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	<title>Macedonia Blogs &#187; History of Macedonia</title>
	<subtitle>Macedonia Blogs &#187; History of Macedonia</subtitle>      
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        <updated>2010-09-09T12:10:31-04:00</updated>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/07/Travels_in_Macedonia,_Greece_%e2%80%93_Beautiful_Pictures_from_Berge___Bisaltia___Serres</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Travels in Macedonia, Greece – Beautiful Pictures from Berge / Bisaltia / Serres</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-08T03:21:35-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-08T03:21:35-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	By Fani P. Berge or Berga (Greek: Βέργα or Βέργη) was an ancient Greek town in Bisaltia, north-west of Amphipolis, founded by Thasians as a dependent colony and emporion sometime in the 5th century BC and later colonized by 1000 Athenians. Later soures call it a polis. According to Strabo it was a village of [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=405&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/06/Mount_Athos_in_Macedonia_%e2%80%93_Beautiful_landscapes_of_Greece</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Mount Athos in Macedonia – Beautiful landscapes of Greece</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-07T02:10:15-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-07T02:10:15-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως, Oros Athos) is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia, of northern Greece, called in Greek Agion Oros (Άγιον Όρος, transliterated often as Hagion Oros), or in English, &#8220;Holy Mountain&#8221;. In Classical times, the peninsula was called Akté (Ακτή) (sometimes Acte or Akte). Politically it is [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=402&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/06/Kastoria,_Macedonia_%e2%80%93_Exploring_Beautiful_Landscapes_of_Greece</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Kastoria, Macedonia – Exploring Beautiful Landscapes of Greece</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-06T12:22:55-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-06T12:22:55-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	image @ ab.gr Kastoria is one of the most beautiful cities of Macedonia (Northern Greece) and it is the capital of Kastoria Prefecture. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its Natural Beauty, its many Byzantine churches, [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=400&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/04/Macedonian_History_%e2%80%93_The_Manipulation_of_Sources_has_Turned_into_an_Obsession_for_FYROM%e2%80%99s_Propaganda_Machine</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian History – The Manipulation of Sources has Turned into an Obsession for FYROM’s Propaganda Machine</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-05T00:48:13-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-05T00:48:13-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The Manipulation of Sources has Turned into an Obsession for FYROM&#8217;s Propaganda Machine A Bulgarian Intellectual had once state many decades ago while referring to Slavomacedonians: “Among them, the lie is something customary, it is not considered a vice, but as a sign of wit. The one among them who is caught lying does not [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=397&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/02/%e2%80%9cMacedonia_and_the_Rest_of_Greece%e2%80%9d_in_the_ancient_Literary___Epigraphical_sources</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: “Macedonia and the Rest of Greece” in the ancient Literary &amp; Epigraphical sources</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-03T02:52:26-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-03T02:52:26-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	&#8220;Macedonia and the Rest of Greece&#8221; in the ancient Literary &#38; Epigraphical sources   Arrian II.14.4: &#8220;Macedonia and the rest of Greece&#8221; (..Είς Μακεδονίαν και είς την άλλην Ελλάδα) Polybius 7.9.3: &#8220;Macedonia and the rest of Greece&#8221; (..Μακεδονίαν και τήν άλλην Ελλάδα) Strabo, 7.9: &#8220;Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece[..]without taking her [Macedonia] [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=394&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/09/01/MACEDONIA_%e2%80%93_DOCUMENTS_ON_THE_BILINGUAL_GREEKS_%e2%80%93_GREEK_TO_THE_BONE!</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: MACEDONIA – DOCUMENTS ON THE BILINGUAL GREEKS – GREEK TO THE BONE!</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-02T03:09:02-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-02T03:09:02-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The Bilingual Greeks of Macedonia do not consider themselves as a minority. They are Greek and they understand and speak a second language other than Greek. It is a Slavic Idiom based on Bulgarian and contains Greek, Turkish and Albanian words. It is not the &#8220;Makedonski language&#8221; of Skopje which was formed by Yugoslav Serbs [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=392&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/30/Macedonia-_The_Bulgarian_Uprising_of_1903_in_Official_Documents_from_the_United_States_Foreign_Relations</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonia- The Bulgarian Uprising of 1903 in Official Documents from the United States Foreign Relations</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-31T00:42:49-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-31T00:42:49-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	From the official documents of the United States Foreign Relation in 1903, we have a clear view of the situation in Macedonia. In these documents the official FYROM&#8217;s propaganda collapses since no United States Foreign Relation mentions any &#8220;Macedonian&#8221; ethnicity but they highlight the fact that the insurgents were Bulgarians!!! The American Consuls in their [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=390&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/28/SlavoBulgarian_Anti-Macedonian_Struggle,_1897-1903</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: SlavoBulgarian Anti-Macedonian Struggle, 1897-1903</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-29T00:14:13-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-29T00:14:13-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	One of the less known aspects of the Macedonian question has been the needlessly Cruel methods and Crimes commited by the SlavoBulgarian Komitadjis against the Greek population of Macedonia. The Bulgarian bands had been notorious for their murders and outrages against non-combatants and especially the Greeks of Macedonia.  