_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
30.09.08 - 19:30 CALIMERO - INTERNATIONAL LAW
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
30.09.08 - The Konikovo Gospel
The Konikovo Gospel (Bibl.Patr.Alex. 268)
A bilingual vernacular Gospel manuscript from Macedonia
(late 18th – early 19th century)
In the winter of 2003/04, researchers from the University of Helsinki found an interesting bilingual manuscript, written in what is now Greek Macedonia in the late 18th or early 19th century. It contains a Greek evangeliarium (Gospel lectionary for Sunday services) and its Slavic translation, both written in Greek letters. What makes the manuscript unique is its bilinguality, and the fact that both the Greek and the Slavic texts represent the vernacular, not the church language. The Slavic part is the oldest known text of greater scope that directly reflects the living dialects of Southern Macedonia. It is also the oldest known Gospel translation in Modern Macedonian.
The beginning of the Slavic text, with corrections by Pavel Božigropski, was printed in Thessaloniki in 1852–1853, and these four pages have been known in Slavic studies as the “Konikovo Gospel” after Pavel’s home village (nowadays known as Dytikó). The newly found manuscript shows, however, that the translation came into being earlier and in a fashion other than has been assumed. The manuscript also reflects the sound structure of the local dialect better than the short printed text did.
The manuscript must originally have contained about 124 pages, 74 of which have been preserved. The Slavic part is a valuable source for research into the dialects and more recent history of Macedonian. The Macedonian language is the closest relative of Bulgarian. It did not acquire a definitive standard language until after World War II.
------------------------------------------- read more
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
27.09.08 - 16:30 Macedonians tied to Antic Macedonians
Macedonians tied to Antic Macedonians, Greeks to Celtic, Germanic, Slavic...
Today’s Macedonians are descendants of the Antic Macedonians, says research results from the Swiss Genealogy Institute iGENEA. For a second time an independent research institution confirms what Oxford and Madrid University confirmed a decade ago. iGENEA is the most famous global Genealogy institute who once again frustrated the Greek government by confirming the direct connection between the Macedonians today and in Antic times.
The question came from a Greek citizen who asked iGENEA the following question: "What are the roots of today SlavMacedonians".
The Institute responded: "Before all, they are Macedonians, not slavMacedonias as you referred to them for political reasons. The largest part of the Macedonians are direct descendants of the Antic Macedonians. Only a minor portion have a Slavic connection".
iGENEA backed up their findings with hard numbers. However, tying the today's Macedonians with Antic Macedonians is not the only disappointing information for Greece. According to iGENEA, only 32 percent of Greek citizens have Macedonian, Hellenic and even Arab origin. iGENEA further explains that 31 percent of Greek citizens have Celtic roots, 12 percent Germanic and Slavic origin, while 11% have Illyrian roots.
iGENEA also negated the Illyrians roots of the Albanians. In stark contrast to Albanian beliefs, IGENEA says the Albanians have the least Illyrian roots. Only 20 percent of the Albanians have Illyrian roots, while 40 percent of today’s Bosnians have Illyrian roots.
In the past several months, the iGENEA Genealogy Institute had been flooded with requests by Greek Citizens who, ironically, did not care for their own origin, but all questions were aimed at the Macedonians' origin. iGENEA in its research uses DNK analysis, historical, archeological, and anthropological sources.------------------------------------------------------------------------
video(kviz)
-----------------------------------------
read also: Corfu wishes to split from Greece
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
26.0o9.08 - 00:45 Let´s Not Forget the Exiled Macedonians from Greece
After reading the MINA article http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/3525/46/ about Panayotis Dimitras, member of the Greek Helsinki Monitor, I couldn´t help but remember what my father had told me about other United Nations visits to the Greek concentration camps in the Greek islands in the past where Macedonians and others were tortured daily.It was naïve of me to ask, "Why didn´t anyone report the abuses while the people from the UN visited you?" "Because no one wanted to die a horrible death," was the answer. The UN and other investigative bodies came and went but the prisoners remained and were constantly reminded of what would happen not only to them personally but to their families and friends if they spoke up. They were also reminded that "the strangers will come and go but you will definitely stay". "How were we to know that these people were truly from the UN and not another ´Greek show´, a ploy to pull us into getting into trouble and giving the Greeks another excuse to torture and murder us?" was another answer I received.
