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  West Macedonia
West Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece, consisting of the western part of Greek Macedonia.
The periphery of Western Macedonia is situated in the North-West part of Greece, bordering with the peripheries of Central Macedonia (East), Thessaly (South), Epirus (West), as well as with the regions of Bitola (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Korçë (Albania) to the North.
The building of West Macedonia Periphery is located in Zone of Alternate Urban Planning (ZEP) in the city of Kozani.
www.mlahanas.de /Greece/Regions/WestMacedonia.html   (653 words)

  
  Pan-Macedonian Network - Historical Review of Macedonia
The Bronze Age finds Macedonia with fewer settlements, a circumstance that may be interpreted either as the result of the contraction of the population or as the result of the development of central cores at the expense of small-scale satellite settlements.
Macedonia's strategic importance at the crossroads of the major arterial roads in the Bal kan peninsula meant that during the critical peri od marking the transition from the late Roman to the Byzantine period it was the object of bene factions from the royal house, despite the gener al upheavals of the times.
Macedonia was divided between two "themes" - the "theme of Thessaloniki" (from the Pindos range to the Strymon river) and the "theme of Strymon" (the modern counties of Ser rhai, Xanthe and Rhodope), the latter with its capital at Serrhai.
www.macedonia.com /english/history/review   (4406 words)

  
 Macedonia (Greece) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macedonia borders the neighboring peripheries of Thessaly and Epirus.
Macedonia is traversed by the valleys of the Aliakmon, Axios, Nestos, and Strymonas rivers, all of which drain into the Aegean.
It borders the countries of Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, and the Greek provinces of Epirus, Thessaly and Thrace.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)   (1876 words)

  
 Macedonia- Greek macedonia- Greece Grece Griechenland Grecia-history Μακεδονία
From this world of dar ing and passion, of questing and contradiction the robust Hellenism of Macedonia carried the art of man to the ends of the inhabited world, bestowing poetry upon the mute and, in the infancy of mankind, instilling philosophical thought.
An empire tossing and turning amidst the instability of opportunistic government by a host of ambitious contenders for power, an empire in the chaos of economic decline, threatened with the breaching of the integrity of its borders by the repeated incursions of barbarian tribes, and humbled by heavy defeats on the field of battle.
He was defeated, however, by the Bulgarian tzar lvan Asen II in 1230, at the battle of Klokotnitsa, as a result of which his kingdom contracted to the area around Thessaloniki and shortly afterwards became subject to the rising power of the period, the em pire of Nicaea.
www.oasis-hotel.gr /greece/macedonia.htm   (4782 words)

  
 Snapshot of Europe: Macedonia
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe with an area of about 67,000 square kilometres and a population of 4,76 million.
The region is divided between Greece, with roughly half of the area and population, split between the three peripheries of Central Macedonia, West Macedonia, and East Macedonia and Thrace; the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¤, with around 40%; and Bulgaria, with less than a tenth, in Blagoevgrad Province.
Macedonia was liberated in 1944, when the Red Army's advance in the Balkan Peninsula forced the German forces to retreat.
www.sheppardsoftware.com /Europeweb/snapshot/Snapshot-Europe25.htm   (719 words)

  
 Macedonia
Macedonia is a part of northern Greece and has an extent of 34.203 sq.
Macedonia is administratively divided in 13 prefectures, that are the following: Grevena, Dramas, Imathia, Thessaloniki, Kavala, Kastoria, Kilkis, Kozani, Pella, Pieria, Serres, Florina and Chalkidiki.
Morphological it is separated in three natural departments: West Macedonia between Pindos mountains and Axios river, Central Macedonia between Axios river and Strimonas river, including Chalkidiki and East Macedonia between Strimonas river and Nestos river.
www.hellogreece.gr /english/macedonia.html   (136 words)

  
 University of Western Macedonia
The region of West Macedonia has important natural resources such as energy minerals ores, forests (50% of her total extent), pasture lands and the 65% of the country's surface aquatic resources of country.
The growth rate of the population in the period of 1993-1998 was 1,66%, and it was slightly bigger than the corresponding increase in Greece's national population (in percentage 1,56%).
Between the census of 1991 and 2001, the population of the prefecture was increased by 3,1% (according to the current official for 2001, provided by the).
www.uowm.gr /english/westmacedonia.htm   (537 words)

  
 Macedonia - The Cradle and Shield of Hellenism
Macedonia - The Cradle and Shield of Hellenism
In 168 BC Macedonia was subjugated by the Romans...
In north- west Macedonia a New Philike Etaireia was founded, with Anastasios Picheon from Ochrid as its moving spirit, whilst the Macedonians in Athens, led by Stephanos Dragoumis from Vogatsikon, formed the Macedonian Committee.
www.macedonia.com /english/history/hellenism   (2510 words)

  
 West Macedonia pictures, West Macedonia images | infohub.com
West Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece.
The periphery of Western Macedonia is situated in the North-West part of Greece.
West Macedonia has total surface of mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.
www.infohub.com /pictures/images_west_macedonia__2935.html   (145 words)

