The residents of what is unfortunately called “North Macedonia” are, in effect, a melting pot of Slavic peoples, Albanians, and Roma. From their majority Slavic origins, the overwhelming character is Bulgarian and the rest Serbian. Politically speaking, this republic has its genesis in a Bulgarian nationalist movement in the 1800s that split into two. The smaller camp went on to disassociate themselves with Big Brother Bulgaria and to found a pseudo identity of their own within the socialist melting pot of Yugoslavia. They adopted “Macedonian” because of the historical significance of the territory at the time and also because the lands of ancient Macedonia at the time (modern day Greece) were occupied by the failing Ottoman Empire. They, along with the Bulgarian big brother and the Greeks and the Serbs knew it would be a competition on who grabs what from a territory the Ottomans looked like they will be losing. The Greeks won that battle and liberated Macedonia and absorbed it within its territory in 1919. Slavic speaking peoples within Greece’s Macedonia at the time spoke Bulgarian and considered themselves to be of Bulgarian heritage. In the wake of post WWII political maneuverings, some of these minority village people started to call themselves “Macedonians” and children of Alexander the Great. This is a monumental joke. Luckily Greece and Bulgaria enjoy great relations and both agree that the residents of “North M” are actually an offshoot of Bulgarian nationalism and that their language is in fact a dialect of Bulgarian.
North Macedonia with only a population of 2 million , with most young folks that can speak english . The peal of the Balkans . It would be ashame if they ended up like Greece , broke , homeless and keep begging the EU for more and more money . Then they think they can block other countries from joining . No homeless in Macedonia .
Dear EU members, for your information here in Macedonia before 3 years ago we made referendum for aplication to NATO and EU . The answer of this voting from our macedonian people was: NO.
There is not such a country called Macedonia. Macedonia is one of the regions of Greece. The greeks who are living in that greek region of Macedonia are macedonians.
Are you a Anatolian christian turk settler into Southern Macedonia that mainly spoke turkish on arrival after 1913 , Are you ashame of your turkish past . No homeless in North Macedonia unlike Greece , I guess karma has a way of dealing with you haters .
@@kocecenov Times are changing. You are abusing the kindness of the Macedonians. It was not so far away when fascist Bulgaria, together with Germany, lost the second world war to the liberating alliance, on which Macedonia was also on the right side, and they forgave you for all your crimes. But next time they will not forgive you!
@@mikele9878 well appreciate your concern about my people cause Im from North Macedonia so we got fake history and even 2 countries are explaining, correct Bulgaria was on nazi germany that time many lives were spared because of that, but the reality now is that are signed 2 contracts with greece and bulgaria so its super simple I wanna see my country in the EU and not stuck in criminal as now and I have to be working out far away from my family, I know its difficult things like this but thats what is it many of macedonians need EU 👍
Just for reference, regarding the extent to which North Macedonia's place is within the EU: In just the past two years, these people have banned all Bulgarian cultural clubs. Bulgarian organizations have faced shootings, attacks with stones and axes, and one of the clubs was even set on fire. As a reward, the attacker, who is a well-known figure, was chosen to sing at a Christmas event. A 19-year-old boy of Bulgarian origin was brutally beaten based on his ethnicity. Macedonian doctors refused to treat him, which forced the Bulgarian president to send the presidential plane to transport the boy to a Bulgarian hospital. A representative of North Macedonia in the last Eurovision contest received 400 death threats simply because he had the courage-or perhaps the foolishness-to admit in a TH-cam interview that he had Bulgarian roots. The man had to leave the country, while the politicians of that country organized a commission to remove him as North Macedonia's representative, solely because he is Bulgarian. They went as far as removing gravestones from a churchyard because the revolutionaries buried there over a century ago had Bulgarian names. They placed new gravestones to cover the Bulgarian names. The hate speech against Bulgarians is inhumane, and the discrimination has been total for the last 80 years in that country. The entire history of Bulgarians is banned and censored. And yet, historically, Macedonians are Bulgarians. The paradox of all this hatred is that, despite it, hundreds of thousands of Macedonians acquire Bulgarian citizenship by proving their Bulgarian descent-around 160,000 people. Most politicians in this country actually have Bulgarian citizenship. The farce is complete. The old structures from the time of communist Yugoslavia remain very strong and hinder this country from normalizing relations with brotherly Bulgaria and moving forward toward the EU. Bulgaria was the first to recognize them as an independent state. Bulgaria saved them from hunger during the Greek embargo. Bulgaria is the only country that armed them for free during the war in 2001. Bulgaria has directly lobbied for their EU entry, and during its first and historic presidency of the EU, it prioritized the issue of EU enlargement with Macedonia and the other Western Balkan countries. Yet today, Bulgaria is portrayed as an obstacle. The truth is different. Just imagine-it's been two years now, and this country still hasn't started EU accession negotiations because it refuses to include Bulgarians in its constitution. That constitution lists half a dozen ethnic groups, but there's no place for Bulgarians. I’m afraid there’s no place for such a country in the EU, at least not at this stage.
