5.08.08 - 20:35 11 questions
A lot of statements after the letter from the primer minister od Republic of Macedonia to his greek colleague Kostas Karaamanlis , as :
“….repeats the previously known unacceptable statements regarding non-existent minorities etc...”
”…..speaks about an alleged minority, attacking Greece because it allegedly violates the rights of existent or non-existent minorities…He follows concerted destabilizing orders...”
“We are dealing with statements which are unacceptable in form and content, as well as with an unfortunate attempt of raising non-existent and unfounded issues” ……..,
came from top Greek officials and politicians in less than a week’s time, only because highly-ranked Macedonian officials “dared” to officially raise the taboo issues of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece. And, unfortunately, anyone addressing this issue, along with the repatriation of the Macedonian political refugees who were forcibly expelled from their birth places during the Greek civil war (1946-49), is “provocative”, “disgraceful”, “slanderer” or “follows orders from unknown patrons”.
Since, then, ethnic Macedonians inside and outside Greece are “non-existent”, we kindly ask all Greek politicians and mainstream media (which bristle with hatred towards Macedonians) to answer the following:
• For whom did the Greek state print in 1925 the Primer of the Macedonian Language “ABECEDAR”? Even before the printing of this book, in a official but secret census the Macedonian language was clearly mentioned. The “non-existent” Macedonian minority spoke a “non-existent” language?
• Who are these that were mentioned in all official national censuses of the Greek state up until 1951 as “macedophones”, “slavophone Macedonians”, of “Slavic”, “non-Greek” or “unstable” national consciousness, of “declared Slavic beliefs”? What happened to them, after 1951?
• Is it possible that they “no longer exist” as former Minister Pangalos stated some years ago?
• If they don’t exist, exactly how did they “disappear”?
• If they still exist, why then Greece keeps calling them “non-existent” every time someone brings up this subject?
• Why was the population of whole villages back in the 60s forced to collective oaths, in order to stop using the “cursed Slavic idiom”?
• Under what excuse did the Greek state allow in 1982 the repatriation only of the political refugees who were “Greek by genus”? This indirectly but clearly means that the thousands of political refugees who had lost their citizenship and cannot return to their birth places are defined as “non-Greek by genus”. The relatives of these people who remained within the Greek borders do not constitute an ethnic minority then?
• Why Greece, with its official and unofficial structures, has created a whole mechanism to impede even a short-term visit to Greece from these political refugees who have clearly stated a non-Greek national conscience? Because of whom was the notorious “unwanted list” in Greek border crossings created , why is it still valid and enhanced today, including not only political refugees but also financial immigrants of Macedonian origin?
• If what Greece claims to be true, that Macedonians are Greeks only, is indeed true, then why does the country prohibit for 18 years now the registration of the cultural association “Home of Macedonian Culture”, pretentiously ignoring relevant rulings in favour of the registration from the European Court for Human Rights?
• Why Greece is reluctant to conduct an official census of all ethnic and linguistic minorities, in order to have an undisputable proof of the existence or non-existence of the Macedonian minority?
• And last but not least, maybe the most important question of all. How is it possible that Greece, a country that constantly fancies itself to be the “cradle of civilization and democracy” is de facto denying at the same time elementary, fundamental human rights to its citizens, like the right to self determination and all that derives from it in educational and cultural fields? Why Greece is not ratifying any of the relevant international conventions it readily signed in the first place??
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27.07.08 - 19:40 SEEMO Protest Greece
H.E. Kostas Karamanlis
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The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the
According to information before SEEMO, on 19 July, journalists from TV A1, TV A2, Forum and Makedonsko sonce were on their way to report on a cultural event in northern
SEEMO condemns this move by the Greek authorities.
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27.07.08 - 13:00 POLITICAL TRADING
Athens urges Sofia, Belgrade to change their positions on Macedonia’s constitutional name
According to A1 TV, authorities in Athens have been urging Bulgaria and Serbia for a few weeks to change their positions on Macedonia’s constitutional name.
“Encouraged by Sofia’s most recent positions presented publicly on Macedonia’s history, which according to some politicians there has Bulgarian roots, Athens proposes unreserved support for Bulgaria in Brussels where European funds have already been suspended for Bulgaria,” comments the television.