  
 CER | Macedonia: An interview with the Prime Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The prime minister of Macedonia, Ljubco Georgievski, is a sad and disappointed man. A youthful 35-year-old poet and man of letters (he has published three books of experimental literature), he genuinely aches over the recent events and his shattered dream of peaceful co-existence.
Macedonia, until a month ago, was an example of a multi-ethnic state, the recipient of compliments from the international community as proof of the possibility of peaceful multi-ethnic co-existence in the Balkans.
In Macedonia we do not think, even for one moment, of negotiating with the KLA regarding Macedonian territory, because we really consider them to be a classic terrorist organization and because Macedonia was always complimented for its multi-ethnic co-operation.
www.ce-review.org /01/14/vaknin14.html   (2232 words)

  
 Macedonia hands West ultimatum as civil war looms
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia demanded on Wednesday that Western powers blame ethnic Albanian guerrillas for ripping up a ceasefire or be exposed as their backers, fanning fears of fresh rioting as the country slides towards civil war.
But Europe's top diplomat denied the West was abetting rebels, saying its sole aim was to restore stability to the divided former Yugoslav republic.
Although the NLA has seized swathes of northern and western Macedonia, where most of the tiny Balkan state's large Albanian minority lives, it denies its five-month revolt in the name of Albanian civil rights has a territorial agenda.
www.alb-net.com /amcc/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid996070564,55739,   (840 words)

  
 Macedonia
Macedonia is clearly distinguished from Greece (Hellas), Thrace, Illyria, Bulgaria, Serbia, and the Macedonians are likewise distinguished as distinct nation from the Greeks, Thracians, Illyrians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Albanians, as nation which continued to exist and survive trough the centuries (makedonika.org).
To the west was Macedonia to the east was Thrace.
Consequently, the future freedom of Macedonia for them is either the fulfillment of the Treaty of San Stefano and unification of Macedonia with the Bulgarian Principality, or a creation of a new autonomous Bulgarian body, which will sooner or later be merged with the former into an 'integral Bulgaria'....
www.mymacedonia.net /links/documents.htm   (8609 words)

  
 The Macedonian-Greek conflict
By the middle of the fourth century BC, the Greek settlers were expelled from Macedonia and their cities, including Aristotle's native Stragira, razed to the ground by the Macedonian king Philip II (360-336).
Macedonia resisted the settlement attacks by the Armenian and Syrian dynasties, who held power in New Rome (Byzantium), and by the nomadic Bulgarians.
Macedonia was cut-off from the port of Salonika and became landlocked because of the UN embargo on Yugoslavia to the north, and the Greek embargo to the south.
www.historyofmacedonia.org /MacedonianGreekConflict/conflict.html   (6881 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - What Is Macedonia's Interest in Russia?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Macedonia should not be turning towards the hippocritical, corrupt and greedy west, but should be forging stronger ties with Russia and other Orthodox nations.
When Macedonia had the problem with the terrorist Shiptars from Kosovo in 2000/2001, it was Russia and Ukraine that were firmly behind Macedonia and gave assistance and support.
I was just in Macedonia on an internship and kept in touch with the news, and I have formed the conclusion that the people in Macedonia adore Ilinka Mitreva for her courageous and strong self.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=2198   (2115 words)

  
 0206-Macedonia Meets West Liberty/Spinning the Globe-2/5/2002
Macedonia remains one of the world’s hot spots as ethnic Albanians living there seek improved minority rights.
Macedonia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.
And the last law has to do specifically with the capital of Macedonia, Skopje, will regulate the relationship between the city of Skopia and then the various municipalities which are within the city limits.
www.commongroundradio.org /shows/02/0206.html   (4574 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | West backs Macedonia
The statements backing the government came as the Nato-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, K-For, reported that a number of civilians were injured by shrapnel after the Macedonian army attacked rebels in the hills above the northern town of Tetovo.
Macedonia has repeatedly alleged that the guerrillas are getting supplies and support from Kosovo, and demanded that Nato step up border patrols in the Serbian province.
Nato has now agreed to boost its presence on Macedonia's border with Kosovo, while the United States has ordered spy planes to be deployed in the area to monitor the movement of the rebels.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1238422.stm   (660 words)

  
 Global Beat Syndicate: Macedonia in Double Jeopardy
One of NATO's rationales for the current air strikes was to inoculate Macedonia from such a fate, as well as prevent a wider and bloodier conflict.
Macedonia is receiving the long-dreaded stream of Albanian refugees.
Macedonia's seven-year existence as an independent state has in no way diminished the intimately personal ties many Macedonians have with Serbia.
www.bu.edu /globalbeat/syndicate/Fraenkel033099.html   (893 words)

