Source: Antiwar
AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY
…After all, the classification of “Macedonian” as a separate language, unique to itself, like English French, and German, is quite a stretch: it is more like a regional dialect, one with Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian influences (both of which, like Macedonian, are written in the Cyrillic alphabet). Indeed, as far as the Bulgarians [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Articles’
May 6, 2008
Macedonia - An Imaginary Country - The Soros Connection
May 4, 2008
American faulty policy in the Greek-FYROM name dispute
Source: American Chronicle
Dr. George Voskopoulos
May 02, 2008
Alexis de Toqueville wrote one of the most comprehensive works on American Democracy titled Democracy in America. His critique was based among other things on the American political establishment and its operating mode. I do not mean to endorse his critique as a whole but I will agree that [...]
April 29, 2008
In the name of a common future
Source: The Washington Times
By Dora Bakoyannis
April 29, 2008
In the aftermath of the NATO Bucharest Summit, a meeting of highest importance for regional and international security, as well as unprecedented in terms of attendance, a significant issue remains unresolved: that is, the invitation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join the trans-Atlantic family.
All [...]
April 22, 2008
Yes, there is a name issue with ‘Macedonia’ - Turkish Daily News
Source: Turkish Daily News
Yes, there is a name issue with ‘Macedonia’
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Fotios Jean XYDAS With reference to the letter from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) Embassy, published in the Turkish Daily News on April 7, 2008, I would like to stress from the outset that Greece, as the region’s oldest NATO [...]
April 22, 2008
A Reaction to NY Times Editorial
Source: Greek - American Weekly Newspaper
14/04/08
SHAME on YOU, New York Times!!!! Since you condemn Greece and praise “Macedonia” in this dispute, I assume that based on the same principal and the same way of thinking, you would totally accept and praise the following ad showing Mexico reclaiming some of our southwestern states. At least this [...]
April 21, 2008
What’s in a name? - The Japan Times
The Japan Times
By DANIEL OLSEN
Oakdale, N.Y.
The April 9 article “NATO meeting sends dangerous signals” portrays Greece as the aggressor and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as the victim. The provisional name of FYROM was not selected by Greece, as the author states, but was part of an interim agreement suggested by others so [...]
April 9, 2008
All in a Name
All in a Name
By Dora Bakoyannis
1 April 2008
The Wall Street Journal Europe
ATHENS — The NATO summit comes to Southeastern Europe this week, and Greece is looking forward to it. The choice of Bucharest as the summit’s host holds stark symbolism. Romania, having joined, alongside Bulgaria, the trans-Atlantic alliance in 2004 and the European Union last [...]
