All you people outside Greece,when somebody sais Macedonia what do you understand??

Question

I mean do you understand Macedonia a region in greece or that somebody is talkin about a country in europe?Coz the second is veeery wrong...

Maybe Ingmar my friend you should know or at least have some knoledge on what you answer...FYROM has a statue of alexander the great!they re trying in every possible way to take the macedonian history and simply because they have nothing to present.!!

berasky, ur tellin me that (according to your map) Macedonia ,Thessaly , thrace, arent greek?!?Is that what they teach you in shools?Come on so y was aristotel greek huh??He was from Avdira which is in macedonia according to this terrible map!ARISTOTEL WAS Greek dude and this is not gonna change just like macedonia is not gonna change being Greek at its most part!

Answer 1

It is true that there is a lot of confusion !
Let me give you the real facts!
Macedonia is in Greece. {Entire north Greece is the province of Macedonia (in proper Greek “Mακεδονία”).
Do not confuse real Macedonia in Greece with a small state that emerged from Yugoslavia. That small state is called Republic of Makedonija (its own name!!) or Fyrom (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)(the international name) or Slav Macedonia(as all the neighbors states called it)! {Republika Makedonja is officialy traanslated by UN (and oficially recognized by UN and Eropean Union) as Former Ygoslavic Republick of Macedonia (FYROM). That small Slavic state has a city called Skopije as it capital }. That small state instead of using its name its using the Greek name Macedonia or Makedonia trying desperately to link itself with the glory past of the Greek region (ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia was the homeland of Alexander the Grate). That effort of course is not a problem! Everyone is entitled to link himself with any past he likes! It is totally acceptable! The problem is with the fact that the state of FYROM or Makedonija(pronounce as makedonitsa) is deliberately trying to prove that ancient Macedonia was not Greek and that real Macedonia in Greece should be returned to them since they use the same name! Remarkable isn't it!
The paranoia of that state is so incredible that although their language (makedonijian) is a Bulgarian dialect they refer to it as Macedonian. Although the last 50 years they were called Makedonijans or Slav Macedonians in recent years they refer to themselves only as Macedonians conveniently forgetting to say that they are Slavs.
And if you want any proof that they are Slavs here is what 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).

Answer 2

Macedonia is a geographic region, which been a neghbouring state to Greece since B.C
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/macedonian_empire_336_323.jpg

In 3-4C AD Slavs came to the Balkans and formed a state, later called Bulgaria, which included Macedonia. Macedonian and Bulgarian are the same language. But today Macedonia is torn between Greece, Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia, which is a real shame because today's Macedonians are in fact Bulgarian and have NOTHING to do with Greeks. Macedonians are white Slavs, while Greeks are very dark-skinned and speak a completely different language! When Greece was given Aegean Macedonia, the Greeks kills a big part of the Macedonians and populated the area with Greeks from Armenia and Turkey, who needed political asylum.
However, despite the genocide of Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia, the Greeks could not destroy their folklore and ancient traditions...

Answer 3

Hello dear!
Many countries, worldwide, have Greek names!
There are many countries, in the region between Europe, North Africa, Middle East, West, South and Central Asia with many people claiming roots from ancient Greeks.
Among those countries is FYROM, with people of mixed origin (Slavs, Greeks, Goths, Mongols, etc.)!
Since 1946, and after the "order" of Stalin, Tito changed the name of a Yugoslavian region in order to separate people in the region! Since the USSR plan is fully supported by the USA and other states, to bring instability, the media is promoting it and thus mainly and mostly, worldwide, when someone hears Macedonia the state FYROM comes in mind (if they know anything)!

Answer 4

You're right it is wrong to say that it's a country but most people think it because we aren't taught ''Republic of Macedonia'' but actually just Macedonia....