In exchange for the change in the stance, Athens suggests to Serbia support for its Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as lobbying for Kosovo, which is one of the reasons for Greece not to recognize Kosovo’s independence up to now. For now Athens has a positive answer neither from Sofia, nor from Belgrade. Unlike Serbia, which still awaits the decision of the new government in Skopje about Kosovo recognition, the Bulgarian government has replied that it has no dilemmas as to Macedonia’s constitutional name.
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22.07.08 - 20:15 1947 UN Commision: Macedonian Minority in Greece
1947 UN Commision Established the Existence
of the Macedonian Minority in Greece
of the Macedonian Minority in Greece
The modern Greek folly has always been its persistent but reckless denial of the existence of a Macedonian nationality. The hysteric intolerance against ethnic Macedonians has distorted the Greek collective consciousness so much that Greeks are no longer capable of differentiating between their wish that Macedonians were truly nonexistent and the actual Macedonian reality, which so defiantly confronts them.
As their Macedonian phobia continues to feed their schizophrenic psyches, rather than dealing with the Macedonian reality like rational people, they instead cry out for sympathy and comfort while hoping to be freed from their Macedonian nightmare, just like a small child who has awakened from a bad dream and cries out to his parents for comfort.
Such was the case in 1947 when the Greek government protested to the United Nations' Security Council regarding border violations by its northern neighbors. Greece demanded that Yugoslavia cease and desist overt military and logistical aid to the guerrillas fighting in the Greek Civil War, many of whom were ethnic Macedonians.
On December 19 1946, a Commission of Investigating was established by the United Nations pursuant to the resolution of the Security Council to examine alleged Greek frontier incidents. To the surprise and dismay of the Greek government, the Commission of Inquiry broadened its scope of investigation to include the treatment of minorities, tendentious misstatements of facts in press and radio, activities of foreign military and police missions in the four countries concerned and arraignments of free port or free zone facilities in Salonika.
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21.07.08 - 22:45 Recognition of Macedonian Minority
University professor criticizes Athens
on Macedonian issue
This was suggested by the professor of international relations at the Panteion University in Athens, Alexis Heraclides.
According to the Greek university professor, it is a fact that the property of Macedonian population in the period 1949-1950 was confiscated, even without court orders.
Greece allowed a big mistake to be made with the seized property of "SlavoMacedonians" and if this issue is brought before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, it will have to pay damages, professor Heraclides assesses.
According to him, Greece should "stop shoving its head in sand" and claim that "SlavoMacedonians" don't exist, because their number is around 30-40 thousand.
Some of them, according to Heraclides, have Macedonian "ethnic" self-determination, while others have integrated fully into the Greek ethnos, because of which "there is no danger for the Greece's territorial integrity".
The professor suggests Greek authorities to have new, realistic position in the negotiations with Macedonia on the name differences.
According to him, the issue should be solved by Greece's acceptance of compound name (such as New Macedonia, Upper Macedonia or North Macedonia), which would be used by Skopje for bilateral communication with Athens only, but not for international use.
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20.07.08 - 23:35 Macedonian Celebration
Ovcarani, a typical Macedonian Celebration
The celebrations of the religious and national holiday St Ilija (Ilinden) is under way in Lerin, Ovcarani without incidents and in accordance to scheduled program.
Around 6,000 Macedonians are in Ovcarani, in what according to Vinozito is a 'traditional Macedonian celebration', with dancing and folk songs. There is also a scheduled appearance of Macedonian Folk/Dance group "Tanec".
The largest Greek Media outlets have thrown a black ink on the celebration saying "extremists from Skopje, purposely provoke Greece" even though the celebrations take place every year, says Vinozito.
According to the Macedonian Party in Greece, the largest and most popular Greek Daily "Ta Nea" in its reports said that Macedonian president Branko Crvenkovski will make a 'provocative speech' in Ovcarani (Meliti).
Vinozito believes the goal of the Greek Media, under direction from the Greek Government is to make everything possible in scaring off the Macedonian population as to reduce their number in the celebrations. That way the representatives of the Government could confirm their statements there were no Macedonians in Greece.
