By Samios Makedonas

The following collection of Macedonian Newspapers is what Skopjans hate most since it completely shatters their illusions that “Macedonia was a term forbidden in Greece” prior to 1988. Contrarily Macedonian Newspapers were in use  from 19th cent. even prior to the invention of the Skopjan fictitious “nationality”.

Newspapers like:

- Echo tis Makedonias

- Dytiki Makedonia

- Makedonikos Epinohr

- H Pammakedoniki

- Makedoniki Enosis

- Makedoniki echo

- H Makedoniki

- Makedonikos Astir

- Makedoniki foni

- Elliniki Makedonia

- Makedonika Xronika

- Makedonia

- Makedonikos

- MAkedonika Salpismata

- Makedonia

- Makedonomachos

- Makedonikos Typos

- Makedoniki Echo

- Makedoniki

- Chronika Dytikis Makedonias

- Makedonikon Vima

- Makedonis Gh

- Makedoniki Floga

- Makedonika Themata

- Makedonika Spor

- Makedonika Nea tis Thessalonikis

- Makedoniki Neolaia

- Makedonikes selides

- Makedonopoulo

- Makedonika grammata

- Makedonika

- Makedonikon hmerologion

- La Macedoine

are the best evidence against FYROM’s misinformation and Lies.

Congrats to Samios Makedonas for his collection!!

Απο την Παμμακεδονική ένωση Αμερικής για τα Σκόπια.

Βρυξέλλες,

Η Eυρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή δεν πρόκειται να εισηγηθεί την έναρξη ενταξιακών διαπραγματεύσεων με την ΠΓΔΜ, θεωρώντας ότι δεν πληροί τα κοινοτικά κριτήρια, ενώ θα χαρακτηρίζει καίριας σημασίας για την ενταξιακή προοπτική της γειτονικής χώρας την επίλυση του ζητήματος της ονομασίας.

Ο πρόεδρος της Πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβικής Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας, Μπράνκο Τσερβένκοφσκι έχει να δώσει λύση στο πρόβλημα που αντιμετωπίζει με τον πρωθυπουργό του. Το περιεχόμενο της ετήσιας έκθεσης προόδου της ενταξιακής πορείας της ΠΓΔΜ, που θα υιοθετηθεί στη συνεδρίαση της προσεχούς Τετάρτης από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή θα είναι απογοητευτικό για τα Σκόπια, δεδομένου ότι ο απολογισμός που κάνει η Κομισιόν δεν αφήνει κανένα περιθώριο περαιτέρω προσέγγισης με την Ε.Ε., τουλάχιστον για το επόμενο έτος.

Ειδικότερα, η Επιτροπή χαρακτηρίζει απογοητευτική τη διαδικασία των εθνικών εκλογών του περασμένου Ιουνίου, ενώ μεταξύ των προβλημάτων που καταγράφει είναι ο περιορισμένος διάλογος της κυβέρνησης με την αντιπολίτευση, η ανεπαρκής όσο και ανησυχητική λειτουργία των θεσμών, οι διώξεις πολιτικών αντιπάλων. Επιπλέον η υιοθέτηση με μεγάλη προχειρότητα νομοθετημάτων προσαρμογής της χώρας στο κοινοτικό κεκτημένο δεν αφήνει καμία δυνατότητα εφαρμογής τους.

Αναφορικά με τη ζήτημα της ονομασίας, η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή χρησιμοποιεί την παράγραφο των συμπερασμάτων του της Συνόδου Κορυφής του περασμένου Ιουνίου, τα οποία επισημαίνουν την καίρια σημασία που έχουν (για τα Σκόπια), η προώθηση σχέσεων καλής γειτονίας και η εξεύρεση αμοιβαία αποδεκτής λύσης. Για το λόγο αυτό επισημαίνεται η ανάγκη εντατικοποίησης των προσπαθειών προς επίλυση της διαφοράς περί την ονομασία υπό την αιγίδα των Ηνωμένων Εθνών.

Τονίζεται επίσης ότι:

1) το ζήτημα της ονομασίας συνεχίζει να επηρεάζει αρνητικά τις διμερείς σχέσεις Ελλάδας-ΠΓΔΜ

2) τα Σκόπια πρέπει να αποφεύγουν πράξεις που θα μπορούσαν να επηρεάσουν αρνητικά τις σχέσεις καλής γειτονίας

3) συνδέεται η ενταξιακή πορεία των Σκοπίων με τις επιδόσεις της χώρας αυτής στον τομέα της περιφερειακής συνεργασίας και των σχέσεων καλής γειτονίας.

Τέλος συμπεριλαμβάνεται για πρώτη φορά αναφορά για τις διαφωνίες που προκαλεί πλέον το ζήτημα του ονόματος μεταξύ των κομμάτων στην εσωτερική πολιτική σκηνή της ΠΓΔΜ, δηλαδή η «κόντρα» που υπάρχει σήμερα μεταξύ του προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας Μπράνκο Τσερβένκοφσκι και του Πρωθυπουργού Νίκολα Γκρουέφσκι.

ΝΙΚΟΣ ΜΠΕΛΛΟΣ - ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

EMPROS 22-10-1904

EMPROS 23-10-1904

The Fotos were sent by our friend Samios Makedonas

Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatieff: The man responsible for the beginning of the ‘Macedonian Question’ that we are seeing today.