@@latviabalkanumuzika1514 Because, my friend, the Bulgarian constitution, like most constitutions of developed democratic societies, is a civic constitution. The Bulgarian constitution does not even mention Bulgarians; it only refers to the citizens of Bulgaria with equal rights and obligations. In this way, the state of Bulgaria limits itself from interfering in its citizens' rights to define their ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. In contrast, the Macedonian constitution is ethnic in nature. In that country, there are quotas for public sector jobs based on ethnicity. When Bulgarians are not included in the constitution, they do not have equal access to jobs and rights like other ethnic groups. For this reason, the EU requires North Macedonia to include Bulgarians, Croats, and Jews in its constitution. You may not know these basic facts, yet you persist in commenting on them.
@@igorsrbinovski8975 Bulgarians are going to make your life terrible! You choose wrong enemies. Western part of the country is albanian, east is !Bulgaria and south is Greece
@@albshkupGreece doesn’t want any part of this country. Bulgaria can have the East and Albanian can satisfy itself with the west if it feels the need to do so and get away with it. The Serbs could rightly have held to patches in the north but given the demographics on the ground this seems highly unlikely; they’re struggling to hold onto Kosovo that was theirs for centuries. The Greeks would have preferred an independent and prosperous northern neighbour with political stability and enjoyed friendly relations. As this neighbour is untrustworthy and pursues irredentist aspirations and falsifies history, perhaps it should be allowed to its own fate. Athens should never had agreed to the name deal and should have kept the border closed. Unfortunately the Greeks were pressured by the US to allow Skopje NATO membership. EU membership is another thing all together and the US couldn’t care less one way or another. I don’t see them joining the EU any time soon. In fact, it is more likely that the EU disintegrates before they get to join it!
Perhaps this country (pseudonation in reality, a mixture of albanians and bulgarians actually) should start by changing its name to something more appropriate and reflective of its Slavic origins and history, rather than appropriating the identity, language, alphabet, and traditions of other nations to begin with..
For whatever reason they are refusing to accept that they're a new nation first founded by Communists in 1944 within the Yugoslav borders. Trying to build a historical connection with the Middle Ages as well as antiquity by claiming their neighbours' history isn't going to end well for them...
@@mikele9878 I'm sorry but it's your country that has come out of a cereal box actually! Macedonia was an ancient Hellenic empire and later a Roman and Byzantine administrative region. From its earliest days, this Hellenic (Greek) nation used the Greek alphabet, spoke Greek, and followed the ancient Greek religion, later transitioning to Orthodox Christianity. Being an integral part of Hellenic culture, it's logical that Macedonia is now part of the Hellenic Republic-Greece. In contrast, the country you're referring to, which has unjustly adopted this name, has no connection to this history or cultural heritage. This situation represents a case of collective cultural appropriation and a form of brainwashing of people who are led to believe they are something they are not. Distorting and stealing another nation's history, instead of finding your true and unique identity as a people, is not acceptable-especially when it's done for geopolitical and economic motives, as is the case here.
Slava Ukraini .....and well done Poland . we love you , we are with ya, well Scotland is💙💛✌✊
The residents of what is unfortunately called “North Macedonia” are, in effect, a melting pot of Slavic peoples, Albanians, and Roma. From their majority Slavic origins, the overwhelming character is Bulgarian and the rest Serbian. Politically speaking, this republic has its genesis in a Bulgarian nationalist movement in the 1800s that split into two. The smaller camp went on to disassociate themselves with Big Brother Bulgaria and to found a pseudo identity of their own within the socialist melting pot of Yugoslavia. They adopted “Macedonian” because of the historical significance of the territory at the time and also because the lands of ancient Macedonia at the time (modern day Greece) were occupied by the failing Ottoman Empire. They, along with the Bulgarian big brother and the Greeks and the Serbs knew it would be a competition on who grabs what from a territory the Ottomans looked like they will be losing. The Greeks won that battle and liberated Macedonia and absorbed it within its territory in 1919. Slavic speaking peoples within Greece’s Macedonia at the time spoke Bulgarian and considered themselves to be of Bulgarian heritage. In the wake of post WWII political maneuverings, some of these minority village people started to call themselves “Macedonians” and children of Alexander the Great. This is a monumental joke.