Vinozito's members are asking how can a "European" country, such as Greece, allow the parade and provocations of right wing organization like "Hrisi Avgi" who constantly moved around and intimidated Macedonians by yelling threatening vulgar statements thus trying to change people's mind not to attend the celebration.
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20.07.08 - 20:45 WHAT’S THE MATTER, DOESN’T MATTER
US State Department: It's a matter between Macedonia and Greece
U.S. State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said late Thursday the issue of the refugees and Macedonian minority in Greece is a matter between Macedonia and Greece, reports Voice of America-Program in Macedonian language. Thus, McCormack provided a response to the initiative of Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski on resolution of the requests by refugees-ethnic Macedonians from the Greek Civil War in 1940s, and recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece, contained in the letter sent to Greek counterpart Costas Karamanlis. "This is a matter between Macedonia and Greece. I understand the correspondence was between those two parties, so I'd refer you to either party for comment about it", said McCormack at the daily briefing. According to him, this is a completely different topic from the name issue. "From our point of view, we would like to see Macedonia and Greece work out the name issue, which is a completely different topic. I know a lot of people are devoting a lot of time and energy to that topic. We certainly would like to see those negotiations come to a successful completion soon", added McCormack. McCormack denied that USA would intervene regarding the issue of refugees and recognition of the Macedonian minority, reiterating this is a matter between the two countries, not involving the United States.----------------------------------------
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19.07.08 - 19:45 BLOCKADE FOR JOURNALISTS
Macedonian Journalists blocked from visiting Greece
Greek border authorities blocked the entrance of Macedonain Journalists from A1, Vreme, Forum, Makedonsko Sonce and Dnevnik.
The TV crews wished to film the gathering and the begining of the Macedonian celebrations in Lerin and Ovcarani, which are scheduled to start today, traditionally two weeks before Ilinden, with Ilinden being a day for picnic.
Greece had put more than a hundred policemen at the border, as well as near Ovcarani. Greek border authorities told the Macedonian journalists, the reason for their blocking is they didn't have a 'proper accreditation' to visit. The journalists were told they could visit Greece, i.e. their accreditation would work after the celebrations in Lerin and Ovcarani are done.
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18.07.08 - 22:05 International Monitoring of Macedonia - Greece border
MHRMI Calls for International Monitoring of Macedonia - Greece border
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the evacuation by the International Red Cross of 28,000 Macedonian children (Detsa Begaltsi), aged 2-14, during the Greek Civil War. They were subsequently stripped of their Greek citizenship and have been consistently denied entry into Greece simply because they assert their Macedonian ethnic identity. They were excluded from the 1982 law that allowed the free return of political refugees who were "Greek by genus".
"Greece's persecution of Macedonians continues to intensify, many of whom are Canadian, American and Australian citizens. The governments of these countries, among others, must protect the rights of their citizens and demand from Greece that this discrimination be ceased immediately or face repercussions," said MHRMI President Bill Nicholov.
MHRMI calls on international government officials, media, human rights organizations and other interested parties to attend the border crossing between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece at Medjitlia/Niki on July 20, 2008 to monitor Greece's compliance with its obligations under international human rights law.
