Thessaloniki, Macedonia 1916 - A call for the Greek government from to take action against Bulgarians by a massive crowd of 30,000 Macedonians who gathered in Thessaloniki. The Macedonians, Proud of being Greeks had erected a big Greek flag. Similar public meetings against Bulgarians took place in other cities of Macedonia in Greece. The public meeting of the thousand Macedonians was ...

The Bulgarian VMRO's leader, Krasimir  Karakachanov sent a letter to the editorial board of FYROM's Kanal 5 as a reply to their recent allegations that he was a member of Bulgarian Intelligence Services.  The most important parts of his letter were: "I keep saying that to my "colleagues" in Skopje, and i have written it in at least 1,000 articles in ...

A film from FYROM that depicts wartime Bulgarians as fascists has outraged Bulgarian MEPs who are calling on Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle to confront FYROM over the issue, according to EurActiv. A couple of weeks ago, we witnessed the cynical confession of the leader from a Slavic Ultra-Nationalistic Diaspora Organization of FYROM, that he was promoting their pitiful propaganda against Greece through cinema. Now,  MEPs Andrey Kovachev (EPP), ...

Typical residents of modern Skopje (FYROM) : two Albanians and a cop. - Ancient Scupi (modern Skopje), initially a Paeonian settlement, was founded in early antiquity near Axios (Vardar). It became the Capital of ancient Dardania, hence it was not part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. - Dardanians were racially, a totally unrelated people to ...

Macedonian History : Indisputable evidence on the Bulgarian Origins of FYROM's Slavs based on contemporary Bibliography. Quote: The town of Monastir, capital of the vilayet of Monsastir, lies just about half way between Bulgarian and Greek territory. North, the majority of Macedonians are Bulgar, south the majority are Hellenes. The villages meet, cross, and mix in the ...

How contemporary Australian and other foreign newspapers saw the Bulgarian uprising of llinden in 1903… Accounts of the llinden Uprising in Australian newspapers of the time, invariably echo the way ihe event was perceived by the general world media. The reader will discover thai according to the reports in the newspapers, (as indeed in those of any ...

According to Article 2 of UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, “it is essential to ensure harmonious interaction among people and groups with plural, varied and dynamic cultural identities”. 5 million people live in the modern region of Macedonia, and more than half of them have a Greek national identity, along with their Macedonian cultural identity, ...

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 ...

By ChicagoGeorge Punch 1. Bulgarians, Serbo-Croatians, Greeks and Albanians dominate the Balkan Peninsula. Punch 2. On the BULGARIAN DIALECTS, the so-called "Macedonian" is mentioned Punch 3. Again "Macedonian" is recognized as a Bulgarian dialect. Punch 4. Occasionally in 1907 an immigrant from Turkey called himself a "Macedonian" rather than Turk, Bulgarian, Greek, or Albanian Punch 5. Bosnian, Dalmation, Herzegovinian, ...

Translation in English By Marcus Templar “The indignation of the Macedonists for democracy is the same which they had for [any] opposing views.  The creation of the "Macedonian" nation, almost half century ago, was  materialized  under  the condition of one-party dictatorship. In those days, there was no difference between science and ideology, so the ...