Luckily Greece and Bulgaria enjoy great relations and both agree that the residents of “North M” are actually an offshoot of Bulgarian nationalism and that their language is in fact a dialect of Bulgarian.
Nope it isnt. Greece will stop this nonsense
I hope so we don't belong in the EU
@@Wolverine-ky9gk no you don't. you've tried and failed many times
About as close as Turkey.
North Macedonia with only a population of 2 million , with most young folks that can speak english . The peal of the Balkans . It would be ashame if they ended up like Greece , broke , homeless and keep begging the EU for more and more money . Then they think they can block other countries from joining . No homeless in Macedonia .
Dear EU members, for your information here in Macedonia before 3 years ago we made referendum for aplication to NATO and EU . The answer of this voting from our macedonian people was: NO.
There is not such a country called Macedonia. Macedonia is one of the regions of Greece. The greeks who are living in that greek region of Macedonia are macedonians.
@@sallycoop935 MAKEDONIJA IS MAKEDONIJA.
you in region...###.
@@tatjanavelkova5814 totally wrong
@@sallycoop935haha there is no country of grece before 1821 founded by germans,i iam Makedonian and you are greek or you whant to be the boath😂
@@goranilijovski9142 wrong and wrong
North Monkeydonia
Are you a Anatolian christian turk settler into Southern Macedonia that mainly spoke turkish on arrival after 1913 , Are you ashame of your turkish past . No homeless in North Macedonia unlike Greece , I guess karma has a way of dealing with you haters .
@@baits9301 eat your bananas , i speak ancient Greek like the Alexander did?
What are talking about ?
- Old Bulgarian?
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North macedonia is like small kid explaining every f…g time that needs to work with the contracts signed with Bulgaria and Greece very simple !
Bulgaria is an artificial state created by Russia. Bulgarians do not exist. Bulgaria is a community of Tatars, Turks, Macedonians, etc.
Bulgaria and Greece should return to the Macedonians the parts they occupied after the Balkan wars.It's very simple !
@@mikele9878 regarding the reality how would be that happening explain please ?
@@kocecenov Times are changing. You are abusing the kindness of the Macedonians. It was not so far away when fascist Bulgaria, together with Germany, lost the second world war to the liberating alliance, on which Macedonia was also on the right side, and they forgave you for all your crimes. But next time they will not forgive you!
@@mikele9878 well appreciate your concern about my people cause Im from North Macedonia so we got fake history and even 2 countries are explaining, correct Bulgaria was on nazi germany that time many lives were spared because of that, but the reality now is that are signed 2 contracts with greece and bulgaria so its super simple I wanna see my country in the EU and not stuck in criminal as now and I have to be working out far away from my family, I know its difficult things like this but thats what is it many of macedonians need EU 👍
No
Keep working Macedonia, your place is in EU, Together with Albania and Kosova. Suppot from Latvia 🇱🇻
Just for reference, regarding the extent to which North Macedonia's place is within the EU: In just the past two years, these people have banned all Bulgarian cultural clubs. Bulgarian organizations have faced shootings, attacks with stones and axes, and one of the clubs was even set on fire. As a reward, the attacker, who is a well-known figure, was chosen to sing at a Christmas event. A 19-year-old boy of Bulgarian origin was brutally beaten based on his ethnicity. Macedonian doctors refused to treat him, which forced the Bulgarian president to send the presidential plane to transport the boy to a Bulgarian hospital. A representative of North Macedonia in the last Eurovision contest received 400 death threats simply because he had the courage-or perhaps the foolishness-to admit in a TH-cam interview that he had Bulgarian roots. The man had to leave the country, while the politicians of that country organized a commission to remove him as North Macedonia's representative, solely because he is Bulgarian. They went as far as removing gravestones from a churchyard because the revolutionaries buried there over a century ago had Bulgarian names. They placed new gravestones to cover the Bulgarian names. The hate speech against Bulgarians is inhumane, and the discrimination has been total for the last 80 years in that country. The entire history of Bulgarians is banned and censored.
And yet, historically, Macedonians are Bulgarians. The paradox of all this hatred is that, despite it, hundreds of thousands of Macedonians acquire Bulgarian citizenship by proving their Bulgarian descent-around 160,000 people. Most politicians in this country actually have Bulgarian citizenship. The farce is complete.
The old structures from the time of communist Yugoslavia remain very strong and hinder this country from normalizing relations with brotherly Bulgaria and moving forward toward the EU. Bulgaria was the first to recognize them as an independent state. Bulgaria saved them from hunger during the Greek embargo. Bulgaria is the only country that armed them for free during the war in 2001. Bulgaria has directly lobbied for their EU entry, and during its first and historic presidency of the EU, it prioritized the issue of EU enlargement with Macedonia and the other Western Balkan countries. Yet today, Bulgaria is portrayed as an obstacle. The truth is different.