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18.07.08 - 20:15 FALLACIOUS ANSWER
Greek PM Karamanlis replies to Gruevski's letter
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here is no "Macedonian minority" in Greece. There never has been. In this respect, any allegations regarding the existence of such a minority are totally unfounded, politically motivated and disrespectful of the historic realities of the region, reads the reply of Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to the letter sent by Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, in which he urges the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece, reports news agency ANA-MPA. As for the properties issue raised by Gruevski, Karamanlis claims any individual could make use of any legal recourse before the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Greek PM says that for the last fifteen years, pursuant to the relevant decisions of the UN Security Council, Greece and Macedonia have committed themselves to negotiations in the framework of the United Nations regarding the name issue, "which needs to be resolved in the interest of the maintenance of peaceful and good neighbourly relations in the region", as stipulated by the Security Council in Resolution 817. "In the past few weeks the Special Envoy of the United Nations Mr. Matthew Nimetz presented some ideas that could move the negotiations forward", says Karamanlis, expressing his regret that "it is precisely at this critical moment in the negotiating effort that you have chosen to send your letter". He states, "I take this opportunity to underline Greece's firm commitment to the promotion of friendly and good relations with all its neighbouring countries, especially with the countries of the Western Balkans, and the creation of the necessary conditions that will allow them to join, in the near future, the Euro-Atlantic and European families". According to Karamanlis, since 1993, Greece has demonstrated good will, under the auspices of the U.N., to find a mutually acceptable solution on the name issue, which would take into consideration the legitimate interests and sensitivities of both our countries. This is within the mandate of the relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions, but also the wish of all countries participating in the Euro-Atlantic and European institutions as was also unequivocally stated in the Bucharest NATO Summit and in the EU European Council in Brussels respectively. The Greek PM claims that Gruevski's letter is far from promoting the negotiations and the good neighbourly relations, since "it raises a number of non-existent and unsubstantiated issues", which go against the efforts made by Greece, and also aim at interfering in the domestic affairs of a neighbouring state. "Times have changed. I am convinced that the future of the Balkan countries lies within the European and Euro-Atlantic institutions and not in nationalist formulas of a bygone era which must be left behind once and for all. Greece remains firmly committed to working towards that goal. History judges leaders by how they rise to the challenge and assume their responsibilities. Much will depend on your positive attitude and constructive spirit", reads the reply by Karamanlis to the letter of Macedonian PM Gruevski.
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17.07.08 - 13:10 MACEDONIAN RAINBOW
Voskopoulos: Greece Must Outgrow Democratic Deficit
A reform to the so-called Greek nationalism is necessary, says Pavlos Voskopoulos, leader of the RAINBOW Party in his interview to Dimitar Culev in Florina (Greece)
Q.: How do you interpret the latest statement of Greek Foreign Ministry’s spokesman in which he called the question concerning the existence of Macedonian minority in Greece “non-existing and ungrounded”?
A.: Kumutzakos’s statement depicts the continual policy of the Greek state against the Macedonian minority since 1912 up-to-date. I would say “ungrounded” and “non-existing” is the claim that Greece is a democratic state.
Greece has a legislative, that is to say a Law from 1981 concerning the repatriation of the “political refugees” of the 1946-1948 Civil War which decisively says who belongs to the “Greeks by origin” category. Why do the state and the Ministry of the Interior mention “Greeks by origin”? Does it mean that the other citizens are not “Greeks by origin”? Does not the state indirectly recognize the existing minority from this Law by mentioning the “non-existing” minority? If Greece clearly declares the expelled Macedonians during the Civil War in Greece as “non-Greeks by origin”, does this mean that their relatives in Greece do not exist? Why does Greece take away the citizenship of members of the “non-existing” minority and forbids the economic emigrants-Macedonians living overseas to enter the villages in which they were born? Today it takes away the Greek citizenship on the base of the Law paragraph 1 g because our co-citizens declare their Macedonian identity in Australia or in Canada, for example. By mentioning the “non-existing” minority, the Greek state sends a message to the Macedonians, and even to their relatives living in northern Greece. The aim of the modern “sophisticated terrorism” is to intimidate the Macedonians from declaring their Macedonian spirit not only in Australia and Canada but also of their relatives in Greece. Why does not the “self-loving” Greek policy implement a census of the population asking about their identity and language in relation to the “non-existing” minority? Is perhaps the continual denial an expression of fear from the “existing” Macedonians?
