Nicholas Wood - Nice article on Serbs in Macedonia, what about Macedonians in Greece?

Bishop's struggle reflects wider Balkan rift

This is a good article, but fails to put it into context regarding the rest of the Balkans.

BBC ignores Macedonian context

BBC NEWS | Europe | Analysis: Macedonians fear fresh crisis

The BBC has a Macedonian language unit that broadcasts to Macedonia. Can't these guys walk across the hall to to tell Tim Judah that he should include the status of Macedonians in Greece.

Albanians in Macedonia want cake, Macedonians in Greece have to eat shit. That is not fair. That is the seed that has caused the continuing crisis in the Balkans.

"Macedonia, 'The Great Water,' Ivo Trajikov;

49 Countries in Hunt for Foreign Oscar: "Macedonia, 'The Great Water,' Ivo Trajikov;"

This Macedonian film has been submitted for the Oscar for "foreign language film". I have never heard of it. Please send some links for more information.

Another Sad Day for Macedonians verywhere

Reality Macedonia : Executed Macedonian Hostage in Iraq: "Give My Regards to All Who Know Me"

Dalibor Lazerevski talks on the video recording, but the sound has been cut off. From his lips you can read: "Give my regards to all who know me."

EU pursues Greece over games law not over rights violations of Macedonians

BBC NEWS | Europe | EU pursues Greece over games law

Read it and weep. Some one, some where is going to do a satiric article about this. Human rights violations of Macedonians are never on the EU agenda, but computer games are. Yikes!

"The European Commission is taking Greece to court for failing to change a law that could ban people playing computer games at home."

Greek Government Map 1944 with Macedonian Names

Mapping Migration in Kastoria, Macedonia What

This is an interesting site with a good map of Kasotria and Grevena complements of University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London and The Research Centre for Macedonian History and Documentation, Thessaloniki.

Obviously it is concerned with Greeks, but infomation on Macedonians may teased from the site.

The it is a Greek Government map with English alphabet. As you can see, most of the names have been changed, but what surprised me was the amount of Macedonian names still left on the Greek map. See Florina Map - Bela Voda (56:60), Golema Glava (74:60) etc

Below is an explanation of its members.

"Mapping Migration is constructing a Geographical Information System (GIS) and web-site focussing on the forced migration of people from 1880 to the present day in the geographical region of Macedonia now known as the district of Kastoria, Greece."

Check this new Macedonian Novel

Macedonian Gold - The Novel by Dr. Michael Seraphinoff

"Most recently Dr. Seraphinoff has produced a fine work of fiction, his novel "Macedonian Gold".

"Macedonian Gold" is a fascinating fiction story that will captivate you and keep you reading to the end because you just can't wait to find out what happens next. It is a fantastic story, a mystery adventure tale that will guide you on a tour of Macedonia through its geography, history, culture and present-day society. While this journey of discovery includes tests of personal character in a quest of meaning in a fictionalized and at times fantastic Macedonia, it also visits the thorny real-life social issues of the day, including issues of ethnic and national rivalry and gender, racial and religious prejudice."

Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia (and Greece?)

Speaking the truth about Saudi Arabia

You really don't have to read this article since it does not directly refer to the Macedonian Question. However, it show us the difficulty of trying to Macedonian issues on the US agenda. Saudi Arabia, for years, has denied religious freedom to its minority religions, but the is the first time that it has been called to task by the US State Department report on Religious Freedom(2004). You would think that it would have done so years ago, even in the Clinton Administration.

Terry Eastland is publisher of The Weekly Standard, (a conservative weekly magazine) and he is discussing this issue. I can assure my reader(s) that Terry will not discuss Macedonians in Greece because it is not in the US interest ... at this time.

How to put Macedonia on the agenda is one of the great challenges of our time.

Nikola Gruevski, VMRO-DPMNE President, Resonds to IWPR

Reality Macedonia : Macedonia Referendum: Citizens' Contribution on the Road to European Union

This, article about about the referendum in Macedonia concerning decentralisation is rational, legalistic and logical (from a Macedonian politician ... no less). It is in response to "Macedonia Referendum: Step Backwards on Road to EU," by Michael Sahlin of the IWPR.

Read the article, but I would like to take this opportunity to address Michael Sahilin directly;

Dear Michael:

I know that discussing issues that are against the interest of US/EU/Nato could get you blacklisted. (After all you have to put bread on the table).

I don't really expect you to discuss how the policy of the US/EU/Nato to stand on the sidelines while Macedonians in Greece treated very badly. (Because lets face it, you have to eat).

I only ask that you keep a diary of your discussions with the IWPR and US/EU/Nato officials. That way, when you retire (and Macedonians have been wiped out of Greece) you can write your memoirs and reflect on whether allowing Greece to kick the shit out of its Macedonian citizens has been a stabilizing or destabilizing force in the Balkans for the last 15 year. (In the meantime, make sure you can put a roof over your families head).

God bless.

More news should be reported on Macedonians in Albania

Reality Macedonia : 150,000 Macedonians Live in Albania

It is an interesting article about Macedonians in Albania. I do not have good information about what's happening to these people.