In 1914 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published a report regarding the conduct of the nations that participated in the Balkan Wars. The report was written by an international commission that was dispatched to the region in order to investigate the actions of the Balkan armies as well as to investigate the causes of the various conflicts that took […]

Philip united Greece Macedon, kingdom of Northern Greece Basil Bulgarslayer defeats Bulgarian army of Samoil. Macedonia in 1380 had an ethnic mix of Greeks, Slavs and Albanians.  

The following are statements made by the infamous Henry Kissinger on 5th of April 1999 on CNBC show “Hardball”.  Read carefully what H. Kissinger says: “When the US engages itself in war, there is no substitute for victory, and we have to do what is necessary to prevail. I frequently expressed doubts before we went in there about whether the US should […]

This is the cover of the book “Sojourners and Settlers: The ‘Macedonian’ Community in Toronto to 1940” by Lillian Petroff. http://books.google.com/books?id=7BD…1TMfEw#PPP1,M1 Now whats odd with that old family photo of the cover???     Take a closer look at the picture of the background, just behind the family. Yes!! you are right!! It reminds you something. But what is it? Obviously the lithograph […]

Another contemporary source (1905) of the events in Macedonia is given by Luigi Villari, in his book ” The Balkan question; the present condition of the Balkans and of European responsibilities” We get the same facts from witness accounts. There is No “Macedonian Race” but instead the Slavic populations in Macedonia are either Serb or Bulgarian.  

Quote: The three peoples in Macedonia with the longest claim to continuity are the Greeks, the Vlachs (possibly descendants of Romanized elements of the original Thracians) and the Albanians who claim descent from the ancient Illyrians. The Slavs, an Indo-European people originating in east-central Europe, had begun to cross the Danube into the Balkans by the 6th cent AD. In […]

Some really interesting quotes on FYROM, Makedonia, Alexander…etc from Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 edition. Quote: The people Ethnicity and language Macedonia has inherited a complex ethnic structure. The largest group, calling themselves Macedonians (about two-thirds of the population), are descendants of Slavic tribes that moved into the region between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. Their language is very closely related […]

Turkey and the Eastern question ([1913]) Macdonald, John, M. A By Macedonia22

Quote: Where an overaching identity existed among Slavs in Macedonia, it was a Bulgarian one UNTIL at least the 1860s. The cultural impetus for a seperated Macedonian identity would only emerge LATER Outcast Europe BY Tom Gallagher, page 47