By Risto Stefov, May 3, 2009 It is difficult to convince Macedonians that Greeks exist when most „Greeks“ they know are in reality assimilated Macedonians,… Weiterlesen »Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 18 – Assimilation
„Многу е важно што токму првата посета по назначувањето за македонски претседател Иванов ја оствари во ЕУ и НАТО, со што јасно се покажуваат приоритетите… Weiterlesen »Вечер: Местото на Македонија е во ЕУ
Risto Stefov, April 26, 2009 Greek lobbyists and the Greek propaganda machine have been busy for the last couple of centuries ensuring that the „Greek… Weiterlesen »Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 17 – Education
By Risto Stefov, rstefov@hotmail.com, April 19, 2009 Modern Greeks, who were educated through the Greek educational system, seem to think that Macedonians did not exist… Weiterlesen »Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 16 – On to Macedonia
The dispute with Greece involves not only the name, but also it aims to harm the national and language identity of the people of Macedonia, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Milososki commenting a statement from Greek Ambassador to US Alexandros Mallias that the proposal „The Republic of Northern Macedonia“ might lead to a name solution.
In April 2009, ELIAMEP, a Greek Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, published a „Thesis“ entitled „The Current Macedonian Issue between Athens and Skopje: Is there an Option for a Breakthrough?“ The paper was written by Evangelos Kofos, a long-time „Consultant“ to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His views have and continue to form key aspects of Greek foreign policy in relation to the Macedonian issue.
Although ELIMEP’s paper is presented in a clear and concise manner, it contains a number of flawed arguments and omits certain truths on the „name issue“ which will be outlined in this paper.
By Risto Stefov,rstefov@hotmail.com, April 12, 2009 As much as I don’t want to turn this series into a „Dear Risto“ column, a couple of you… Weiterlesen »Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 15 – More questions
Македонија бара нов граничен премин со Грција Шефот на македонската дипломатија овој пат со писмо до грчката колешка во кое бара решавање на прашање од… Weiterlesen »ВЕЧЕР: МИЛОШОСКИ СО УШТЕ ЕДНО ПИСМО ДО БАКОЈАНИ
Risto Stefov, April 04, 2009. Recently one of my readers wrote to me asking for my personal opinion of what I think is Greece´s dispute… Weiterlesen »Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 14 – My personal Opinion
European Parliament rapporteur on Macedonia Erik Meijer has asked the European Commission for confirmation whether generally accepted terms „Macedonians“ and „Macedonian“ and country code „MK“ have been replaced with designation „to be defined“ [..]
