Some years ago i went to a school her, and i asked the kids where their country ends and all the kids told me names that exists in Greece. They told me their country ends in Thessaloniki, in Kavala, and in Giannena"   FROM: http://www.youtube.com/user/FlorinaGREECE

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 ...

Macedonia News - The city of Thessaloniki has emerged as the winner in the competition for European Youth Capital for the year 2014. "Thessaloniki built the strongest application, with a profound program that is packed with creative ideas," said Peter Matjašič, President of the European Youth Forum. The Thessaloniki candidacy is themed on the word ...

Edessa in Macedonia (Northern Greece) : Mini-Amsterdam, criss-crossed by canals and aqueducts, can be dubbed a ‘water city’ By Haris Argyropoulos   According to the celebrated late novelist Menelaos Lountemis, Edessa, the main town in the border region of Pella, Macedonia, was “a stepping stone for God to the heavens.” Best known for its waterfalls, including Greece’s highest at ...

Author :  Apostolos Papapostolou Macedonia -In a recent survey held in Thessaloniki – Greece’s second-largest city with its 400,000 inhabitants – seven out of 10 interviewed responded that the White Tower with its unique silhouette is ”the symbol of the city.” Nine out of ten responded mistakenly that the tower ”used to be a prison,” apparently mistaking it for ...

  Giannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki, the greatest Macedonian city and second more populous in Greece, blasts FYROM's attempt to usurp Greek history. Mr Boutaris stated during the exhibition about ancient Macedonia in Louvre: "This case is extremely laughable, that is you can't prove you're not an elephant. Skopjans, for some reason that only they know [deny their history], ...

  Marble head representing Alexander. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Archaeological Receipts Fund / Musée du Louvre) Eric Bietry-Rivierre The museum focuses the treasures of the palaces and temples of ancient Macedonia. Gold, silver, marble, mosaics: a forgotten kingdom was hiding under the caption of one man.   Prior to being great, Alexander was Macedonian. ...

Shocking News - The players from the FYROM National Basketball team are singing a Racist tune, mentioning Goce's [ Delčev ]* race (!), joined by verses calling for expansion to the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki**. * Goce Delčev was a nationalist leader of the late 19th-early 20th century whose vision was a Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia, ...

Hrair Sarkissian, Untitled (‘In Between’ Series), 2007. Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminium, 120 x 175 cm. Courtesy Kalfayan Galleries, Athens-Thessaloniki, Macedonia , Greece. THESSALONIKI, Macedonia - The 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is lead by the State Museum of Contemporary Art (SMCA) working collaboratively with the rest of the "Thessaloniki – 5 Museums Movement" ...

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 ...