Why Do Greek’s Fight Over Macedonia- Is It Because They Have Nothing Good?
my dad tell me how he watches the macedonian news, and tells me all about how depressing and sad it is because of greece, why don’t they stop claiming macedonia as greece and just agree that macedonia will always be known as macedonia. GET OVER IT!
Its always about wanting what you don’t have. The Greeks are no different from any other culture.
None is fighting over Macedonia.
Authentic Macedonia is already a part of Greece and it is one of the most historical regions of Greece.
The Balkan state you referring is a Slavic/Albanian and it is recognized as FYROM by UN.
Greece is simply protecting its land and history.
Authentic-Macedonia is one of the biggest regions of Greece. It is situated in the north part of Greece and it borders 3 Balkan states.
The ancient Macedonia was a Greek kingdom and it was roughly the same size as the modern region of Macedonia. From the Greek state of Macedonia Alexander started his epic campaign of spreading the Greek culture and the Greek civilization all over the known word. His campaign was so successful that for nearly 300 years Greek (Hellenistic) Kingdoms controlled Asia Minor, Middle East, Egypt and even the north part of India.
There is also a state that emerged from Yugoslavia and it is officially recognized by UN as FYROM meaning Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. That country has no relation with ancient (or modern) Greek Macedonia but it is instead a Slavic/Albanian country. {The 2/3 of the population is Slav-Macedonians (of Bulgarian origin) and the 1/3 is Albanian/Macedonians}
During the communist dictatorship of Tito a great propaganda took place in that state. The propaganda tried to “convert” the mixed population to believe that they are linked to the ancient Greek Macedonians and that they need to take real Macedonia back from Greece.
The propaganda has worked on some on the Slavs and some (few fanatics) actually believe that they are true Macedonians and although they speak a Slavic language and they are part of the Slavic culture they actually believe that they are not Slavs!!!!
United Nations and European Union has forced the state of (Slavic/Albanian)Macedonia to negotiate with Greece in order to reach to an acceptable name for international use { For those who don’t know Republika Makedonja is officially translated by UN (and officially recognized by UN and European Union) as Former Ygoslavic Republick of Macedonia (FYROM).}
Also a lot of people don’t know that the international name of a state is decided by international law, international agreements and treaties under the authority of United Nations! You can not choose what ever name you like for international use! An example is what happened to Austria! After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and from 1918 it was known as the Republic of German-Austria (Republik Deutsch-Österreich), but the state was forced to change its name to “Republic of Austria” in 1919 peace Treaty of Saint-Germain! After the war every state that wishes to enter the United Nation had to make sure that its international name wasn’t violating the interest of any other country and was not against international law!
This is the case for “Makedonija”. It can use its own name (Makedonija) but for international use it has to follow the UN resolutions!
Note that officially the government of FYROM doesnt claim any conection with Alexander the Great and Greek original Macedonia.
Here are some official statements from the Government of FYROM (Slavic/Albanian)Macedonia.
The first President of FYROM (Slav Macedonia), Kiro Gligorov said: “We are Slavs who came to this area in the sixth century … we are not descendants of the ancient Macedonians” (Foreign Information Service Daily Report, Eastern Europe, February 26, 1992, p. 35). Also, Mr Gligorov declared: “We are Macedonians but we are Slav Macedonians. That’s who we are! We have no connection to Alexander the Greek and his Macedonia… Our ancestors came here in the 5th and 6th century” (Toronto Star, March 15, 1992).
On 22 January 1999, Ambassador of the FYROM to USA, Ljubica Achevska gave a speech on the present situation in the Balkans. In answering questions at the end of her speech Mrs. Acevshka said: “We do not claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great … Greece is Macedonia’s second largest trading partner, and its number one investor. Instead of opting for war, we have chosen the mediation of the United Nations, with talks on the ambassadorial level under Mr. Vance and Mr. Nemitz.” In reply to another question about the ethnic origin of the people of FYROM, Ambassador Achevska stated that “we are Slavs and we speak a Slav language”.
On 24 February 1999, in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen, Gyordan Veselinov, FYROM’S Ambassador to Canada, admitted, “We are not related to the northern Greeks who produced leaders like Philip and Alexander the Great. We are a Slav people and our language is closely related to Bulgarian.” He also commented, “There is some confusion about the identity of the people of my country”.
Moreover, the Foreign Minister of the FYROM, Slobodan Casule, in an interview to Utrinski Vesnik of Skopje on December 29, 2001, said that he mentioned to the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Solomon Pasi, that they “belong to the same Slav people.”
And of course (Slavic/Albanian)Macedonia has signed an agreement with Greece under UN to negotiate for a mutually agreed international name! Are they going to honor their signature?
macedonia has always been part of greece
Todays Modern Greeks fight over MACEDONIA because if they return this territory back to the MACEDONIANS and they return the other territory to Turks! There is not much left of Greece!!! That is why they keep inventing propaganda on a Daily basis against the MACEDONIANS, so they don’t lose this part which was given to them after the Balkan Wars 1912-1913!!! MACEDONIA was divided amongest its neighboring countries, Greece taking the biggest chunk of land!!! The Treaty of Bucharest was signed for this partition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_B… MACEDONIA is and ALWAYS will be for the MACEDONIANS!!
They were not belonged to the same “ethnics” root, so I guess is one of the most common trigger that initiate all the human conflicts