Kiro Gligorov, the first democratically elected president of FYROM passed away on Sunday at the age of 94. Gligorov became president of the country in January 1991, when it was still a Yugoslav republic. He led his countrymen through a referendum, in which they voted for independence. He was considered a moderate on the name dispute with Greece. «We are Slavs and moved […]

Map courtesy CIA World Factbook by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library) This article analyzes the intense political and cultural conflict between modern Macedonian Slavs and Greeks over the ethnic origin of the Macedonian people, especially whether or not they descend from ancient Macedon and Alexander the Great. The inter-cultural debate over their history is so intense that Macedonia was […]

Statements of the former President of FYROM, Kiro Gligorov in “Toronto Star”  (March 15, 1992) The President of FYROM Kiro Gligorov had admitted back in 1992 that his People are Slavs with NO connection to Alexander the Greek and his Macedonia. “We are Macedonians but we are Slav Macedonians. That’s who we are! We have no connection to Alexander the Greek and his […]

Georgi Stardelov, academic of the so-called MANU and Kiro Gligorov, FYROM’s first President denounce the imposition of antiqusation, the revision of identity of Slavs in FYROM presenting them as descendants of Ancient Macedonians.