Macedonia News

Secondary sources have informed us that a comedy, “Macedonians,” written by Strattis circa 410 BC contained a piece of conversation between an Attican and a Macedonian, each speaking in his own dialect. From the few saved words and other lexical evidence, Hoffman and Ahrens had identified the Macedonian speech as Aeolic, similar to Thessalian and Lesbian. Romiopoulou (1980) thought that Doric might have been a second dialect in pre-Hellenistic Macedon in addition to a Macedonian dialect.

The city of Drama - capital of the prefecture of the same name - is a beautiful town in northeastern Macedonia.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn has stated that he hopes that Serbia, FYRMacedonia and Montenegro will be included in the White Schengen list already as of December 19, before Christmas holidays, which imply a spirit of good will.

An announcement by a UN Secretariat spokesman on Wednesday said that name) Matthew Nimetz has proposed a new meeting with the representatives of Greece and fYRoM, during the week beginning on November 16.

In an era where people are crossing borders in greater numbers seeking better opportunities, it is more vital than ever that States safeguard the rights of migrants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level gathering in Athens today.

"Greece attaches great importance to the United Nations, of which it is a founding member, while there is a tradition of long-term and multilateral cooperation and dedication to the principles of international law," said the prime minister, stressing the UN's decisive mission for global peace and cooperation. Their meeting also covered issues of Greek interest, such as the Cyprus problem and the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and matters such as the UN peacekeeping forces and the Millenium targets.

The National Bank has revised its projection of the economic decline for this year from - 1,8 to - 1,6 percent.

In preparation for further EU enlargement, Cogeca met in Slovenia today with representatives of cooperative organisations and the Ministries of Agriculture from the candidate countries to debate the implications of accession for the agricultural sector for these countries when they join the EU.

As the Thessaloniki International Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the event, which runs Nov. 13-22, finds itself on the precipice of a new era. But even as fest programmers look to the future, a brewing controversy threatens to overshadow what has become Greece's greatest film event.

Skopje. Motivator for administrators; envelopes 'moisterer'; expert in photocopying; speech writer; person collecting tickets at parking payments checkpoint - these are the descriptions of some of the new jobs opened at the Macedonian government, ministries, municipalities, public companies and other institutions, for which more and more people ...

For centuries, Greek ideas and ideals have shaped the world. You have produced the vision of Pericles – the wisdom of Socrates, Aristotle and Plato – the adventuring spirit of Homer. You have given us the Olympic ideal of peaceful competition and the practice of Amphictionia, what some have called the forerunner of the United Nations.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined three challenges facing the planet vis-a-vis the issue of migration, paying particular attention to the modern-day scourge of human trafficking, especially of women and children, during his address to the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development, which opened in Athens on Wednesday.

SKOPJE -- The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts sacked Blaze Ristovski, editor-in-chief of the first Macedonian encyclopaedia, and his team Thursday .

The Thessaloniki Film Festival opens next week with a bigger prize purse and a screening schedule that includes fewer local Greek films because of an ongoing dispute within the Greek film community.

With less than ten days to go before the 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival kicks off, the festival has announced its full slate of 240 films, as well as its seven member jury to judge the fest’s international competition.

Shouts of "zdravo" echoed through the terminal at Pease International Airport on Monday when the Pease Greeters gathered to celebrate their 300th flight and found themselves greeting 100 members of the Macedonian Army rather than the United States troops they are more accustomed to welcoming.

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Friday that his country will not change its name without a referendum.

An important, but lesser known, tomb monument of the 4th century BC, discovered in 1987 in the village of Spilia, Kozani pprefecture in northwest Greece, will be accessible to visitors following the completion of restoration works conducted by the culture ministry's 30th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.

As President Obama decides whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, we should remember that most of the conventional pessimism about Afghanistan is only half-truth. Remember the mantra that the region is the "graveyard of empires," where Alexander the Great, the British in the 19th century, and the Soviets only three decades ago inevitably met ...