If I were a Macedonian living in Greece today what would I think if a high profiled Greek such as Panayotis Dimitras is openly threatened in the face of the entire world with "high treason" and life imprisonment just for saying Macedonians exist in Greece? I would have to ask myself "if they can do that to Panayotis a member of the Greek Helsinki Monitor who is well known worldwide, imagine what they can do to me, an unknown person, if I speak up?" "Would I dare say I am Macedonian and risk my life and the lives of my family?" The answer would most likely be NO!
Macedonians have many examples to refer to where they were put in similar circumstances and many times were let down. The Greeks are back to their old tricks because these tricks are tried and proven tactics that have worked well for them in the past! They know this will bring them the desired results without any consequences.
But let me tell you something, not all Macedonians from Greece live inside Greece where the Greek government has them under its thumb. There are millions of Macedonians, yes millions of exiled Macedonians whose citizenship and properties were expropriated by the Greek government and who were driven out of Greece. To this day I have yet to find a single Macedonian who has left Greece willingly and hasn´t been driven out as a war refugee or as an economic refugee.
The Macedonians still living in Greece have no rights but they at least still have their lands, homes, citizenship and live where they were born. Unfortunately that is not the case with the Macedonians and other minorities which Greece has exiled over the years.
From what happened to Mr. Dimitras it should be obvious to everyone that the Macedonians living inside Greece are in peril from the Greek government and from the racist and fascist organizations the Greek state supports. Those Macedonians who volunteered information to the UN have put themselves and their families at great risk.
Greece has used similar threats before and knows its methods are tried and proven. It knows terror tactics will work because its minorities live and have always lived in fear and will not dare reveal themselves or freely speak to strangers. Greece will exercise its threats and send people to jail; it has done this before and has suffered no consequences so it will do it again. Macedonians living inside Greece unfortunately have suffered many consequences in the past and would be less willing to come forth with information.
Another place to obtain reliable information about the Macedonians in Greece is to interview Macedonians from Greece who live outside of Greece where they can´t be threatened with violence and long jail sentences.
To exile people from their homes and to have their homes, properties and citizenship confiscated is not only immoral but also illegal and today the law is on the Macedonian side.
Seource: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/74968
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24.09.08 - 22:45 Senator’s price
____________________________read ALL____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
23.09.08 - 23:30 Alexander the Great was Macedonian
Strong reaction between Greek and Macedonian internet users caused by the British TV Channel "Challenge TV". On a very popular quiz show there was a question "What nationality was Alexander the Great? The response "Greek" was Incorrect.
"The correct answer according to the TV producers was that Alexander is "Macedonian" and the flag of the former yugoslav republic of Macedonia was shown. Hundreds of Greek internet users voiced their disagreement at the Quiz internet site as well as on YouTube where the Macedonians posted the video."
---------------------------------------------------------------
CHALLENGE TV: What nationality was Alexander the Great???
23.09.08 - 12:10 Greek opposition against all "MACEDONIANS"
Greek Delegation quits UNESCO Conference in Bucharest
Greek Delegation left a UNESCO Conference for South Eastern European Cultural Heritage held in Bucharest.According to the report, there are two reasons for this. "First reason is because Macedonia was listed under the constitutional name. Second reason is, at the conference Skopje offered a book that speaks of a "Macedonian language". Steps are undertaken from the Greek Embassy in Bucharest".
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20.09.08 = 00:00 STRIP(irana) MAKEDONIJA
МАКЕДОНСКА ПОЛИТИЧКА СЦЕНА
(надреалистички стрип)
Како по правило,секоја власт ,по устоличувањето,се спознава себе како( доволна сама пo себе) од бога дадена,па и однесувањето им е во тој стил:
Ние сме ВЛАСТ - ние знаеме најдобро што е потребно ....
>>>>Арогантноста е стил на владеење и однесување спрема политичките опоненти - опозицијата, а богами и спрема помалите партии од владеачката коалиција.
>>>>Зависно од ситуацијата,се разбира од интерес на владеачката гарнитура,се демонстрира спремност за соработка повикувајќи ги другите субјекти.
>>>> Се оди дотаму да се прикажува и “идиличност“ во можностите во односите со другите субјекти
>>>>Секако ,не пропуштајќи прилика да се
покаже кој е кој во таквата ситуација со што се покажуваат и вистинските намери.
>>>Но , и другите субјекти искористуваат некоја можност да покажат иницијатива за презентација на своите замисли и интереси
>>>> И неизбежно веднаш одат да се пожалат до претставниците на т.н. меѓународна заедница во земјава.
>>>> Овие ,не чекајќи повторно да им се каже , ја користат приликата веднаш да интервенираат, потенцирајќи ја својата улога во развојот на земјава. 
