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Why did former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia change their name from Vardaria to Macedonia?
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The name "Macedonia" in relation to the Former Yugoslav Republic represents no ethnic, historical or political reality. Greece is very right to oppose the use of its historical name for what is clearly an expansionist agenda.
- The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia was in the northern Greek peninsula.
- The modern province of Macedonia is in the northern Greek peninsula.
- There is an unbroken record of people identifying with a Greekethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.
- Macedonia was liberated from foreign occupation in 1912.
- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a newly founded Slavic state on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.
- As part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FYROM was known as Vardar Banovina but was renamed, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in 1946 as part of an agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from Greece and forge for Yugoslavia a pathway to the strategically located Aegean Sea.
- The use of simply "Macedonia" to describe this unrelated Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity that states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia old historical identity (Macedonia).
- Quote: The Department has noted with considerable apprehension increasing propaganda rumors and semi-official statements in favor of an autonomous Macedonia emanating from Bulgaria, but also from Yugoslav partisan and other sources with the implication that Greek territory would be included in the projected State. This Government considers talk of "Macedonian Nation", "Macedonian Fatherland", or "Macedonian National Consciousness" to be unjustified demagogueryrepresenting no ethnic or political reality, and sees in its present revival a possible cloak foraggressive intentions against Greece.
U.S. State Dep. Foreign Relations Vol. VII, Circular Airgram [868.014] Edward R. Stettinius
- Quote: For (**Fyr)Macedonia to be recognized as an independent state, it would be necessary to change its name [...] It is historically proven that the Yugoslavian Democracy of Macedonia was created by Stalin, Tito and Dimitrov, aiming at the stealthy removal of a large part of Northern Greece. This Democracy was used during the period 1944-1949 in order to destabilise Greece.
Thomas Niles, US Ambassador, statement on the 23rd June 1992 to the SubCommittee of US Congress, Eleutherotypia newspaper, June 24, 1992. Macedonia - Wikiquote
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∙ 12y agoBecause Alexander II of Yugoslavia declared the name "Yugoslavia" in 1929 in effort to stop nationalism that existed amongs Serbians, Croats and Slovens. Yugoslavia literary means South Slavia.
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What is the Macedonia-greek conflict?
Ancient Macedonia was a Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula. Modern Macedonia is a Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula. The Former Yugoslav Republic is a newly founded Stated that used to be the southern part of Yugoslavia named Vardarska Banovina (Province of Vardarska). In 1944 the communist regime of the Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia, renamed their southern province, the "Socialist Republic of Macedonia", in order to a) debulgarianize its people and stop them wanting to unite with Bulgaria and b) to destabilize Greece and lay claim to Greece's historical province of Macedonia, so they could forge a strategic pathway to the sea. The use of the simple name "Macedonia" to define this unrelated nation violates Greece's equal right to identify by simply as "Macedonia", its millennia old northern Greek identity. For this reason the qualifier "Former Yugoslav Republic" was added and the FYROM signed an accord that they would change their name. The conflict is that the FYROM does not honor its agreement and continues the communist Yugoslavia regime's agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from Greece by claiming it was partioned and occupied by Greece, which is a fabrication..
Should Macedonia join the EU?
Macedonia is already in the EU along with the rest of Greece.Regarding The Former Yugoslav Republic and why it cannot join the EU or any other international organization with the name "Macedonia":Historical Macedonia, was an ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsulaModern Macedonia, is a Greek province corresponding almost entirely to the ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula.There is an unbroken record of people identifying as Macedonians with a Greek ethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.Historical Macedonia, on the northern Greek peninsula was liberated from foreign Ottoman occupation in 1912.The Republic of Former Yugoslavia north of historical Macedonia, is a newly founded Slavic state with a mixed ethnic population, on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania, and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.The largest ethnic group in the Former Yugoslav Republic consist of Slavic and Turkic tribes of the Bulgarians, (People of the first Slavic and Bulgarian tribes) that began to slowly migrate into the area in the 6th century CE.The Former Yugoslav Republic north of the historical Macedonia, wants to self-identify as simply "Macedonia", a name given to it in 1946 by the communist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before its dissolution. This name represents no ethnic or political reality for the new Slavic Republic, and was given the name as part of an expansionist agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from northern Greece and forge for the communist Yugoslavia, a strategic pathway to the sea.FYRO"M"'s violation of the name "Macedonia"The use of simply "Macedonia" to describe the newly founded Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversitythat states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self-determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia old historical identity (Macedonia) which is historically, ethnically, culturally, geographically different to the new Slavic nation.The interim accord was signed under the auspices of the United Nations, with