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It has been twenty years since the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gained independence - and throughout the country, thousands are celebrating, but the

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June 19, 2024. The center of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, a Balkan country born just 33 years ago as an independent state, is awash in history. A statue of Alexander the Great looms

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It has been twenty years since the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gained independence - and throughout the country, thousands are celebrating, but the festivities are stirring controversy at home and abroad. But Greece, which has always opposed the country's use of the name Macedonia, is now objecting to a $7 million statue of military conqueror Alexander the Great. It says its

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June 19, 2024 WOL. The center of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, a Balkan country born just 33 years ago as an independent state, is awash in history. A statue of Alexander the Great looms over the central square. One of his father, Philip II of Macedon, towers above a nearby piazza atop an oversize pedestal.

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The move to rename the statues comes just days after the Macedonian government led by Zoran Zaev reached a historic deal with Greece aimed at ending the "name" dispute, which now has to be

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/9/9/macedonian-celebrations-irk-greece
Macedonia recognition irks Athens Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis said the United States has decided to recognise the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as the Republic of Macedonia

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/24/409210151/to-build-up-its-history-macedonia-going-baroque
The government officially named the statue "Warrior on a Horse" to avoid inflaming a longtime dispute with Greece, which says Alexander is Greek and the Macedonians are stealing history.

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SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — In a goodwill gesture to neighboring Greece, Macedonia has removed a prominent statue of the ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great from its main airport terminal. The 2-meter-high (6.5-foot) statue was placed there in 2011 as a gift from the Turkish concessionary TAV, which operates the capital Skopje's

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/alexander-the-great-macedonia-greece?ref=eleanorkonik.com
A statue of Alexander on a steed - carved almost two decades before Macedonia's own mounted warrior came to grace Skopje's central square - has been hauled back to a warehouse because

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/world/europe/macedonia-greece-name.html
March 20, 2018. GEVGELIJA, Macedonia — From the time he was a high school student and made his first discovery — graves dating to the Iron Age and coins 3,000 years old — Emil Slamkov said

https://www.eurasiareview.com/16062018-macedonia-to-rename-divisive-statues-that-irked-greece/
Macedonia To Rename Divisive Statues That Irked Greece . June 16, ... Olympia - will be officially renamed and marked in honour of Greek-Macedonian friendship, the Macedonian government has

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Macedonians (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes), also known as Greek Macedonians or Macedonian Greeks, are a regional and historical population group of ethnic Greeks, inhabiting or originating from the Greek region of Macedonia, in Northern Greece.Today, most Macedonians live in or around the regional capital city of Thessaloniki and other cities and towns in Macedonia (Greece), while

https://www.anadventurousworld.com/skopje-statues/
The Skopje Alexander the Great statue. Even though the 'Skopje 2014' plan has worked and tourists are visiting the city, they're now visiting for all the wrong reasons. It's almost like the city has become a circus act. There no way of denying the outcome all of this has had.

https://greekreporter.com/2024/01/26/ancient-dion-macedonia-greece/
The Priceless Ancient Greek Treasures of Dion, Macedonia. Credit: Tryfon Manolis /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Dion, the sacred site of ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, lies in an Eden-like environment at the foot of Mount Olympus, featuring lush green vegetation, towering trees, abundant springs and a navigable river.. This area of extraordinary historical importance is located within

https://theconversation.com/who-gets-to-use-the-name-macedonia-a-decades-old-row-still-to-be-resolved-90708
Much of the naming dispute comes down to history. The Greeks arrived in the region in the 12th century BC, and the Hellenic cities forged ties with the ancient Macedonian kingdom there long before

https://greekreporter.com/2019/08/16/north-macedonia-puts-sign-on-skopjes-alexander-the-great-statue-admitting-he-was-greek/
August 16, 2019. Authorities in North Macedonia on Friday erected a sign at the base of the massive statue of Alexander the Great in the center of Skopje, admitting that the conqueror "belonged to ancient Hellenic history and civilization.". The event was publicized by Nikos Kotzias , Greece 's former Foreign Minister and the co-creator

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This impressive 72-foot (22-meter) bronze statue, surrounded by warriors and a central fountain, serves as the centerpiece of the city's nightly light shows. Yet, it remains an anonymous tribute

https://balkaninsight.com/2012/07/13/new-statue-awakens-past-quarrels-in-macedonia/
Supporters of the new monuments say it is time to correct a distorted view of Macedonia's history that has prevailed since 1945, when the Yugoslav Communists took power and filtered history

https://greekreporter.com/2019/09/24/the-priceless-ancient-treasures-of-dion-macedonia/
The 2nd century BC statue was called the "Goddess of the Wall" because it was found mortared into the very walls of the city. The priceless ancient statue had apparently been used to make up part of a defensive wall in early Christian times. The Sanctuary of Isis, at Dion. Credit: QuartierLatin1968 /Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0.

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The museum at Vergina ranks among the most intriguing, visually impressive public exhibitions in Greece. Mosaic depicting a deer hunt, from the House of the Abduction of Helen (325-300 BC). Ancient Pella, now landlocked among agricultural fields, was the region's major seaport in the late 5th and 4th centuries BC.

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Children Book Review: Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Greece (Tools of Discovery series) by Kris Bordessa. ChildrenBookMix. 2:48. ... Macedonia irks Greeks with 'forged' history, statue. Al Jazeera English. 4:13. Ancient Greek Music Macedonia is Greek-1. Arkadios/Markos Vlachos. 9:37.

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For more than 15 years, Greece has fought a diplomatic battle to prevent its northern neighbour calling itself the Republic of Macedonia. Although 120 countries recognise the name, Greece believes it implies a terroritorial claim over its own province of Macedonia. It is now threatening to contest Macedonia's Nato and EU membership. Barnaby Phillips reports.