>>>> Стриктно професионално им ја демонстрираат на домашните авторитети реалната состојба и позиција во однос на распоредот на силите демонстрирајќи одлучна иницијатива за средување на работите како (им) одговара најдобро.
>>>>Претставниците на нашата власт ја признаваат улогата на меѓународната заедница и (понизно) покажуваат спремност за натамошна соработка
Па,соочувајќи се повторно со сопствената претстава за својата позиција на ВЛАСТ , си продолжува да работи на својата замислена и зацртана програма за делување.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Напомена: за илустрација е користена видео играта “ Адам и Ева“ - преземeна од Motika.com.mk
____репринт___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
19.09.08 - 00:25 Punishment for speaking the truth
Greece has an investigation against me, the charges are “high treason”, because I had spoken about the Macedonians in Greece, says Panayote Dimitras in an interview for BBC Macedonian. Mr. Dimitras is a member of the Greek Helsinki Monitor.
“I already met the prosecutor and gave my statement. If I end up in Court, the only possible sentence is jail for life.” says Dimitras, a long time campaigner for minority rights in Greece.
This interview was done shortly after the visit of UN Independent minority expert Gay McDougall in Northern Greece. Mr. Dimitras accompanied McDougall on her visit.
Himself and other members of the Greek Helsinki Monitor informed McDougall on all questions regarding her mandate; on the Macedonian, Turkish, religious minorities, including the Roma population, problems with racism and anti-Semitism.
- The message to the UN expert was this: the conditions in Greece are dire, none of the minority groups are represented at any level. In fact, if and when any of these minorities have a complaint, they are frequently attacked by the Media and Government. It’s not just the minorities. Organizations, such as ours that fights for equal rights and promotes rights are being attacked.
If I can use one sentence - Democracy in Greece, came in 1974, it is yet to come for the minorities, says Mr. Dimitras.
Can you describe McDougall’s reaction after she heard the responses from Greek Helsinki Monitor?
- We are not allowed to speak of her reactions. The only thing I can say is, something that she said at a Press Conference in Athens, is that the recommendations and suggestions of the UN Committee, and the Greek Helsinki Monitor would be part of her report. And in those reports is easy to see that Greece negates the existence of Macedonian and Turkish people, as well as the catastrophic situation of our Roma population. I do not doubt for a second that McDougall’s report would be much different than our official position i.e. there are people in Greece who identify themselves differently from the Greeks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17.09.08 - 23:25 MACEDONIA,MACEDONIA
Chile recognizes Macedonia under constitutional name
- Several days before the UN meeting in New York, Chile recognized Skopje under the name Macedonia, which prompted strong reaction from Athens.
explaining to Chilean Authorities the very constructive role Greece plays in the negotiations. *******************************************************
NEW NAME FOR GREESE :
Greek republic Lie & Deny
------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW NAME FOR GREESE :
GREEK REPUBLIC LIE & DENY
Greek republic Lie & Deny
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17.09.08 - 00:05 "Bokser"-ot
СПРАВЕНО ПРАВО
V V V V V V V V V V V V V
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
16.09.08 - 13: 20 Politicki dijalog
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15.09.08 - 20:00 Why does EU tolerate Greece?
PM Gruevski: For how long will the EU tolerate Greece?
PM Nikola Gruevski said in an interview with Italian national TV station RAI that Macedonia has met all standards for the country's NATO accession, and about 75 percent of the eight European Union benchmarks, whereas their completion is expected by the beginning of October.
Pertaining to the name row, Gruevski stated that Greece makes an unprincipled blockage by asking that Macedonia changes its name, but also to determine its new name.
"Greece had already imposed such blockage in June, during the EU Presidency of Slovenia's, which assured the support of all Union member-states on the start of accession talks by the year-end, while Greece asked that the content of the report is not submitted to the European Council.
This means that Greece already blocked Macedonia once, so it will probably do this again, abusing its position in the European Union, devaluing the possibility and necessity for consensus among member-states when passing decisions", underlined PM Gruevski in the interview with RAI, adding it is a matter of time when would the EU stop tolerating this behavior by Greece.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greek argumentation against "Skopje"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece shaken up over UN and newly announced ECHR Visit
The UN Minorities Expert Gay McDougall is in Greece. According to the Macedonians in Greece, the Government in Athens will try in every way to show the visit as non important, although, they say, Greek Media has been following the story with great interest. Namely, for the past two days, the UN representative is in Thrace speaking to the Turkish minority which is been referred by Athens as the “Muslim speaking" population - According to the Greek Government, “Muslim” is a language.
