By Paul B. Adjemian, Montréal, 10 June 2010 Why has Turkey failed to convince the European Union (EU) to admit it as a full-fledged member? Simple, it's due to its typical dogmatic mentality of “I know”, “I am right”, “I want”, “I won’t” and, of course, “my way”. Turkey fails to see that membership in a family ...

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The Manipulation of Sources has Turned into an Obsession for FYROM's Propaganda Machine A Bulgarian Intellectual had once state many decades ago while referring to Slavomacedonians: “Among them, the lie is something customary, it is not considered a vice, but as a sign of wit. The one among them who is caught lying does not feel remorse ...

Tags: 1878, fyrom, Greece, macedonia, macedonians, makedonska nacija, manifesto, ottoman, propaganda machine, slavs, sources, temporary government of macedonia, turkish

Australian Macedonian Advisory Council May 06, 2010 This article is a response to two articles from Risto Stefov, the first being "Greeks and identity theft" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/151855 and the second one "How Macedonia became Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/149197 If one wonders how and why I have decided "to kill two birds with one stone" as they say, the answer ...

Tags: balkans, bulgarians, carnegie, komitadjis, Kozani, lies, macedonia, new york times, ottoman, propaganda, Serbians, stefov, truth

A view of the early Christian Basilica recently unearthed at the Sintrivani metro station construction site in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. A large early Christian Basilica (1st to early 4th century AD) and an important late Byzantine period (1204-1430) building were unearthed at a same number of Thessaloniki metro construction sites over the recent ...

Tags: Bezesteni, byzantine, Christian Basilica, hellenistic, macedonia, Macedonian Press Agency, metro, ottoman, Paleologus, roman, thessaloniki

October 26, 2009   President Michael K. Young University of Utah 201 Presidents Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84112   Dear President Young,   On behalf of our multi-thousand membership of our organization and indeed of all U.S. citizens of Hellenic descent, we want to protest in the strongest possible terms the presentation of distorted facts pertaining to the history of Greece.  Some of ...

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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 ...

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     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 ...

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Makedonskis are still absent!!! By ChicagoGeorge

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A testimony from 1829 for the use of the Greek toponyms Loudias and Axios in Macedonia. As for the non-Greek inhabitants,they were either Turks or Bulgarians. <Thessaloniki which is called vulgarly Saloniki>,not Solun of course. Thessaloniki is considered as one of the most important cities of Greece (in a time that didn't exist officially a Greek state) ...

Tags: axios, baron, bojeaur, bulgarians, Florina, greeks, loudias, macedonia, ottoman, skopje, turks

Even before Ottoman conquest, modern FYROM's territories had witnessed Uzes, Pechenegs, Koumans and other fine Turkic people. However the extensive colonization took place particularly during Ottoman occupation. Especially Skopje had faced many dominations during its lifetime. At the time of Ottomans, it was the centre of the Province of Kossovo. Skopje was conquered by Pasha Yigit ...

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