, 435). But in 1230 it passed into the Bulgarian Empire of John Asen, his son Kaliman, and its appointed governor was the PanSebastos sebastos Pribo (or Primpos) . In […]

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Papoulias on FYROM issue

Papoulias on FYROM issue

Papoulias on FYROM issue    SOFIA (ANA-MPA/B. Borisov) – Greek President Karolos Papoulias sent a message to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) from here that “as long as they insist on their intransigent positions, so much the more they shall keep the door of NATO closed and the accession procedure towards the European Union frozen,” as well as to […]

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Balkan States in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913

Balkan States in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913

    GREECE – SERBIA – MONTENEGRO – BULGARIA – OTTOMAN TURKS:  WERE IS THE FYROMIANS ??   HELLENIC ARMY-ELLINIKOS STRATOS           SERBIAN ARMY-SRPSKA VOJSKA           MONTENEGRIN ARMY-CRNAGORSKA VOJSKA           BULGARIAN ARMY-BLGARSKA VOYSKA           OTTOMAN ARMY-Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Ordu       http://forum.uniforminsignia.net/

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Distant shores

Distant shores

 Illustration by Tom Jellett   Ian Robert Smith From: The Australian    September 04, 2010   JOURNEYS: THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY ON the shores of one of the world’s oldest lakes, I see an elderly man dressed in his underwear. Tanned and fit-looking, with snowy hair, he’s doing squats, touching his toes and performing deep-breathing exercises with exemplary poise. At his feet, […]

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The aspirations of the Bulgarians in Macedonia

The aspirations of the Bulgarians in Macedonia

    Caterina Chekou * 01/08/2010  After the defeat of the Greek army from the Nazi forces, the area from the Strymon to the Evros , along with the islands of Thasos and Samothrace ceded to Bulgaria in return for joining the Axis powers (except for three quarters of the prefecture of Evros , Following a claim by Turkey). Since […]

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