Answer 5

The claims put forward by Greece that the ancient Macedonians were Greeks, that their native language was Greek, and that Macedonia was region of Greece, are all false. The historical truth is that Greece was inhabited by ancient Greeks, Macedonia by ancient Macedonians. Today, it is the modern Greeks and the modern Macedonians to occupy those lands. The presence of Greek settlements along the coast of Macedonia which Philip II destroyed anyway did not change Macedonia's ethnic character. Likewise, a very much stronger and longer Greek presence in Egypt did not transform that African land into a region of Greece. It is a total absurdity to hear the Greeks of today to claim they are the Macedonians, the Greek Macedonians, the only and true Macedonians. How can they be "the only and true Macedonians", when today's Greek population of Aegean Macedonia immigrated there just 80 years ago joining that small Greek minority of 10%? How can they overlook the atrocities they committed on the people who than, as centuries before, proudly called themselves Macedonians? What about the statistics and maps made by neutral and independent ethnographers, slavists, and writers, to prove the existence of the Macedonian nation? And finally, what about the ethnic Macedonians whose discrimination by the official Greek government was witnessed by the independent Human Rights Watch / Helsinki and Amnesty International in 1994? The existence of the Macedonian nation and the ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece can not be questioned. There is, however, a great deal of irony surrounding the issue. In spite of the truth about Macedonia and the Macedonians, many Western countries have not yet recognized the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name but under the reference "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". This includes even the United States which after the recognition, has frizzed the sending of an ambassador to Skopje for more than a year. This "freeze" coincides with the visit of the most powerful representatives of the Greek-American lobby to President Clinton in the White House, behind closed doors, in the presence of Clinton's adviser George Stefanopoulos, who himself, is a Greek-American.

How it is possible that the Western countries have chosen to follow "democratic" Greece where lies prevail over the truth? The European Court found the Greek embargo illegal and put Greece on trial, but did nothing to stop it while it was so harmful to the Macedonian economy. They never cared about the rights of the Macedonians in Greece while the Macedonians of the Aegean are still facing daily oppression and persecution. Finally, they still play that game for the Macedonia's name, the way Greece wants them to. Yes, this is yet another proof that interests and money are stronger than the truth. Greece is a member of the European Union, NATO, an important ally that occupies a very strategic position. On the other hand, all other countries that do not belong to those organizations have recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name. Russia and China are among those countries. The question now is if the West is willing to risk losing Greece for the small landlocked Macedonia? It is clear at least that by standing silent on the issue, they are actually taking an active role in Greece's mean politics, however...

On every atlas (like National Geographic), encyclopedia (like Britanika), newspaper (like New York Times), and TV media (like CNN), Macedonia is referred simply as Macedonia. Even the US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and Defense Secretary William Perry, speak of Macedonians and refer to Macedonia as Macedonia. Matthew Nimitz, the US mediator in the Greek - Macedonian talks has said that "the country has an Constitutional name - Republic of Macedonia" and that besides the opposing of Greece, Macedonia was admitted at UN under the reference "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", but that is "only a reference and not name". The truth about Macedonia slowly but surely is coming to the top.

Answer 6

There is a Republic of Macedonia, a country which was formerly a part of Yugoslavia. However, a region north of Greece is locally referred to as Macedonia. When taken together with the regions of Thrace and Epirus, they are collectively referred to as Northern Greece. Capital city is Thessalonica (Thessaloniki).

Answer 7

Unfortunately a lot of people dont know that Macedonia is in Greece! The mistaken it with a Slavic state that is using the same name!!
Always remember that the birthplace of Alexander the great and his Macedonia is in Greece!

Answer 8

I love Macedonia nuts, but i thought they were from Hawaii.

sorry, i couldn't resist...

Answer 9

Please, you're fighting an uphill battle here. Yes, Macedonia is a region in Northern Greece, but referred to internationally, of course "Macedonia/Makedonia" is understood to mean the FYR of that name.

I don't understand why Greeks all get their nickers in a bunch about it.

Answer 10

NUTS !