Macedonia - An Imaginary Country - The Soros Connection

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Expansionist Features in FYROM’s Foreign Policy Objectives

Source: Macedonian Heritage
 
The Expansionist Features in FYROM’s Foreign Policy Objectives
The first steps of the former Yugoslav “Socialist Republic of Macedonia” towards independent statehood bear the marks of nationalistic visions mixed with territorial expansionism.
It is not a coincidence that, as a result of the first democratic elections (December 1990), the party which won first place in [...]

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 [...]

Hellenistic Period - American Historical Association

Source: American Historical Association
Introduction: The Hellenistic Period in Modern Historiography
The Hellenistic period is conventionally said to extend from the accession of Alexander the Great to the throne of Macedon in 336 B.C. to the death of Cleopatra VII of Egypt in 30 B.C. Its beginning is marked by Alexander’s successful invasion of the Persian Empire and [...]

The Macedonians

Source: Macedonian Heritage
The word Macedonian (Makedhonas, makedhonikos) has always been used in the Greek language to declare the origin of individuals and not to mark out their ethnic identity. That is why its use is so widespread and unlimited; all the more so, since it drew on the weighty heritage of Alexander the Great, unforgotten [...]

The “Name” Issue

Source: The Falsification of History of Macedonia 
What’s all the trouble about?
When it comes to the bottom line, the so called Macedonian Problem is just a problem of definition ?!
Macedonia is the name of a geographical area of the Balkans as it is shown in the following map with the blue dashed line. Only a part [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]