Greece compromising and agreeing to the temporary use of "Macedonia" with the qualifier "Former Yugoslav Republic by the new Slavic Republic, and the Republic of Former Yugoslavia agreeing to the name FYROM while it chooses a permanent name for itself that does not violate Greece's equal right to identify by its historical identity and that does not imply a territorial expansionist agenda on Greece's historical northern province.However, instead of honoring its agreements, the former Yugoslav Republic stalls on deciding on a name for itself, continues to violate the interim accord and Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity by identifying itself only as "Macedonia", relentlessly creates a flood of propaganda, misappropriates Hellenic state symbols, and demonizes and distorts the history and historical perception of Greece. The government of FYROM, and its Diaspora continue to provoke Greece and meddle in Greece's domestic affairs.The Former Yugoslav Republic constantly makes territorial provocations on Greece's historical northern province and continues on unimpeded with its expansionist agenda to change peoples perceptions and validate a lie.The 'Greater Region' partition mythThe claim perpetuated as justification for the use of the historical Greek name "Macedonia" and at the heart of the expansionist plan is that Macedonia was a region that was "divided".FACT:There is no such thing as a Macedonian Greater Region and in particular one that was divided. This is propaganda spread across many platforms by the Former Yugoslav Republic whose aim is to distort historical reality and create a false narrative for all those readers not familiar with Balkan history.The illusion is that before the Balkan wars (1912-13) a sovereign state entity with the name Macedonia existed, inhabited by an alleged "Macedonian" ethnicity, that was attacked, defeated and consequently partitioned by the allied Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians.
Is Miley Cyrus hate Greece?
Yes, She hates but because it wants to change The Republic of Macedonia's name and it already changed Macedonia's flag.
Where is the Former Yugoslav Republican of Macedonia?
The Republic of Former Yugoslavia north of historical Macedonia in Greece, is a newly founded Slavic state in the southern balkans above Greece, with a mixed ethnic population, on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.The largest ethnic group in the Former Yugoslav Republic are Slavic and Turkic tribes of the Bulgarians (People of the first Slavic and Bulgarian tribes)* that migrated to the area in the 6th century CE.The Former Yugoslav Republic north of the historical Macedonia, wants to self-identify as simply "Macedonia", a name given to it by the communist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before its dissolution. This name represents no ethnic or political reality for the new Slavic Republic, and was given as part of an expansionist agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from northern Greece and forge for the communist Yugoslavia, a strategic pathway to the sea.The Former Yugoslav Republic, based on the name it insists on taking, also claims the achievements, wealth and boundaries of the historical Macedonia to its south, on the northern Greek peninsula.Historical Macedonia Ancient Macedonia, was an ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsulaModern Macedonia, is a Greek province corresponding almost entirely to the ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula.There is an unbroken record of people identifying with a Greek ethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.If you named a lion a duck would the lion magically become a duck? Would someone changing their name to Elon Musk magically become the rightful owner of Elon Musk's achievements, property and wealth? Would Slovenia renaming itself the Republic of Venice become historical Venice and the Slovenians "ethnic" Venetians? Of course not. Macedonia as a regionThere is no such thing as a "Greater Macedonia" and a "Macedonia Region" and in particular one that was divided. This is propaganda by the Former Yugoslav Republic whose aim is to distort historical reality and create a false narrative to all those readers not familiar with Balkan history. The illusion is that before the Balkan wars (1912-13) a sovereign state entity with the name Macedonia existed, inhabited by an alleged "Macedonian" ethnicity, that was attacked, defeated and consequently partitioned by the allied Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians.However, the three areas which comprise this imaginary unity, that is, modern FYROM (Vardar), Greek (Aegean) and Bulgarian (Pirin) Macedonia has never constituted an ethnological, historical, cultural and linguistic united territory. Even the name Macedonia itself (expanded as an administrative unit while under foreign occupation) was not applied to the whole area (especially the greater part of today´s FYROM that lies north of the Prilep-Strumica line).Therefore, the terms Vardar Macedonia, Macedonia of Pirin and Aegean Macedonia used by the citizens of the FYROM were tricks by the former Yugoslavia to serve effectively its aggressive and political purposes. FYRO"M"'s Name ViolationThe use of simply "Macedonia" to describe the newly founded Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversitythat states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self-determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia-old historical identity (Macedonia) which is ethnically, culturally, geographically different to the new Slavic nation.The interim accord was signed under the auspices of the United Nations, obligating the Republic of Former Yugoslavia to choose for itself a name that does not violate Greece's right to identify by its historical identity and that does not imply a territorial expansionist agenda on Greece's historical northern province.Instead of honoring its agreements, the former Yugoslav Republic continues to violate the interim accord and Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity, relentlessly creating propaganda, distorting the history and historical perception of Greece and continues to meddle in Greece's domestic affairs.The Former Yugoslav Republic constantly makes territorial provocations on Greece's historical northern province and continues on unimpeded with its expansionist agenda to change people's perceptions and validate a lie.
