Dr. George Voskopoulos July 22, 2008 The name dispute between Greece and FYROM has been seen primarily as a conflict between Greece and FYROM. Yet historically the third factor of the dispute was Bulgarian policy and its aim to annex Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia. This very aim gave Belgrade a powerful motive in creating and cementing a distinct, artificial “Macedonian” […]

Τον τελευταίο καιρό μας ενημέρωσαν αναγνώστες, οι καλοί μας γείτονες δημιούργησαν νέο group sto Facebook με τίτλο “EFA-Rainbow :: Macedonian Political Party in Greece” και 621 members. (Μέχρι σήμερα!) Κάναμε μια βόλτα στο group, διαβάσαμε στο description “RAINBOW is the political organization of the Macedonian ethnic minority living within the boundaries of the Greek state“, ;έπειτα μας άφησε με ανοιχτό το στόμα ο συγκλονιστικός μονόλογος […]

It appears that expressions of Irredentist claims in FYROM has became an almost daily phenomenon to the point it doesnt surprise anyone anymore. This irredentist mentality of FYROM Slavs against neighboring states appears sadly to become stronger and stronger every day, while it constitutes a main problem both for FYROM’s relations with neighbouring States like Greece and certainly the main reason why the doors of EU and NATO will close […]

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 in the reign of […]

Denko Malevski, First FYROM Foreign Minister after FYROM’s independence from the former Yugoslavia, in an interview to Greek TV: “As far as Alexander and his place in the history of the country (FYROM) is concerned, that is probably the result of POLITICAL PLANNING rather than historical truth.” “The idea that Alexander the Great belongs to us was in the minds […]

All those from you who attend occasionally in internet forums, i am certain while “discussing” Greece-FYROM relations you will have been bored to death witnessing FYROMians to provide ad naseum the same pics from a Greek Geography school book of 1977. The FYROMian usual silly argument is something like “Look what Greeks were learning in their schools prior to 1988”. Lets check out now […]

Dr. George Voskopoulos July 01, 2008 World politics have been characterised by contending trends. Change and continuity have been the two poles of analysing the world state-centric system. In regional terms we also witness similar trends, yet in the Balkan aspects of continuity and the peoples´ inability to adapt to a new era this is more than an inherent systemic […]

American minister in Greece, and his report of the events in 1913. The underlined parts clearly indicate that he believes The Monastir region of Macedonia is a mixture of mainly Bulgarians and Greeks. By ChicagoGeorge

Dr. George Voskopoulos June 25, 2008 For almost half a century of Cold War antagonism US foreign policy played a catalytic role in keeping allies together and providing sound and much required leadership. Joseph Nye rightly suggested that for “almost five decades, the containment of Soviet power provided a North Star to guide American foreign policy”. Washington was the provider […]

The Yugoslav Communists implemented many measures to foster a “Macedonian” consciousness amongst the local populace in a historical context and in a region where such an ethno/national identity hardly existed. The Communists manufactured a version of history that lent a historical legitimacy to the new “Macedonian” nation. One measure that they implemented in order to sanitize and reconstruct history for […]