The Turks are a majority in Thrace and have decades old complaints of not being allowed to identify themselves as ethnic Turks.
The Greek Government does accept a ’muslim’ minority, without specifying their ethnicity.
The Turks and Pomaks are seeking autonomy for their region. McDougall also visited the Roma population.
Today, McDougall is meeting with Macedonians in Voden. She is also scheduled to meet Macedonians in Solun, Kostur, Lerin, Kukus and the villages gravitating around those cities.
The UN representative visiting the area insisting to be accompanied by representatives of the Macedonians in Greece even though this request drew a strong response from the Greek Government.
Instead, Mina finds, the Greek Government had planned for McDougall to avoid the regions where Macedonians lived, and instead take her to the municipality of Kutlesh, to show the Vlach minority.
According to Greek daily Eleftheros Typos, in its article “Minority Games”, Greece is one of the three countries that McDougall will visit this year. The other two where minority abuse is recorded are Ethiopia and Hungary.
Typos says official Athens is not commenting much on the visit, though Diplomats have confirmed this visit is a problem for Greece. The Daily further explains there's been great interest by the Americans to show the “Turkish Identity” of the Muslims in Thrace. Parallel to this, the axis Ankara - Skopje which developed after the Bucharest Summit grows stronger with the aim to create minority problems for Greece, concludes the Greek daily. Yesterday afternoon, the Greek Government received a note from the European Commission of Human Rights which announced their visit at the beginning of next month._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14.09.08 - 20:00 The truth come out:: Macedonians in Greece
"In Macedonia (Aegean Macedonia) there is a small group of people who speak an idiom which is different than the Greek language, however, they feel like Greeks and have all rights as the rest of the Greek citizens". This is the answer Greek negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis gave the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Mun, explaining Athens position on the Macedonian minority in Greece.
Ki-Mun, who four years ago at a Simon Trpcevski concert at the UN, called Macedonia under the acronym, explained to Mr. Vassilakis that according to his mandate and obligations, when it comes to basic human rights, the UN will analyze this particular case in detail.
Greek Diplomats are not revealing details of the conversation, though they confirm there were talks on the name dispute, as well as the procedures that would take place if both sides were to agree on an eventual solution.
UN’s Head interest for the Aegean Macedonians after PM Gruevski’s letter, is seen as a defeat for Greece, who up to now always managed to remove this theme from the UN Agenda, defending its positions with resolutions of the Security Council dating back to 1945.
In regards to this, and Greece’s failure to convince members of the UN SE European Group to use the acronym, Athens is considering making immediate changes at the “East River” Plaza.
The current Greek Diplomat at the UN is viewed as not aggressive enough, and is likely to be replaced with a member of Nea Demokratia.
---------------------------------------------------------------------added: 15.09.08
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press ReleaseToronto, Canada - United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Ms. Gay McDougall, was in Florina (Lerin), northern Greece today to investigate minority issues and meet with members of Rainbow (Vinozhito), representing the Macedonian minority in Greece.
The UN investigation is in response to a letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Nikola Gruevski, who requested that international organizations investigate the situation of ethnic Macedonian and other minorities in Greece.
“MHRMI, once again, expresses its gratitude to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for continuing to raise the issue of Greece’s mistreatment of its large Macedonian minority,” said MHRMI President Bill Nicholov.
Greece reacted by closing the Macedonia-Greece border earlier today. Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakojannis announced she will personally meet with the UN Expert where she is expected to express the official Greek position that it is the only country in Europe with no minorities.
MHRMI calls on all international human rights organizations to investigate, report, and monitor the treatment of Macedonian and other minorities in Greece according to international human rights law.
###
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has been active on human and national rights issues for Macedonians and other oppressed peoples since 1986. For more information, please visit www.mhrmi.org, or contact MHRMI at 416-850-7125, or info@mhrmi.org.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13.09.08 - 14:15 Greek reaction
Greece shocked by UN Visit, closes Macedonia Border
The Greek Government showed their displeasure at the UN announced visit to Greece by closing the Macedonian - Greek border earlier today.
During the past two months, several Macedonian and Foreign Officials had sent letters to the UN as well as EU Organization regarding the plight of Macedonian and other minorities in Greece.
The European Commission responded that it is not competent to review the situation of minorities.
The United Nations on the other hand, decided to dispatch an expert to verify Athens claim of 99.9% Greeks with zero minorities.