What country to the south of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia refuses to acknowledge either that name or the formal name Republic of Macedonia?
Greece refuses to acknowledge the former province of Yugoslavia which calls itself the Republic of Macedonia. Greece has a historical province named Macedonia.Macedonia Name Dispute BackgroundThe issue is simple and straightforward:GreeceHistorical Macedonia, was an ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsulaModern Macedonia, is a Greek province corresponding almost entirely to the ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsulaThere is an unbroken record of people identifying as Macedonians with a Greek ethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.Historical Macedonia, on the northern Greek peninsula was liberated from foreign Ottoman occupation in 1912.Regarding The Former Yugoslav Republic and why it has been given the designation (FYROM):The Republic of Former Yugoslavia north of historical Macedonia, is a newly founded Slavic state with a mixed ethnic population, on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania, and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.The largest ethnic group in the Former Yugoslav Republic consist of Slavic and Turkic tribes of the Bulgarians, (People of the first Slavic and Bulgarian tribes) that began to slowly migrate into the area in the 6th century CE.The Former Yugoslav Republic north of the historical Macedonia, wants to self-identify as simply "Macedonia", a name given to it in 1946 by the communist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before its dissolution. This name represents no ethnic or political reality for the new Slavic Republic, and was given the name as part of an expansionist agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from northern Greece and forge for the communist Yugoslavia, a strategic pathway to the sea.FYRO"M"'s violation of the name "Macedonia"The use of simply "Macedonia" to describe the newly founded Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversitythat states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self-determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia old historical identity (Macedonia) which is historically, ethnically, culturally, geographically different to the new Slavic nation.The interim accord was signed under the auspices of the United Nations, with Greece compromising and agreeing to the temporary use of "Macedonia" with the qualifier "Former Yugoslav Republic by the new Slavic Republic, and the Republic of Former Yugoslavia agreeing to the name "Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia" (FYROM) while it chooses a permanent name for itself that does not violate Greece's equal right to identify by its historical identity and that does not imply a territorial expansionist agenda on Greece's historical northern province. However, instead of honoring its agreements, the former Yugoslav Republic stalls on deciding on a name for itself, continues to violate the interim accord and Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity by identifying itself only as "Macedonia", relentlessly creates a flood of propaganda, misappropriates Hellenic state symbols, and demonizes and distorts the history and historical perception of Greece. The government of FYROM and its Diaspora continue to provoke Greece and meddle in Greece's domestic affairs.The Former Yugoslav Republic constantly makes territorial provocations on Greece's historical northern province and continues on unimpeded with its expansionist agenda to change people's perceptions and validate a lie.The claim perpetuated as justification for the use of the historical Greek name "Macedonia" and at the heart of the expansionist plan is that Macedonia was a region that was "divided".FACT:There is no such thing as a Macedonian Greater Region and in particular one that was divided. This is propaganda spread across many platforms by the Former Yugoslav Republic whose aim is to distort historical reality and create a false narrative for all those readers not familiar with Balkan history.The illusion is that before the Balkan wars (1912-13) a sovereign state entity with the name Macedonia existed, inhabited by an alleged "Macedonian" ethnicity, that was attacked, defeated and consequently partitioned by the allied Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians.The reality is, that the three areas which comprise this imaginary unity, that is, modern FYROM (Vardar), the historical province of Macedonia in Greece (Aegean) and a region in Bulgaria (Pirin) never constituted an ethnologically, historically, culturally and linguistically united territory. Even the name Macedonia itself was not applied to the whole area even when under foreign occupation (especially the greater part of today´s FYROM that lies north of the Prilep-Strumica line). In fact, one cannot find any original map before WWII with the term Macedonia in the area of present-day FYROM.Quote: The Department has noted with considerable apprehension increasing propaganda rumors and semi-official statements in favor of an autonomous Macedonia emanating from Bulgaria, but also from Yugoslav partisan and other sources with the implication that Greek territory would be included in the projected State. This Government considers talk of "Macedonian Nation", "Macedonian Fatherland", or "Macedonian National Consciousness" to be unjustified demagogueryrepresenting no ethnic or political reality, and sees in its present revival a possible cloak foraggressive intentions against Greece.U.S. State Dep. Foreign Relations Vol. VII, Circular Airgram [868.014] Edward R. StettiniusQuote: For (**Fyr)Macedonia to be recognized as an independent state, it would be necessary to change its name [...] It is historically proven that the Yugoslavian Democracy of Macedonia was created by Stalin, Tito and Dimitrov, aiming at the stealthy removal of a large part of Northern Greece. This Democracy was used during the period 1944-1949 in order to destabilise Greece.Thomas Niles, US Ambassador, statement on the 23rd June 1992 to the SubCommittee of US Congress, Eleutherotypia newspaper, June 24, 1992. ALL countries including the USA, use the OFFICIAL name,Former Yugoslav Republic in all international organizations, formal dealings and events while it waits for the FYROM government to honor its agreement. Not because "Greece throws a tantrum" but because there is a violation of international convention. The 'tantrum' is thrown by the Former Yugoslav Republic who will not deal with any country bilaterally without forcing the use of the name of its expansionist agenda with the plan to make it stick.ALL governments of all countries are very aware of the issue and all (except perhaps the possibility of Turkey) have agreed to accept the new name once the Former Yugoslav Republic honors its agreement to stop violating Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity.
