The Birth of a Clone State   Part VI By Georgios Gialtouridis The term clone is derived from κλών (klon), the Greek word for twig or branch, referring to the process whereby a new plant can be created from a twig.   In statements to a human rights activist investigating human rights abuses in the former Yugoslavia, Dimitris Petrusis, a Vlach-speaking ...

The Birth of a Clone State   Part II By Georgios Gialtouridis     The term clone is derived from κλών (klon), the Greek word for twig or branch, referring to the process whereby a new plant can be created from a twig. According to Herodotus’ The Histories, during the 8th century B.C. the Argeads (Αργεάδαι) migrated north from the Greek city ...

By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic 20 January 2009 FYROM looks to the inauguration of Barack Obama with some trepidation about a possible shift in the United States' position on the name dispute with Greece, while Athens appears quietly confident that the new US president will be more sympathetic to its stance. Athens and Skopje have been locked in a diplomatic ...