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), ...

By Akritas Immediately after the victorious battle of Giannitsa, the Hellenic Field Army made the necessary preparations to cross the river Axios and to move from there to Thessalonica. Timely orders issued specified that its units advance to the Axios, which was to be bridged as quickly as possible using makeshift materials. The bridges (one wooden road ...

Saint Demetrius and children. 7th-century mosaic from Hagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki, in Macedonia (Northern Greece) Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος της Θεσσαλονίκης) was a Christian martyr, who lived in the early 4th century. During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George. His feast day is 26 ...

Kastoria (Greek: Καστοριά Kastoriá) is a city in Macedonia (Northern Greece - periphery of West Macedonia). It is the capital of Kastoria peripheral unit. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its many Byzantine churches, Ottoman-era domestic architecture, fur ...

Grevena (Greek: Γρεβενά, Grevená) is a town and municipality in Macedonia (Northern Greece), capital of the Grevena peripheral unit. The town's current population is 10,447 citizens; it lies about 400 km from Athens and about 180 km from Thessaloniki. The municipality's population is 30,564. Grevena has had access to the Via Egnatia since the early 2000s, which now ...

A country without Pella, Vergina, Aiani, Philippi, Dion, Amphipolis, Thessaloniki, Mt. Olympus, Apostle Paul's footprints, etc can not be Macedonia. CLAIMS TO A MACEDONIA OUTSDE OF GREECE ARE MERELY FICTITIOUS AND EXTREMELY DELUSIONAL. Over 370 Well-Known Scholars of Graeco-Roman Antiquity from around the world attest that the true Macedonia is in today's Greece where it has always ...

“Greece, in regards to the Skopje issue, must insist on the decisions of the Bucharest summit. Our country has done its part and traveled the path to resolving this matter. From now on it must be the Skopjian Prime Minister Mr Gruevski who must abandon the absurdities and extremities so that we can move forward ...

Macedonia was considered by Greeks and others as a Part of Greece back in 1828. Another Account which verifies this fact comes from the book "Greek Revolution" by John Comstock. The book was published in 1828.  

FYROM government challenged public opinion again as the Finance Minister of the country, Zoran Stavrefski, formally requested that the EU announce Greece’s bankruptcy status “as soon as possible”! According to a Dow Jones Newswires telegram, Mr. Stavrefski supports that due to the shutting down of customs in Greece since this year, his country has lost 15 million euros ...

The Greek Press reported more details regarding the recent story of the Antiquities seized by the Greek police in Macedonia (Northern Greece) The antiquities included "four helmets, golden masks, golden rings, sword fragments and other objects". The finds are reported as being similar to those found in the sixth century BCE cemetery at Sindos. In the ...