The list is certainly not complete and [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=388&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/25/Macedonian_History_and_FYROM%e2%80%99s_Propaganda__1_%e2%80%9cThe_use_of_the_term_Macedonia_was_forbidden_in_Greece_until_1988%e2%80%b3</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian History and FYROM’s Propaganda #1 “The use of the term Macedonia was forbidden in Greece until 1988″</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-26T02:21:53-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-26T02:21:53-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	FACTS:  FYROM&#8217;s Slavs claim that the use of the term &#8220;MAKEDONIA&#8221; in Greece was forbidden until 1988 and that no province with the name &#8220;MAKEDONIA&#8221; (Macedonia) existed in Northern-Greece before 1988.  There are many examples for state institutions or privat corporations which use the term &#8220;MAKEDONIA&#8221; in Greece since the end of 19th century and still use [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=384&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/24/Ancient_Macedonian_Greekness_and_explanation_of_the_term_%e2%80%98Barbaroi%e2%80%99_by_N.G.L._Hammond</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Ancient Macedonian Greekness and explanation of the term ‘Barbaroi’ by N.G.L. Hammond</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-24T20:31:39-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-24T20:31:39-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Deductions and explanation of the term &#8216;barbaroi&#8217;   The deductions are the following. The Macedonians and the Magnesians lived &#8216;around Pieria and Olympus&#8217;, which I take to be the high ground where there were fine summer pastures. Each spoke its own dialect of Greek. The dialects were related to one another. But both were different [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=380&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/22/Macedonians_of_Megarovo,_Tirnovo_and_Nizopolis_send_a_letter_to_the_Patriarch_of_Constantinople_declaring_being_proud_Greeks_on_1885</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonians of Megarovo, Tirnovo and Nizopolis send a letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople declaring being proud Greeks on 1885</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-23T00:46:52-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-23T00:46:52-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	January 7, 1885  FROM: The Greek Community of Megarovo, Tirnovo and Nizopolis {Pelagonia, between Big Prespa and Monastiri} TO: The Patriarch of Constantinople &#8220;Your Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch,We have been aware of the memorandum submitted on December the 22nd to the Ambassador of H.M. the Queen of Britain to the Sublime Porte {the Sultan } [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=377&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/21/Macedonian_names_of_14th_Century_reveal_the_Greek_character_of_Macedonia</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian names of 14th Century reveal the Greek character of Macedonia</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-21T15:15:16-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-21T15:15:16-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	  Examination of Macedonian Names of 14th Century in the Themes of Thessalonike and Strymon reveals the Greek Character of Macedonia.     THE study of names can tell us a great deal about a society, for names are primarily a means of social identification. People identify themselves or are identified by others in ways which may [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=375&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/19/Macedonian_sacrifices_for_their_Motherland_Hellas_in_a_Document_of_1865</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian sacrifices for their Motherland Hellas in a Document of 1865</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-20T03:21:39-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-20T03:21:39-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The following document is a  sample of the immense sacrifices commited by Macedonians in favor of their motherland Hellas.  Its an application written by Chrysafis Anastasiou, a Macedonian as himself signs, to the Greek government with date  19.6.1865 where inside he describes his soul-stirring life story. He was born in Naoussa, Macedonia. He particiapted like many other [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=373&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/18/The_Macedonia%e2%80%99s_Greekness_through_Medieval_Slavic_Sources</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: The Macedonia’s Greekness through Medieval Slavic Sources</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-18T19:55:59-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-18T19:55:59-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	One of the common Myths of FYROM&#8217;s propaganda imposed on their population is the notion that there were NO Greeks prior to the establisment of the Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειο των Ελλήνων) in the aftermath of the Greek revolution of 1821. More absurb theories emanating mostly by the radical groups of FYROM&#8217;s diaspora claim that [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=370&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/16/Ancient_Macedonians_%e2%80%93_Modern_Historians_write_about_their_Greekness</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Ancient Macedonians – Modern Historians write about their Greekness</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-16T22:04:34-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-16T22:04:34-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	(1) A rare collection of sources verifying the Greekness of Ancient Macedonians *  Bury &#38; Meiggs (1985) “A History of Greece”       page 415             “The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock,              as  their traditions and the scanty remains of their   language combine              to testify.”   *  H. Bengston  (1988) “A History of [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=366&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/13/Macedonian_PanHellenism_in_Alexander%e2%80%99s_Asian_expedition</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian PanHellenism in Alexander’s Asian expedition</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-14T01:50:02-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-14T01:50:02-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Panhellenism during classical ages was a political ideology supporting the belief that the Greek cities could solve their political, social, and economic problems by uniting in common cause and conquering all or part of the mighty Persian Empire. Although the origins of panhellenism should be found in 5th century, it was during the 4th century [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=363&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/11/FYROM:_Albanians_are_responsible_for_Skopje_liberation</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: FYROM: Albanians are responsible for Skopje liberation</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-11T16:25:34-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-11T16:25:34-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Albanians were the ones who were responsible for Skopje liberation, according to the National-Democratic Union and Izet Mexheti, the mayor of Skopje’s predominantly Albanian municipality of Cair. NDU and Mexheti will stage a celebration on August 12 for first time for the liberation of the city from Albanians, as Dnevnik mentions.  Their aim is the 12 of August to be [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=360&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/10/Ancient_Macedonian_testimonies_about_their_Greek_Origins</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Ancient Macedonian testimonies about their Greek Origins</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-10T12:39:35-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-10T12:39:35-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	    In reality we have only scarce evidence on what ancient Macedonians believed for themselves. However i will try to collect the available literary and archaeological evidence that would shed some light on the beliefs of ancient Macedonians during Classical and Hellenistic Ages. The available evidence shows that Macedonians considered themselves to be Greek. [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=357&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/08/Ancient_Macedonian_History_%e2%80%93_Plutarch_and_the_Greekness_of_Macedonians</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Ancient Macedonian History – Plutarch and the Greekness of Macedonians</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-08T19:50:21-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-08T19:50:21-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Plutarch in Alexander’s ‘Bios’ signifies the Greekness of Alexander and Macedonians. In reality even the few references to the gradual consolidation of Macedonian hegemony in Greek worl where Macedonians are distinguished from the rest of Greeks for clearly practical reasons since they were warring, but wthout an ethnological difference (see Alex 9.2, 13, ch 11, [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=352&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/06/Macedonian_Archaeology_%e2%80%93_Presentation_of_the_excavations_at_Dion_by_Professor_Dimitrios_Pantermalis</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian Archaeology – Presentation of the excavations at Dion by Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-06T22:53:27-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-06T22:53:27-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	An excellent Presentation of the excavations at Dion, Macedonia, Greece by the Director of the University excavation program, Emeritus Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Macedonia, the homeplace of Alexander the Great in Greece,  provides a great number of impressive findings which help us to learn more about the daily lives of ancient Macedonians. Director [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=349&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/05/American_missionaries_in_Macedonia_during_1839</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: American missionaries in Macedonia during 1839</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-06T02:49:36-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-06T02:49:36-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Many American missionaries came through Macedonia during the 19th century and gave us their first hand accounts about the land,the populations and the ethnicities they met e.t.c. Of course no one mentioned ever any ethnic &#60;Macedonians&#62;. Instead they reffer to the ancestors of today’s Scopians as Bulgarians. Let’s see the &#60;Boston missionary magazine&#62;,1839: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=k09…l=el#PPA165,M1">[books.google.com]</a> The [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=346&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/04/Macedonian_History_%e2%80%93_Slavs,Turks_or_Bulgarians_were_NEVER_characterised_as_%e2%80%9cMacedonians%e2%80%9d_in_Byzantine_Sources</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian History – Slavs,Turks or Bulgarians were NEVER characterised as “Macedonians” in Byzantine Sources</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-05T02:57:49-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-05T02:57:49-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	From the invenstigation of Byzantine sources, we can conclude: a) The two terms, Μακεδών (noun, Translation: ”a Macedonian”, plural Μακεδόνες ) and Μακεδονικός (adjective – “Macedonian”) do not always have the same significance: they coincide only to the extend that they refer to a geographical concept. b) The term Μακεδoνικός is used exclusively to characterise forces or armies coming [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=344&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/02/Macedonian_Archaeology:_%e2%80%9cFirst_of_the_Hellenes_in_the_Province%e2%80%9d_%e2%80%93_An_Inscription_from_Mygdonia</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian Archaeology: “First of the Hellenes in the Province” – An Inscription from Mygdonia</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-03T02:34:00-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-03T02:34:00-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Pantelis Nigdelis and Asterios Lioutas presented a couple of years ago, a very interesting research entitled “First of the Hellenes in the Province- a new inscription from Mygdonia” focused on an inscription coming from the region of Mygdonia. As the archaeologists noted, the Inscription was found specifically in the Palaiokastron hill archaeological site, which is approximately one kilometre northwest of the village [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=339&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/01/Famous_Macedonians_(15th-19th_century)</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Famous Macedonians (15th-19th century)</title>
