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Head of Greece's Office protests Macedonians' way of life

Saturday, 28 January 2012

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It's a big problem for Greece that Macedonian citizens, among other things, with their physical appearance, behaviour, life and work habits were too similar to the ones in Greece, which according to officials in Athens could confuse tourists not to know which country were they visiting.

According to official Athens, this well planned provocation by Skopje is against good neighbourly relations and breaks the Interim Agreement.

Because of this the head of Greece's commynications office in Macedonia, Alexandra Papadopolou filed a protest note against the Macedonian Government. This is the second protest note in two weeks, the first one was due to the Vevcani Carnival.

The statement of Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Papadopolou reacted against "constant tries for political, cultural, physical, mental and spiritual twisting of historical reality against Greece and other neighboring countries".

Majority of Macedonian media did not cover the latest protest note, with a Dnevnik colleague suggesting Greek officials have behaved dismally and are in a state of confusion after the ICJ ruling.

Comments (14)

	1. 30-01-2012 03:13
	According to official Athens, this well planned provocation by Skopje is against good neighbourly relations and breaks the Interim Agreement. Is that the best they could come up with? Don't any of them stop for a second to think how ridiculous they appear? Guest

Solun

	2. 30-01-2012 00:01
	Athens is bankrupt,but instead to concentrate how to better the lives of its citizens,they do the best they know how-to fabricate everything and anything,bravo Athens you deserv the gold medal for being the best fabricators on the face of the planet. Guest

Peter

	3. 29-01-2012 21:01
	My question is why did the Germans pressure the Turks, Macedonians and Albanians to adopt koine? Albanian and Turkish were the languages spoken in Athens for centuries. Macedonian and Turkish were the languages spoken in Solun for centuries. Guest

Merak

	4. 29-01-2012 00:55
	... Nice to see Kwazimodo is alive and well, and is working as the head of the Greek liaison office in Skopje. Guest

Dojran

	5. 29-01-2012 00:56
	... How can you confuse the two??....the ones from HelAss are broke! Guest

StefOz

	6. 29-01-2012 01:00
	blame it on the 1800's If it wasn't for the Germans and their obsession to make "Europe" as some sort of cradle of knowledge and supposedly 'democracy', we wouldn't have to deal with the gypsies to the south ... Guest

Bojan

	7. 28-01-2012 20:31
	RE: “HEAD OF GREECE’S OFFICE PROTESTS MA The article said “It’s a big problem for Greece that Macedonian citizens, among other things, with their physical appearance, behaviour, life and work habits were too similar to the ones in Greece, which according to officials in Athens could confuse tourists not to know which country were they visiting.” My first reaction was OMG, how low or ignorant can these Athenians be. First of all, the land on both sides of the border is Macedonia. You can put a border on Macedonia to separate governments but you can’t separate the land which shapes the people. It is the land that makes the physical appearance of the people. On both sides of the border there are Macedonians who speak the same language , eat the same foods and in general have the same culture. Of course a tourist will get confused if he does not know that they are not in the same country. The land called Macedonia was divided by the big powers in 1913. Large armies have the power to change borders but only God has the power to change the physical make up of families, neighbors and countrymen who live on each side of this man made border. What will the Athenians want the Macedonians in the republic to do? Shrink the tall people and stretch the short people or change the colour of their skin? That is impossible, just like it is impossible to make Macedonians look like Athenians. Guest

Lena Mangov

	8. 28-01-2012 20:38
	they got no shame Yeah, the Helass officials are going on an "offensive", they believe it's the best defense to constantly send protest notes. The bad thing is, as creatures who pretend to be people the Athenians have no shame... hence the stupidity that comes out of there... Guest

Petar

	9. 28-01-2012 13:15
	they got no shame Is this some kind of joke who the hell would want to be Greek?? Macedonia is Macedonia please do not confuse us with the trolls from the south Guest

insane

	10. 28-01-2012 11:04
	so sad... Hmm, I don't think Greece has an individual that would perhaps stop Athenian officials from doing stupid things. You know someone who would say things like: - hey wait a sec, that's just insane, even for us. Nope, they don't have that individual. The good thing is, Germans have realized Athenians are no longer self sufficient, hopefully they will send Otto #2. Guest

Jesus

	11. 28-01-2012 06:22
	so sad... Macedonia for the Macedonians United Macedonia is coming. Alexander the Great was known as the King of Macedonia his empire was called the Macedonian empire and known as the Macedonian era of that time. Alexander the Great was not Greek because the name Greece or Greek did not exist in ancient time. The name Greece was created in 1830 by the superpower country's of that time. Guest

Vangelis Stamkos

	12. 28-01-2012 05:41
	Ohhhh... Who would want to be Greek anyway???? Guest

Dark Avenger

	13. 28-01-2012 05:36
	Ohhhh... Extradite this putrid Greek back to Athens Guest

Tony Gee

	14. 28-01-2012 04:43
	? Awww Are Athenian officials not taking their medications again? Guest

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