14:00 AEST Tue Jan 26 2010 By ninemsn staff   8 images in this story Huge crowds have gathered across the country to celebrate Australia Day. In Melbourne, thousands of people lined the streets for the annual parade through the CBD. Multiculturalism was the theme as marchers honoured their different heritages by draping themselves in traditional dress as countless Australian ...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia A Challenge to the Macedonism of the Slavs © Marcus A. Templar, 2008.   Abstract and Acknowledgement Chapter 1. What is all about? Regional Stability and Security Chapter 2. Ancient Macedonia and its people Chapter 3. Slavs: New Invaders in Byzantium  Chapter 4. Ilinden Uprising: A "Macedonian" or a Bulgarian Act? Chapter 5. The ...

One of the most ignorant FYROMian theories floating around, and perpetuated by their self declared 'scholars' in their diaspora, is the notion that the Greek state was manufactured by foreign powers and that Greece's independence movement was not an indigenous grass roots phenomenon driven by Greeks themselves. This theory is constantly promoted by many FYROM nationalists ...

  Many people often ask me what is the difference between a Greek and a Macedonian, and if Macedonians were Greeks of a different nation. Actually this is the same question that most foreign people with little or a basic -and we all have to admit rich and many times complicated - historical knowledge have.  Basically ...