  
 Macedonia FAQ: Macedonian - Greek Conflict
Both Macedonia and Greece were annexed by the Romans to their empire after the battle of Pydna in 168 BC.
Latin was the official language in Roman Macedonia from 168 BC until the demise of Roman rule at the end of the sixth century AD.
Today, the CIA Ethnic Map of Balkans and Macedonia is yet another proof that the ethnic Macedonians today represent a big national minority in northern Greece or Aegean Macedonia.
faq.macedonia.org /history/12.1.1.html   (5948 words)

  
 Recovering Macedonia by Risto Stefov - Part 9
It is a well known fact that Macedonia was invaded, occupied and illegally partitioned by Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria in 1912-1913 against the wishes of the Macedonian people.
It is not ridiculous to assume that Greek occupied Macedonia after the settlements consisted of 51% indigenous people, predominantly Macedonians and 49% of newcomer settlers mostly of non-Greek (Turkish, Armenian, Albanian, Vlach, Patriarchic Macedonian, etc) origins.
The only Serbians registered as Serbians in the Republic of Macedonia in 1990 were the Serbian settlers who came with the army and administration in 1912, 1913 when Macedonia was invaded, occupied and partitioned by Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov99.html   (2831 words)

  
 West Mulls Macedonia Police Force
OHRID, Macedonia –– Western mediators discussed deploying dozens of foreign police experts and officers in Macedonia to help carry out reforms if rival ethnic groups can agree on a peace plan, officials said Saturday.
The issue is one of the most difficult to be faced at the talks, in part because both sides are far apart.
Ethnic Albanian representatives are demanding that their sizable community – nearly a third of Macedonia's 2 million people – be proportionately represented on the force.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20010804/aponline084503_000.htm   (279 words)

  
 The Sudeten in Macedonia
Macedonia is low on military hardware and militarily inexperienced.
A2: The implied threats pertained to Macedonia's ability to conclude a standby agreement with the IMF and the subsequent receipt of funds from donors.
Macedonia desperately needed the $500-600 million it was promised in a donor conference which would follow the successful conclusion of an inter-ethnic agreement.
samvak.tripod.com /pp90.html   (2027 words)

  
 ISN Security Watch - Macedonia violence unlikely despite protests
Since the incumbent coalition was ousted in Macedonia’s 5 July parliamentary elections, the major security concern has been the potential for future violence from the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), excluded from the new government.
However, Macedonia is not an ethnic federation, and as in similar European democracies, the party that wins the most seats in parliament has the unconditional mandate to form the government.
Their presence and lobbying clout could in the end mean the difference between a “wild west” Macedonia where a DUI state-within-a-state thrives, and a country where the harmonization of economic and political interests would allow the government to maintain law and order on a national level.
www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=16547   (2155 words)

  
 The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications
The prehistoric settlement of Angelochori Imathias, West Macedonia, lies 75 km west of Thessaloniki.
This practice, attested in Macedonia during the historical times, seems to originate in exactly the period under consideration.
This era, as yet hardly known to international scholars for the area under study, is nevertheless of capital importance for socioeconomic developments in later Macedonian history.
www.fas.harvard.edu /~semitic/wl/digsites/Europe/Angelochori   (448 words)

  
 The Ellada Site - Macedonia
It streches from the west, where it touches Albania, to the East, where it borders with Thráki.
Macedonia has a rich history dating back to ancient times.
Here was the birthplace of Alexander the Great in Pélla, a city which was recently uncovered and found full of archeological treasures.
www.ellada.com /macedall.html   (261 words)

  
 Off-road excursions
Macedonia is an area of Greece, not a different country.
Due to Lena's early pregnancy, we stayed mainly on paved roads, even though the desire to go off-road was itching me. Finally, the day before we started our return trip, we took Musso for a shower, in the waters of Aliakmonas River.
Siatista is a lovely little town up in the mountains of West Macedonia.
www.kersur.net /users/m1911/offroad-macedonia.htm   (1161 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Russia blames West for Macedonia conflict
As tension rises in Macedonia, the Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, has called on Balkan states to conclude an agreement to respect each other's borders and not support those involved in terrorism against their neighbours.
That is a change for the West, which during the Kosovo confrontation saw them as a useful counterweight to the then Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic.
But at the same time he gave a warning that the vicious circle of violence in the Balkans could not be broken by bombing from the air or a large military presence.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1234033.stm   (415 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Ethnic Albanian rebels massing across north and west Macedonia: Skopje
Shooting erupted in several northern areas as guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (NLA) were spotted mustering as far afield as Struga, near the southwestern border with Albanian, and Tanusevci, a former stronghold on the northern border with Kosovo, a ministry statement said.
NATO chief George Robertson and EU foreign policy supremo Javier Solana postponed a trip to Macedonia on Thursday as two bomb blasts rocked Skopje and talks to solve the six-month ethnic Albanian uprising became bogged down in a storm of recriminations targeting Western mediators, AFP reports.
Macedonia has a lawfully elected democratic government, and whatever provisos imposed on it are inadmissible when serving the interests of particular forces, especially such whose activities violate available understandings, Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphatically said following today's conference of the international contact group for former Yugoslavia.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2001/07/20/10639.html   (2319 words)

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