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FYROM’s Constitutional Court decides against Gruevski’s government plans on the Albanian first-graders

FYROM’s Constitutional Court decides against Gruevski’s government plans on the Albanian first-graders

The constitutional Court of FYROM justified ethnic Albanians on the controversial issue of which ethnic Albanian students should start learning the Official language of the State, in the second term of the first grade. The decision of the FYROM’s Ministry of Education had sparked a serious uproar from Ethnic Albanians in FYROM. Parties, politicians and NGOs of Albanian background declared that this decision was […]

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Professor S. Hornblower: Were the Macedonians Greeks?

Professor S. Hornblower: Were the Macedonians Greeks?

Simon Hornblower is Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London. He has published two volumes of a Thucydides Commentary on(1991, 1996) and is now working on the third and final volume. His most recent books are Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence (co-edited, 2000), Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry (2004), and Pindar’s […]

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Ancient Macedonians – Greeks or Barbarians?

Ancient Macedonians - Greeks or Barbarians?

Some of the most usual fallacies used by FYROM’s hideous propaganda are the baseless assumptions included in the following statement: “The Greeks unanimously stereotyped the Macedonians as ‘barbarians’ and treated them in the same bigoted manner in which they treated all non-Greeks. After all, no Greek people/tribe was ever called “Barbarian“. This statement is most interesting for what it reveals about those supporting it. […]

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THE LATEST FROM DISNEYLAND – Can it be True?

THE LATEST FROM DISNEYLAND - Can it be True?

Language to be called makedonski, identity not to be discussed 4 March 2010 | 16:24 | FOCUS News Agency Skopje. Macedonia to be called the Republic of North Macedonia, the language to be written in Latin – makedonski and the nation and identity not to be discussed; this, according to Greek diplomatic resources is the resolution of the name dispute, […]

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Μάθε παιδί μου τουρκικά (με το ζόρι)

Τι θα κάνει η Υπουργός Παιδείας, ώστε να έχει και το υπόλοιπο 50% της μουσουλμανικής μειονότητας της Θράκης (35% Πομάκοι, 15% Ρομά), εκπαίδευση στη μητρική του γλώσσα; Θα συνεχίσει να το καταδικάζει σε μαθησιακές δυσκολίες, περιορίζοντας τους εκπαιδευτικούς του ορίζοντες, μέσω τριπλής ημιγλωσσίας; Γιατί δεν υπάρχουν περισσότερα βιβλία; Μήπως ο πρωθυπουργός πρέπει να εγκαινιάσει σχολεία πριν τους δρόμους; Ακολουθεί αναδημοσίευση […]

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Makedonika Collection – The Ancient Macedonian Ethnicity and Language

Makedonika Collection - The Ancient Macedonian Ethnicity and Language

Θέλετε να βρίσκετε γρήγορα και άνετα Ατράνταχτες Αποδείξεις για την Ελληνικότητα της Αρχαίας Μακεδονίας; Μια μοναδική Συλλογή στην Αγγλική Γλώσσα σας περιμένει, με τεκμήρια από Γραμματειακές και Αρχαιολογικές πηγές για την Εθνικότητα και Γλώσσα των Αρχαίων Μακεδόνων, για την έχετε πάντα στην διάθεση σας. Την Συλλογή μπορείτε να την “κατεβάσετε” στον υπολογιστή σας σε μορφή: - PDF (μέγεθος 4 MB) - WORD (Μέγεθος 2.33 ΜΒ) […]

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Macedonian names and makeDonski pseudo-linguistics: The case of the name Pyrrias

Macedonian names and makeDonski pseudo-linguistics: The case of the name Pyrrias

By Miltiades Elia Bolaris Balkan Illusion - phantasia archaica: “…it is very interesting to note that many of the authentic ancient Macedonian words, according to their etymology and pronunciation, have a striking resemblance to the appropriate words used in the modern Macedonian language (and other so called “Slav”[sic] languages). “Pyri(as). The root of this name could be connected to […]

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Naftemporiki: Papoulias sent double message to FYROM, Turkey before Bulgarian President

Athens. Greek President Karolos Papoulias has sent double message to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Turkey during Tuesday’s dinner in the honor of Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov who pays a three-day visit to Greece, Greek Naftemporiki newspaper writes. Papoulias called on Turkey to implement its engagements and recommended Skopje to leave the ideology of “Makedonism” because it […]

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FYROM: Hate Songs Against Albanians

FYROM: Hate Songs Against Albanians

Skopje 24 Ore 12 Nov 09 p 3 Report by Mentor Mellova: “Here Is How “Macedonians” Sing Hate Songs Against Albanians” Skopje 12 Nov 09 page 3. Various internet pages in the “Macedonian” language of forums, soccer club anthems, and patriotic songs swarm with anti-Albanian messages, insults, and calls. The Albanian public has not had the opportunity […]

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Who were the Ancient Macedonians?

Who were the Ancient Macedonians?

It is almost impossible for an admirer of the Ancient Macedonian History not to be involved, one way or another, with one of the questions which still remain crucial in our days. Who were the Ancient Macedonians? The aforementioned question has emerged into an object of scholarly research for a really long time. Many eminent scholars discussed the various manifestations of the Macedonian identity mostly […]

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