Is Macedonia a poor country?
Macedonia is a province on the northern Greek peninsula that coincides with the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. FYROM has nothing to do with Macedonia. FYROM is a country that was ancient Paeonia/Dardia that was occupied by Slav tribes that invaded in the 6th century AD. FYROM is actually a pseudo-country and they rename it to Macedonia in order to make claims on the historical Macedonia of Greece.
Was Sarajevo once part of Yugoslavia?
No. Macedonia was never part of Yugoslavia. It was always in Greece.The Former Yugoslav Republic that wants to identify as Macedonia is a newly founded Slavic state on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.As part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FYROM was known as Vardar Banovina but was renamed, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia as part of an agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from Greece and forge for Yugoslavia a pathway to the strategically located Aegean Sea.The name "Macedonia" in relation to the Former Yugoslav Republic represents no ethnic, historical or political reality. Greece is very right to oppose the use of its historical name for what is clearly an expansionist agenda.The use of simply "Macedonia" to describe this unrelated Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity that states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia old historical identity (Macedonia).Quote: The Department has noted with considerable apprehension increasing propaganda rumors and semi-official statements in favor of an autonomous Macedonia emanating from Bulgaria, but also from Yugoslav partisan and other sources with the implication that Greek territory would be included in the projected State. This Government considers talk of "Macedonian Nation", "Macedonian Fatherland", or "Macedonian National Consciousness" to be unjustified demagoguery representing no ethnic or political reality, and sees in its present revival a possible cloak for aggressive intentions against Greece.U.S. State Dep. Foreign Relations Vol. VII, Circular Airgram [868.014] Edward R. StettiniusQuote: For (**Fyr)Macedonia to be recognized as an independent state, it would be necessary to change its name [...] It is historically proven that the Yugoslavian Democracy of Macedonia was created by Stalin, Tito and Dimitrov, aiming at the stealthy removal of a large part of Northern Greece. This Democracy was used during the period 1944-1949 in order to destabilise Greece.Thomas Niles, US Ambassador, statement on the 23rd June 1992 to the SubCommittee of US Congress, Eleutherotypia newspaper, June 24, 1992.
What historical reason did Greece give for refusing to recognize Macedonia's independence?
Macedonia was an ancient Greek kingdom in the northern Greek peninsula.Macedonia today is a Greek province on the same land as the ancient Greek kingdom in the northern Greek peninsula.Greece does not refuse recognition of the independence of any country resulting from the break-up of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Greece does refuse to recognize a newly founded, unrelated Slavic country on its northern border by the name of Greece's historical province, "Macedonia" which the Vardar Banovina (the name of FYROM prior to the change) was renamed by as part of the communist expansionist agenda of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to lay claim to Greece's northern territory and forge for itself a path to the Aegean Sea.Under Article 2 of UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, "it is essential to ensure harmonious interaction among people and groups with plural, varied and dynamic cultural identities".The citizens of the nation-state, whose capital city is Skopje, in their act of asserting their equal rights of self-determination to call themselves by the appellation of simply, Macedonian, have instantaneously, inextricably, and demonstrably diminished the equal rights of self-determination of ethnic Greek citizens of the Hellenic Republic who assert their equal rights to self-determination and to call themselves by the appellation of simply, Macedonian which is their historical millennia old cultural identity.The call for the Former Yugoslav Republic to find a name for itself, that does not imply a territorial claim on its southern neighbour has been echoed by the United Nations and all international organizations have followed suit.Greece objects to the use of the simple name of "Macedonia" because it not only implies a territorial expansionist agenda on its northern province (as shown by the Former Yugoslav Republic's 'antiquization' programme, misappropriation of Greek heroes and a myriad of government officials photographed in front of expansionist maps that include northern Greece) but also because the use of Greece's historical name violates the UNESCO terms of cultural diversity and diminishes Greece's equal right to identify simply by its historical name Macedonia and the equal right of Greeks to identify simply as Macedonians.
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