The following is from pg. 27 of the book ‘ ‘Macedonian Things’ and ‘Irredentist Things’ ‘ by Chysostomos Papastavros, published in 2008 by the Local Community of Mavrochorio, Kastoria. It is a table of the 4 Irredentist Pan-Slavic Plans for Greece. Throughout history, and with Russian backing, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and now FYROM have each had their agendas for Macedonia.

The Times of London Intelligence Reports on The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano (February 19, March 9, and March 23, 1878). It is very clear from these reports that Great Britain DID NOT agree with the idea of a Greater Bulgaria and points out all the Russian and Bulgarian plans for Greece. THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE WERE NO ‘ETHNIC’ MACEDONIANS REFERRED TO ANYWHERE!!! It is clear that the population of the region of Macedonia was Greek, Bulgarian, Turk, and Albanian.

LONDON TIMES

19 FEBRUARY 1878

9 MARCH 1878

23 MARCH 1878

COMMENTARY:

With the attention of Euro-Atlantic diplomats understandably focused on cooling the conflict in the Caucasus, the United States must not forget that much work remains to be done to address tensions elsewhere in the mountains of Southeastern Europe.

Enhancing and preserving the hard-won stability of the Balkans requires that Washington not become complacent about remaining irredentist agendas in this complex region. This should be Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s focus when she is in New York this week at the convening of the United Nations General Assembly with the foreign ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

In 1944, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius expressed concerns about Yugoslavian communist leader Josip Broz Tito creating a “Macedonian” province and consciousness among his people. Stettinius saw the destructive potential in Tito’s choice of a name describing an ancient geographical area, 52 percent of which is located in modern Greece, 9 percent in Bulgaria and 39 percent in Yugoslavia. His description of Tito’s actions as “a possible cloak for aggressive intentions against Greece” manifested years later when Tito’s “Macedonians” crossed into Greece as participants in Greece’s anti-communist civil war (1946-49).

Nearly half a century later, that Yugoslavian province became an independent nation in 1991 identified by the United Nations and internationally as the “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” or “FYROM.” Yet Tito’s furtive aims live on in many ways, including the nation’s pursuit of the name “Macedonia.” Its new constitution called on all “Macedonians” in neighboring countries to rise up and unite. In addition, FYROM printed currency featuring the White Tower of Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece, and created a flag featuring the Macedonian symbol from the dynasty of Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great, which was located in Greece.

Years of productive U.S. and U.N. diplomacy moved FYROM to drop the offending language from its constitution and symbols from its currency and flag. Many believed FYROM was moving toward adopting a name such as “North Macedonia” or “Upper Macedonia” which appropriately describes its own geography.

However in 2004, the administration disregarded possible long-term consequences and focused exclusively on short-term intra-FYROM political goals. It split from U.N., NATO and EU policies to recognize FYROM as the “Republic of Macedonia” in a misguided attempt to provide cover to Western-oriented leaders in an intensely nationalistic political environment. This sudden about-face undermined international efforts to solve the name issue, and emboldened those within FYROM opposed to a diplomatic solution.

Due to FYROM’s intransigence on the name dispute, it was prohibited from joining NATO at the group’s April summit, thus thwarting American security interests. In Bucharest, NATO leaders unanimously decided that an invitation to FYROM will be extended as soon as a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue has been reached. In breaking with the international community on FYROM’s name and failing to condemn its provocations, the U.S. administration bolstered FYROM’s intransigence and inadvertently contributed to the deadlock in NATO.

To correct this, we recently requested clarification on the administration’s position on this issue. The State Department responded with a letter that stated, “Our ambassador [to FYROM] will, as well, help these leaders understand the dangers of irredentism in any form and the importance of avoiding the implications of irredentism in any form.”

From our perspective, this was an improvement on the U.S. position. Yet when this language from the letter was recently read aloud at a State Department briefing, the department’s spokesman indicated its position on the issue had not changed. We strongly believe it would be an error to eschew progress on this issue at the very moment it is most required.

Miss Rice has an ideal opportunity in New York to demonstrate America’s opposition to any form of irredentism in FYROM and resolve the question of accession to NATO. She can tell FYROM that unless it accepts an international name that describes only its territory, such as “North” or “Upper” Macedonia, to be also used in the bilateral relations with the United States, by a time certain, the U.S. will withdraw bilateral recognition of FYROM as “Republic of Macedonia.”

She can thus regenerate the American pressure necessary to resolve the problem, avoid sowing the seeds of another potential conflict in Europe and open the door for FYROM’s accession to the European Union and NATO. This requires engagement, leadership and proactive diplomacy. Such a solution will have bipartisan support in the Congress.

Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and Olympia J. Snowe, a Maine Republican, are members of the United States Senate.

 Source : Washington Times

We have seen previously the 1878 Greek revolution in Macedonia . Here are related articles by the  London Times Newspapers reporting what was happening during the Greek insurrection in Macedonia.

London Times 12 March 1878

London Times 22 March 1878

London Times 23 March 1878

By Christos

By Christos

We have already mentioned intensively the issue of the Greek abducted children in many previous articles [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Today we will provide a wide collection of contemporary Greek newspaper articles related to the abduction of Greek children from Communist guerillas.

Many Thanks to our good friend Peter from Australia for his contribution.