Just imagine-it's been two years now, and this country still hasn't started EU accession negotiations because it refuses to include Bulgarians in its constitution. That constitution lists half a dozen ethnic groups, but there's no place for Bulgarians. I’m afraid there’s no place for such a country in the EU, at least not at this stage.
@@andromeda-p8b Bulgarians have theirown country!!! Why do they do provocations in neibghourintg Macedonia
@@latviabalkanumuzika1514 Of course, the conclusions from your comment are obvious. Good luck!
@@andromeda-p8b yes, why than Bulgaria does not write turks in their constitutuion?
@@latviabalkanumuzika1514 Because, my friend, the Bulgarian constitution, like most constitutions of developed democratic societies, is a civic constitution. The Bulgarian constitution does not even mention Bulgarians; it only refers to the citizens of Bulgaria with equal rights and obligations. In this way, the state of Bulgaria limits itself from interfering in its citizens' rights to define their ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation.
In contrast, the Macedonian constitution is ethnic in nature. In that country, there are quotas for public sector jobs based on ethnicity. When Bulgarians are not included in the constitution, they do not have equal access to jobs and rights like other ethnic groups. For this reason, the EU requires North Macedonia to include Bulgarians, Croats, and Jews in its constitution. You may not know these basic facts, yet you persist in commenting on them.
И Украинците и Русите ни се браќа душа не боли што ги натеравте да се убиваат..се надевам ќе ви се врати со иста разорна моќ
north m. is gona be split betwene albenistan and bulgaria in a few years max so its not gona exist soon
uga buga shiptar
Lol, yes because you said so behind your keyboard, in your basement of your parents house.
@@igorsrbinovski8975 Bulgarians are going to make your life terrible!
You choose wrong enemies.
Western part of the country is albanian, east is !Bulgaria and south is Greece
@@albshkupWhat are you smoking😂
@@albshkupGreece doesn’t want any part of this country. Bulgaria can have the East and Albanian can satisfy itself with the west if it feels the need to do so and get away with it. The Serbs could rightly have held to patches in the north but given the demographics on the ground this seems highly unlikely; they’re struggling to hold onto Kosovo that was theirs for centuries.
The Greeks would have preferred an independent and prosperous northern neighbour with political stability and enjoyed friendly relations.
As this neighbour is untrustworthy and pursues irredentist aspirations and falsifies history, perhaps it should be allowed to its own fate.
Athens should never had agreed to the name deal and should have kept the border closed.
Unfortunately the Greeks were pressured by the US to allow Skopje NATO membership.
EU membership is another thing all together and the US couldn’t care less one way or another.
I don’t see them joining the EU any time soon.
In fact, it is more likely that the EU disintegrates before they get to join it!
Perhaps this country (pseudonation in reality, a mixture of albanians and bulgarians actually) should start by changing its name to something more appropriate and reflective of its Slavic origins and history, rather than appropriating the identity, language, alphabet, and traditions of other nations to begin with..
Are you studying history from cereal box😂.Macedonia is only one and belongs to Macedonians !!!
@@mikele9878indeed. All Macedonians are greeks who live in the region of Greece, Macedonia
Well said
For whatever reason they are refusing to accept that they're a new nation first founded by Communists in 1944 within the Yugoslav borders.
Trying to build a historical connection with the Middle Ages as well as antiquity by claiming their neighbours' history isn't going to end well for them...
@@mikele9878 I'm sorry but it's your country that has come out of a cereal box actually! Macedonia was an ancient Hellenic empire and later a Roman and Byzantine administrative region. From its earliest days, this Hellenic (Greek) nation used the Greek alphabet, spoke Greek, and followed the ancient Greek religion, later transitioning to Orthodox Christianity. Being an integral part of Hellenic culture, it's logical that Macedonia is now part of the Hellenic Republic-Greece. In contrast, the country you're referring to, which has unjustly adopted this name, has no connection to this history or cultural heritage. This situation represents a case of collective cultural appropriation and a form of brainwashing of people who are led to believe they are something they are not. Distorting and stealing another nation's history, instead of finding your true and unique identity as a people, is not acceptable-especially when it's done for geopolitical and economic motives, as is the case here.
Woke news, far left views, try to be more objective. Your Guest has no idea what he is talking about
😂😂😂 eu is 💩💩💩
Where’s south east and west Macedonia let’s ask the eu