                <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/08/01/Famous_Macedonians_(15th-19th_century)"/>		
		<updated>2010-08-01T12:50:51-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-08-01T12:50:51-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Some Great Macedonians (15th-19th century) A number of Macedonians between 15th and 19th century whose significant contributions placed them rightfully in the list of Important Greeks during that Period Andronikos Kallistos (b.Thessaloniki, 1400 &#8211; d. London, 1486). He lived and studied in Constantinople. After its fall he went to Italy where he joined Vissarion. He taught in Bologna (1464), [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=336&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/30/Journalism_in_FYROM_under_Fire_%e2%80%93_Dismissed_Journalists_complain_against_Government%e2%80%99s_Cencorship</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Journalism in FYROM under Fire – Dismissed Journalists complain against Government’s Cencorship</title>
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		<updated>2010-07-30T16:27:08-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-07-30T16:27:08-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	The failure to uphold the free expression is a worrying sign for the future of press freedom in the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia. This shows the recent dismissal of Journalists from Kanal 5 TV under “vague reasons”. The journalists who were dismissed have already complained to FYROM’s PM Nikola Gruevski and also to the [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=333&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
</entry>
<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/29/Deca_Begalci:_Refugee_children_from_Macedonia,_Greece_%e2%80%93_The_TRUTH_of_a_communist_abduction</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Deca Begalci: Refugee children from Macedonia, Greece – The TRUTH of a communist abduction</title>
                <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/29/Deca_Begalci:_Refugee_children_from_Macedonia,_Greece_%e2%80%93_The_TRUTH_of_a_communist_abduction"/>		
		<updated>2010-07-29T12:05:28-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-07-29T12:05:28-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	From the Youtube Channel of rempetisa TITLE: “GREEK CHILDREN” A documentary made by Radivoje Lola Djukic in 1948, with the support of Avala Film in Belgrade. It is narrated in Serbian/Croatian, and does not have subtitles. A special thanks to ZeusTelemaxos who has been my editor, my co-conspirator, my confidante and above all my most trusted [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=331&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/27/Ivanov:_%e2%80%9cWe_are_waiting_from_Greece_to_Renounce_its_Inflexible_Position%e2%80%9d</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Ivanov: “We are waiting from Greece to Renounce its Inflexible Position”</title>
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		<updated>2010-07-27T20:12:37-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-07-27T20:12:37-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	FYROM’s President Gjorge Ivanov in his office, decorated by the old flag of FYROM with the Vergina Star. One of the many good-will “Contributions” of FYROM’s President to a mutually acceptable solution. Despite Greece keeps showing willingness to consider a mutual acceptable solution, FYROM insists on proving there is no way, they will ever budged [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=327&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/26/Macedonian_Name_Issue_%e2%80%93__The_Statements_that_shocked_FYROM!!</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Macedonian Name Issue –  The Statements that shocked FYROM!!</title>
                <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/07/26/Macedonian_Name_Issue_%e2%80%93__The_Statements_that_shocked_FYROM!!"/>		
		<updated>2010-07-26T12:29:03-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-07-26T12:29:03-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Shocking Statements from Politicians, Historians and other Intellectuals about FYROM!!   Greece has given immense support to FYROM and helped it regarding its future accession of the EU. I consider it wrong for any state to usurp and steal the symbol of the civilization and culture of other peoples.[..]For all of us who love History, [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=321&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/02/04/Papandreou,_Gruevski_phone_contact</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: Papandreou, Gruevski phone contact</title>
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		<updated>2010-02-04T14:56:54-05:00</updated>
		<published>2010-02-04T14:56:54-05:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	SKOPJE (ANA-MPA) &#8211; The government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) announced here on Wednesday that PM Nikola Gruevski held a same-day telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, with issues of mutual interest reportedly discussed.     According to reports, the two leaders exchanged views on the economic situation in the two [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=319&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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<entry>
		<id>http://www.macedoniablogs.gr/History_of_Macedonia/2010/02/04/____________%e2%80%a6__________</id>
		<author><name>historyofmacedonia</name></author>
		<title>History of Macedonia: ???? ???????… ??? ?????</title>
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		<updated>2010-02-04T13:56:40-05:00</updated>
		<published>2010-02-04T13:56:40-05:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	Οι ψευτομουφτήδες πήγαν στον Ερντογάν. Στη μουσουλμανική μειονότητα της Θράκης στρέφει το βλέμμα της η  Άγκυρα. - Ο εκλεγμένοι μουφτήδες Ξάνθης και Κομοτηνής Μετέ και Σερίφ, οι οποίοι δεν αναγνωρίζονται από την ελληνική πολιτεία, μετέβησαν στην  Άγκυρα και συμμετείχαν σε συνεδρίαση του κυβερνώντος κόμματος ΑΚΡ. - Στην ατζέντα της συνεδρίασης, τα προβλήματα που αντιμετωπίζουν “οι [...]<img src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyofmacedonia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=419201&amp;post=318&amp;subd=historyofmacedonia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" /> ]]></content>
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