Some interesting notes from a very early synopsis of Greece in 1824 ( including Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, and the islands): 1: The population of Greece was composed of chiefly three races: Greeks, Albanians, and Turks, with a smaller number of Vlachs, Jews, and Armenians. 2: Turks formed only about 10% of Greece (and Albania) outside Macedonia and Thessaly. 3: Albanian […]

In Macedonia you could find Greeks, Bulgarians,  Vlachs, Turks, Albanians, Serbs…… No mention of a separate “Macedonian” group in 1910. Interesting points: * During a large part of its history, Macedonia has been entirely Greek * Greeks regarded the newer nationalities as upstarts that had NO rights over the land of Alexander the Great! * Macedonia was redeemed to the […]

Πισοδέρι Φλώρινας (Photo @ Wikipedia.org) Ένα εξαιρετικό video από τον kparlapani http://florina-history.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html Το Πισοδέρι είναι ορεινό χωριό του νομού Φλώρινας. Είναι χτισμένο σε υψόμετρο 1.390-1.460 μέτρων στις πλαγιές του όρους Βαρνούντα και αποτελεί έναν από τους πιο ορεινούς οικισμούς της Ελλάδας. Το Πισοδέρι ανήκει στον δήμο Πρεσπών και ο πληθυσμός του σύμφωνα με την απογραφή του 2001 είναι 62 κάτοικοι. […]

By Chiotis The following quote has been used numerous times by propagandists of the FYROM diaspora to prove that a ‘Macedonian’ ethnicity existed in the region en masse at the turn of last century. Naturally the parrots who mindlessly eat up his misrepresentations regurgitate the exact same quote in different forums: Quote: The Macedonian Villages …I asked him what language […]

Accounts of the llinden Uprising in Australian and other foreign newspapers of the time, invariably echo the way the event was perceived by the general world media. The reader will discover that according to the reports in the newspapers, (as indeed in those of any other contemporary source), the Insurgent Slavs were the Bulgarians of Macedonia. A “Macedonian” ethnic group […]

Please see article below by SAE of USA answering Dr. Friedman’s comment in an interview (click on the link below) with Christopher Deliso regarding FYROM and the language.   http://www.balkanalysis.com/2008/12/14/victor-friedman-on-macedonia-the-balkanalysiscom-interview/ OUR ANSWERS TO PROFESSOR VICTOR FRIEDMAN’S ALLEGATIONS ON MACEDONIA By Theodore Spyropoulos – USA SAE Coordinator Assisted by Marcus A. Templar-Balkans Expert   Dr. Victor Friedman the so-called “expert” linguist from the University […]

Richard Clogg, “A Concise history of Greece”, 2nd edition, page 67

Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΙΟΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΑΓΜΕΝΗ ΜΙΚΡΗ ΒΟΥΛΓΑΡΙΑ Με την αλλαγή φρουράς στον Λευκό Οίκο στις πρόσφατες αμερικανικές εκλογές και την επάνοδο των Δημοκρατικών στην εξουσία, ανοίγει ουσιαστικά ξανά το θέμα των Βαλκανίων, ως συνέχεια του έργου της κυβέρνησης του Μπίλ Κλίντον. Η διάλυση της Γιουγκοσλαβίας έχει παγιωθεί πλέον και η φαινομενική εκκρεμότητα του θέματος των Σκοπίων πλησιάζει στη λύση του.. […]

BY CHICAGOGEORGE

L’empire de Turquie,by Xavier Heuschling,1860 All the Balkan peoples that were residing in the Ottoman empire and their numbers.There are mentioned Bulgarians, Serbs, Bosnians, Herzegovinians e.t.c,other Slavic branches, Vlachs and Moldovlachs, Albanians, Ottomans of Asiatic origin,Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Gypsies (Bohemians) and Tatars,except the <Macedonians>. The Slavic race includes the Bulgarians,the Serbs,the Bosnians,the Herzegovinians e.t.c. <In 980 the Bulgarians established in […]