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16.07.08 - 12:55 GREEK -MACEDONIAN JUBILEE
Florina/Lerin - July 15, 2008
July 10, 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Sidiropoulos and Others vs. Greece (ECtHR, 57/1997/841/8107) in which the court ruled that Greece’s refusal to register the Home of Macedonian Culture constituted a violation of Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The European Free Alliance – Rainbow deplores the fact that a decade after a Strasbourg judgement and almost 20 years after the original application, Greek courts continue to refuse to register this cultural association. Background informationIn 1990, a group of Greek citizens decided to form a non-profit making organisation called the “Home of Macedonian Culture” in the town of Florina/Lerin. The group proceeded to register the association with the Florina Court of First Instance. The court rejected application asserting that the objective of the association was to promote the idea that “there is a Macedonian minority in Greece, which is contrary to the national interest and subsequently contrary to the law”. A subsequent appeal to the Court of Appeal in Thessaloniki/Solun also failed. In 1994 the highest court in Greece upheld the decision of the lower court. The applicants then appealed the matter to European Court of Human Rights. In 1998, the court found that Greece violated the ECHR. Following the Strasbourg ruling the applicant tried once again to register the association but again failed. In 2003, the local court in Florina/Lerin again refused to register the association on the same grounds as previously stated i.e. that there is no Macedonian minority, etc. The matter was then appealed the regional court which upheld the decision; again ignoring the Strasbourg judgement. The matter is currently before the Supreme Court of Greece and if past decisions are any indication of what the court is likely to decide, justice will almost certainly have to be sought once again in Strasbourg. The European Free Alliance – Rainbow is appalled the Greek state continues to deny members of its ethnic Macedonians minority the right to freedom of association. We continue to urge the Council of Europe and the European Union to ensure that Greece complies with its obligations under the ECHR and fully executes all judgments from the ECHR.
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14.07.08 - 20:00 GREECE IN CORNER
PM Nikola Gruevski sent a letter to his Greek counterpart Karamanlis
In this letter he focuses on the issue involving ethnic Macedonians born in Greece.
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Dear Mr. Karamanlis,
I write to You with respect to two exceptionally important topics. If resolved, I am convinced they will amend many historical injustices; injustices that can be felt even today, and will improve the lives of many individuals. Surely, it will positively influence towards bringing the ties between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece closer.
Namely, in late 1940s, during the civil war in Greece, several hundreds of thousands of citizens and entire families in the whirlwind of war abandoned their homes, properties and the country in which they were born, as refugees.
A huge portion of these people, most of the ethnic Macedonians born in Greece, came to live in then SFRY (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), more precisely in the part of present Republic of Macedonia, and stayed here forever, probably due to the fact that they spoke the same language and felt they belonged with the Macedonian people. Some of them had displaced in other European states, and in USA, Australia and Russia, but those who had moved are also mostly ethnic Macedonians, they speak the same language as our own, they feel they belong to the same Macedonian nation, whereas most of them own double citizenship - Macedonian and from the country they reside in.
Unfortunately, many decades later, after abandoning their birthplaces and residences, even after the war was over, they were not allowed i.e. forbidden to return to their hometowns, in their own houses and properties. Neither they, nor their successors were allowed to come back. As far as I am informed, during the early 1980s, several laws were adopted in Greece, under which they were deprived of their properties. You would concur that these laws are not in accordance with the standards of EU, NATO and with international human right standards. Today these citizens, now nationals of the Republic of Macedonia, even though born in Greece, are discriminated on three accounts. Firstly, they are not able to claim back their properties; secondly, they face serious obstacles for traveling in Greece and thirdly, they cannot, as any other citizen born and raised in Greece, obtain the right of having double citizenship under Greek legislation - one Macedonian and one Greek - in times when Greece permits the right of double citizenship. Taking into consideration that in the past decades, the countries' democracy was developing, whereas your country become a member of EU and NATO - institutions where special attention is paid to human rights and standards for guaranteeing private ownership - I expect that You as Prime Minister will take measures to right these injustices caused to myriad of people whose destiny was painful.
In the Republic of Macedonia these people are organised in several civil associations. During several joint meetings, they urged me to address You as Prime Minister of the neighbouring country, they feel they are discriminated by.
The second topic for which I would like to ask You, and my belief is that You will be fully engaged in order to assist, is recognizing the Macedonian minority in the Republic of Greece and ensuring basic rights in compliance with international standards on education in the mother tongue (in Macedonian), nourishing cultural traditions and customs through various forms of organisations, regulating the use of the Macedonian language in local institutions in Greek municipalities with significant percentage of ethnic Macedonians, including other possibilities that any other democratic country ensures to their citizens, who are of ethnic origin that is different from the dominant one.
