The Myth of Modern Macedonia: inventing an identity John Melville-Jones Last year I learned that a statue of Alexander the Great was to be erected in Skopje. I knew enough about modern history to be sure that the choice of this subject was not simply, as in some places (for example in Edinburgh), the result of a ...

  Australian Macedonian Advisory Council    March 23, 2011    In the years of communism in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ) the newly formed "Macedonian" state enjoyed privileges that others could not. Although other republics were being encouraged to develop industrial economies, the "Socialist Republic of Macedonia," was for all practical purposes kept from creating the conditions that ...

    20th March 2011    On Monday 21st March 2011 through to Wednesday 30th March 2011 the last public hearing process of the case between FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Greece will take place at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The FYROM accuses Greece of breaching the terms of the Interim Agreement ...

By Con Kouremenos - posted Thursday, 3 March 2011 In response to the article titled: “Will PM Gillard Deliver Foreign Policy Innovation on Macedonia?” - as it stands - the dispute mentioned is an ongoing disagreement between Greece and the neighbouring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the rightful use of the name Macedonia. Greece ...

   Academic Censures Academic Freedom: Contemptible Intimidation Tactics   By Marcus A. Templar   The subject of historical truth is something that all human beings should cherish even when the truth hurts.  Those unqualified in historical matters (academics included), driven by their fear of being wrong, rather than argue those questions that are relevant to the academic discussion, bring ...

Australian Macedonian Advisory Council     February 03, 2011    Following the publication of the edited version of the after-dinner talk that I gave in October, a formal complaint was made to my employer (to which a polite reply was made, stressing the importance of academic freedom), and I received an e-mailed message from the United Macedonian Diaspora (which I ...

     Australian Macedonian Advisory Council    November 28, 2010      John Melville-Jones, an Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Western Australia, kindly accepted our invitation to come to Melbourne and give 5 insightful talks on Ancient and Byzantine Macedonian history and on today´s Macedonian issue. "Thank you for inviting me to Melbourne. Let me explain ...

PM Gruevski´s hardline policy leaves FYROM out of NATO summit yet again Australian Macedonian Advisory Council    November 26, 2010    FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski´s hardline policy to his country´s naming dispute with Greece has once again caused FYROM to not be invited to take part in the latest NATO summit (where new members are ...

PRESS RELEASE   15 October 2010  AMAC complains to Hoyts regarding naming of naming of The ‘Macedonian’ Film Festival and use of Vergina Sun. The Australian Macedonian Advisory Council (AMAC) would like to express its disappointment at Hoyts Cinemas illegally using a registered trademark on their website to promote this year’s ‘Macedonian’ Film Festival in Melbourne to which they ...

Αυστραλία:Tεραστια επιτυχία του AMAC  για μια ακόμη φορα ξεσκεπάζει τους αμετανόητους πλαστογράφους,ένα μεγάλο Μπράβο στο AMAC PRESS RELEASE 14 October 2010 EXPOSED - the so-called ‘Australia-Greece Advisory Council’ is an internet façade created by Slav-Macedonians As noted in an AMAC’s press release on 7 October, a group calling itself the"Australia-Greece Advisory Council (AGAC)" sent out a mass email condemning ...