By Tymphaios Ethnic Macedonians are by definition the most indigenous Macedonians to the area of Macedonia. Three hundred and forty scholars have recently rebutted the current propaganda emanating from Skopje that the ancient Macedonians were Slavs. This has ruffled a few feathers and has caused a spur of activity in certain segments of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). […]

Βυ Tymphaios Historical revisionism in the schoolbooks of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Part 1: The reinvention of ancient Macedonia. Schoolbooks in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia consistently represent Macedonia as encompassing a region that consists of FYROM, the Greek administrative district of Macedonia and parts of other countries. An astonishing fabrication of history teaches schoolchildren that […]

March 15, 2009 Historical revisionism is sometimes beneficial. One has to look at new evidence and in its light reinterpret events and challenge previously held beliefs. Historical falsification goes a step further, in that one falsifies original evidence or fabricates “facts” or even acts on personal belief. Though some of the arguments in FYROM, such as the arguments […]