Greece showed their dismay by the UN Visit when Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis announced she will personally meet with the UN expert Gay McDougall where it is expected for Athens to exert pressure on the UN representative.
Athens blames the UN visit squarely on Macedonian Officials for their letters, even though previously had mocked them.
As a ‘punishment’ Athens shut down the border, at all three border crossings (Evzoni, Medzitlija, Dojran) since early morning today, blocking Macedonian Vacationers from going to Greece. Foreign visitors going to Greece through Macedonia were allowed to cross the border.
The official story out of Athens for the blockade is “The Greek Customs are on Strike at the Macedonia Greece Border”. People most likely to be hurt here are Greek Hoteliers who have had by all accounts a dismal Tourism Season, as for the Macedonians, they can spend their vacation and shopping money in Macedonia, as they should have done in the first place.
Why is Athens so upset at the UN visit looking into the minorities?
According to Jane’s Defense Magazine and the Human Rights Watch, Greece has 500,000 Macedonians in Aegean Macedonia, with further 250,000 to 400,000 Macedonians (economic migrants) to the south, mainly in Athens.
HRW also adds the presence of 500,000 Roma population, 1.7 million Albanians of which 1 million are not citizens. The ethnic Turks and Pomaks in Trace number 400,000, and the Vlachs add additional 300,000. Greece also has registered 1 million legal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, with further 500,000 illegal immigrants, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan.
Why does every name in Greece sound “Greek” hence stoking up Athens claims of “purity”?
Very simply, it is illegal in Greece to name your children with names other than “Greek”.
Athens, via the Greek Orthodox Church which acts as a de facto second Government forces citizens to adopt only a “Greek” name for their children.
A foreign or ethnic sounding name isn’t allowed by the Greek Church, and any new born will not be registered by the State, this way the myth of 'Greek purity' goes on.
As an example, the grandfather of Macedonian PM who was born in Aegean Macedonia (presently Greece), had his first and last name changed by the Greek Government from Nikola Gruevski to “Nikos Grujos”.
This is done to all ethnicities, not just the Macedonian one.
The results of UN Expert Gay McDougall to her "Greece's Minorities" mission will be made available to the world in March of 2009. She will investigate Aegean Macedonia, Thrace and other regions.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12.09.08 - 23:30 Greek discrimination against Macedonians
“He was born in Kelli/Gornitsevo in 1951, he lived there for 18 whole years, then he immigrated to Canada. Last August he was informed that his Greek citizenship was revoked”.One more case regarding removal of Greek citizenship from ethnic Macedonians became known this summer. Mr. Konstandinos Ilias from the village Kelli/Gornitsevo, Florina/Lerinsko, economic emigrant in Toronto /Canada learnt was informed some days ago that he had lost his Greek citizenship.
It all started when Mr Ilias went (in the beginning of August) in the municipality of Amindeo/Surovichevo in order to apply for a birth certificate. Full of irony and sarcasm an employee of the Municipality told him: “I cannot give you the certificate sir … your Greek citizenship is taken away’.
After such a statement, Mr. Ilias started questioning the town clerk about what happened and why he was not informed about it.
According to Mr. Ilia, the town clerk, wishing to get rid of him, literally threw an application form in his face, telling him that no matter how many requests he would do to regain his Greek citizenhip, they would all be in vain.
In addition, Mr Ilias was informed that both of his brothers, also economic immigrants to Canada, had lost their Greek citizenships.
Three adults, ethnic Macedonians, Greek citizens left Kelli/Gornitsevo – Florina/Lerinsko seeking a better life in Canada.
The only thing they did there was to continue living according to the customs of their birth place.
They were married in Greek Orthodox churches in Toronto, they baptized their children in the same churches, but they speak Macedonian, a huge “crime” they’re continuously committing.
Therefore, Greece decided to exemplarily punish them, by removing them their citizenship.
In theory, Greece is a very democratic country, a county, which in every occasion claims it fully respects human rights, including those of self determination or one’s right to use his/her mother language.
This is one more case proving that Greece doesn’t really respect these rights. This method (removing citizenship) is implemented by the “deep state” and its secret service to the Greek citizens who are “found” abroad to have expressed a different identity. Apparently, then, the secret services inform the Ministry of Interior and the final outcome is the removal of citizenship.
We expect an answer from the Greek authorities on how many ethnic Macedonians from Greece are black-listed and how many of them have lost their Greek citizenship.
EFA-Rainbow is fully aware that for many years (see Misalis, Markou and many other cases), Law 3370/95 (article 20, par. 1G) is implemented against members of the Macedonian minority in Greece.