Mister Prime Minister,
My belief is that You will review theses issues with good will and I hope You will put forward a solution to these bitter issues in a sensible period of time. I, as well as the institutions in the Republic of Macedonia, are at Your disposal regarding any kind of communication on these issues, additional information, whilst a meeting of countries' expert groups may be organised, which I believe will be able to determine all the facts and details in a period of several months, thus contributing to overcoming these problems, which will surely impact the neighbourly relations.
We all know that in order to resolve these problems, first and foremost, a political will is needed which I believe you possess, since you are a member of EU and NATO. In fact, today, when human standards, guarantees for private ownership and minority rights are concerned, it is not a question of whether we are or aren't willing to solve them. Instead, we are obliged to strictly abide by international standards.
Mr. Prime Minister, both You and I are not able to change history and the past. But with good will, we can right many injustices from the past and certainly we can influence in establishing a much better future for our citizens, unless we deal the real issues unbiasedly.
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13.07.08 - 12:30 "NO PASSARAN” for truth
By SARAH LYALL c.1996 N.Y. Times News Service
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Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood, is a study of three villages in the Greek province of Macedonia that asserts, among other things, that many of the residents speak Slavic dialects and consider themselves Slavo-Macedonian, not Greek. The findings challenge the official position of the Greek government, which remains at odds with the neighboring
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12.07.08 - 13:20 MACEDONIA - GREECE
The Greek National Tourism Organization /EOT/ protested against the publication.
The Organization adopted a decision about an advertising campaign that presents Greece in the July edition of the magazine, which is dedicated to the country.
EOT chairperson has sent a letter to the magazine’s editor over the map published, demanding its immediate removal. If this does not happen, the organization says it will regard the advertisement contract as invalid.
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4.07.08 - 22:00 Greece fears from Macedonian verity and justice
According Macedonian news agency Makfax:
Greek diplomats dismissed the comments from
This is the first reaction of the official 
"An unfortunate attempt to create a non-existent and ungrounded issue," the spokesman of the Greek Foreign Ministry Yorgos Koumoutsakos said, commenting the statements of the government in
Koumoutsakos described the statements of the Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki as "ungrounded, unqualified and ungrounded attempt to make an impression" from the Macedonian side.
Koumoutsakos sees the issue of minority as part of the series of unacceptable statements coming from the Macedonian side.
For the Greeks, the only goal in the name talks is to reach "a mutually acceptable solution on the name issue."
Rights of Macedonians expelled from
After official
Macedonians expelled from Greece and their properties there are not issues of choice in talks with Athens, but their rights are guaranteed by the international standards and conventions,
Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski met today with the representatives of the Associations of the Refugees from the Civil War in Greece.
The Associations are currently preparing the annual gathering of the children-refugees from Aegean Macedonia, slated for end of July in
However, Macedonian truth will out!!
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2.07.08 - 22:45 Greek argumentation
Greek prime minister Karamanlis : Our position is rihtful and we have strong arguments
against FIROM ( read: Republic of Macedonia)
against FIROM ( read: Republic of Macedonia)
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2.07.08 - 16:35 Athens :diplomatic war against Washington
American senators, greek mercenaries
The U.S. Administration voiced discontent over Senate's hampering of the appointment of the next U.S. Ambassador to
The appointment was blocked by pro-Greek
Biggest concern for
Meanwhile,
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1.07.08 - 14:35 The justice catch up Greece
Aegean Macedonians from
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- We need our properties and land back, it is up to us if we are going to sell or keep it.
For decades, the Aegean Macedonians have pressured the Yugoslav Government about their properties and land in
The Greek Government have created some disturbingly racist and discriminating laws against Macedonians. After it became evident
Aegean Macedonians spoke of the Greek Communists who with the Macedonians were like brothers and fought shoulder to shoulder against the Greek (British) monarchy in
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30.06.08 - 13: 45 Politics and /against sport
The irrational problem which Greese made against the name od
Preventive measure were undertaken, which included empty stands and police presence in large numbers, due to clashes between fans 3 years ago.
The Macedonian Club "Preston Lions" won the match 2-1 at "Melbourne Hellas".
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