Ultimate goal of the Greek authorities, except of course removing Greek citizenships from ethnic Macedonians, is to intimidate all Macedonians from Greece who live inside and outside the country, their families and close relatives. In other words, to and to keep them off from expressing their different, Macedonian, ethnic identity...
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11.09.08 - 22:00 UN’ control for Greece: unrecognized minorities
UN Expert to probe Greece on Minorities
UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues Gay McDougall will study the state of Roma and Muslims in Greece, and her program envisages visits to the Greek regions of Thrace and Macedonia, reports electronic edition of Greek newspaper "Ethnos".
The newspaper says that McDougall's unannounced visit to Thrace and Macedonia, especially in the area of city Florina, is probably stimulated by the recent requirements by Skopje authorities for recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece and return of properties of refugees from Aegean Macedonia.
Before departing for the tour, McDougall met in Athens with the chief secretaries in the ministries of foreign affairs, education, labor and justice, and is to be received Thursday by FM Dora Bakoyiannis.
"It is not excluded that the U.S. expert reveals Macedonian and other minorities in Greece, which can be seen from her readiness", reads "Ethnos".
The Turkish Consulate to Greece also offered its cooperation in the tour.
According to the newspaper, McDougall plans to publish a report on the state of Roma in Greece, whose number is assessed at about 300,000, due to be presented in the UN next March.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9.09.08 - 22:50 Greek plan ’82: to destroy Macedonians
A document from the Greek Secret Service, dating back to 1982, exemplifies the methodical steps Athens took to destroy Macedonian ethnic conscious as well as the “idiom” within its territory.
The plan had been drafted on February 16, 1982, by the Chief of the Greek Secret Service, Dimitris Kapelaris.
According to the plan, Athens had created a Secret Team nicknamed “Plot Against Macedonia” that was dispatched to Aegean Macedonia and infiltrated into all aspects of public life: (Tax office, Schools, Army, Church, etc). This is the period when a lot of Macedonians were followed, jailed, fired, beaten, for publicly stating they were Macedonians, not realizing they were being spied on at every level.
The Greek Secret Service also had plans for Florina (Lerin) residents who failed to “feel Greek”, and feared may succumb under local Macedonian influence. As a solution, the Secret Service proposed to give these people money, brainwashing literature, and creating a cultural organization named “ARISTOTELIS”. A brilliant plan, that ought to make them “Greek”! The magnitude, the sheer stupidity and lunacy of these people is remarkable.
Dimitris Kapelaris took a moment to congratulate the Secret Service for managing to ‘almost’ wipe out the Macedonian conscious and the ‘idiom’ in Kastoria (Kostur).
The Greek Secret Service despised the fact that Macedonians marry only Macedonians in Greece, and made plans how to mix marriages, so the Macedonians would loose their ethnicity.
Were they trying to create more of the Karamanlis type? Their plan backfired, to this day Macedonians in Greece marry Macedonians.
1982, the year of this letter, is also the year Athens implemented laws banning Macedonian refugees from returning to their properties - Not a coincidence.
Without further a due, below is the complete document drafted by the Geek Secret Service.
------------------------------------- read ALL
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8.09.08 - 12:50 Never yield to Greece
German Ambassador: Never yield to Greece
Former German Ambassador to Macedonia, Hans Lottar Stepan in an interview with Mia, Mina, A1, says Macedonia should not under any circumstances yield to Greece.
He also calls Macedonia a “victim of Europe’s 20th century conspiracies”.
I became a spiritual warrior for Macedonia. I have received awards from the County of Kisela Voda, from MANU, and the latest from the Ramkovski Foundation. It’s an honor for me to receive any, and all of them, I am very happy.
- Arguments you have put forward in your book, “The Macedonian knot” have helped many people here and abroad to learn about Macedonia, its history.
I am convinced that if any politician wishes to understand today’s political conflict between Macedonia and Greece, must look deep into the history. This history proved what I believed, for example, Greece prior to 1913 had never had Aegean Macedonia in its possession. Not in Antic, not in Roman, not during Ottoman, not at any point of time did Greece had anything to do with Macedonia.
Only after an outrageous breach of international law in 1912-1913 during the Balkan Wars, together with Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro. They all occupied and took Macedonia, Thrace, and Epir.
The main basis here is, Greece has illegally stolen Macedonian territory, which is against international law.
This historical connection is independent from the right of Macedonia to self determination. Everyone on earth has the right to self determination, so does Macedonia, and no one can change this.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------All
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
