DON’T Mention the ‘N’ Word in This Country! 🇲🇰

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

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[@mydogsbutler]

Not the fault of Greeks, or Bulgarians, the former self-identifying ethnic Bulgarians of the former Yugoslavia hide their actual ethnic heritage. And now that half the country claim to be apparently antihellenic founders of the Hellenistic period, it is not the fault of Greeks that so many foreigners unethcially try to hide their mistake of recognizing them as "Macedonians"", Greeks warned everyone in good faith not to engage in ethnic engineering. Now you see the results

[@mydogsbutler]

Real credible how nearly everyone that bizarrely recognized them them as "ethnic" Athenians... um...Macedonians plays stupid as they violate the Prespa agreement by continuing to ridiculously try to link themselves to ancient macedonians. . One wonders how the modern British would react if everyone starting claiming the western French as "ethnic" English their language English, Republic of England, as they claiming Queen Elizabeth 1st their national hero and insisted the modern British were "occupying" England. Lame.

[@valorf666]

Let's examine the Greece-Macedonia issue which is often overlooked. In 1923, as a result of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, over 1.2 million Anatolian Greeks were forced to relocate to Greece from Turkey, primarily to Aegean Macedonia (now Northern Greece) part of Macedonia that Greece got in 1913. Prior to this, the ethnic composition of Aegean Macedonia was primarily Macedonian, with Greeks constituting a minority. Following the exchange, the Greek population in Aegean Macedonia and Greece grew significantly. Many Macedonians were killed and expelled from Aegean Macedonia (now North Greece), so Greek settlers from Anatolia can be resettled in the vacated homes and lands where Macedonians were living, resulting in a shift in the region's ethnic makeup. Interestingly, many of the Greeks displaced from Turkey did not speak Greek as their mother tongue, yet they now claim to be the true descendants of Alexander the Great and Philip II. About the name, when Greece took Aegean Macedonia in 1913, it was renamed to Northern Greece. However, in 1988 in anticipation of Macedonia independence from Yugoslavia, Greece reverted to calling the region Macedonia, so they can create further tension between our countries, to make problem about our name and history. Here is what Dr. John Shea sad in "Macedonia ang Greece", 1997, p.282 "Greece did not refer to any part of its current territory as Macedonia, until 1988, when Papandreou's government officially adopted the name Macedonia, to replace that of Northern Greece. This point added weight to the notion that the dispute with Macedonia was MANUFACTURED one".

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for the information. 👍

[@cistamakedonija8210]

Thanks for visiting my beautiful Macedonia. Please continue disregarding the “north” in our name, this was forced upon us. The referendum failed and they still decided to change our name. Macedonia for the Macedonians! 🇲🇰🇲🇰

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

You’re very welcome, love the place so far! Thanks for the information, it’s always good to learn a bit more about the places I visit!

[@NicolasDudic-ph4kd]

Excellente vidéo Thanks Vive la Macédoine 🇲🇰 🇲🇰 🇲🇰

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη από Ελλάδα στην βόρεια Μακεδον

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thank you for watching, much appreciated 😀

[@filipborkvall3729]

Thank you for visiting Macedonia, and talking objective and profesional about international politics.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for watching! 😃

[@leolopponen9010]

When 1976 we travelled Skopje area we were amazed when seeing very same wooden houses like in Finland. Afterwards we got the inform, those were send there from our country`s aid, for the families of Jugoslavia people, after the big earthquake in the area. Also driving on the bridges which had huge holes, where our car could fall down! "Safety" for the traffic was only big rocks placed around the holes... ;) ! Quite an adventure for us 4 young guys, aged around 20 years more or less, to drive around Europe first, but not last time!😁

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Wow that's amazing, shame you didn't take a cine camera with you as that footage would be incredible to look back at now. Cool that Finland helped after the earthquake, it sure does sound like a terrible time. That road trip sounds wonderful and at a time when I guess very few people travelled there. Great story, thanks for commenting!

[@druidofthefang]

1:07 man that church is so beautiful.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

It sure is. It's going to look spectacular when it's finished!

[@Gilmesh777]

Thats the best title out of all the KZbinrs so far XD Welcome and Enjoy. Macedonia will provide for you the Past in the Present. How you feel walking along the stone streets it's like majic.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks, glad you think so! Thanks for watching, I really enjoyed my visit to Skopje and I loved strolling around those old stone streets. 👍

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Brilliant title! That balcony view is ridiculous. The vendors want the world to know about their shops, so they had to be featured on your channel. Looking forward to your drive around the country! ❤🇲🇰

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thank you, I wasn't sure about the title at first but we all know how YT loves a bit of controversy! Looking forward to sharing my road trip - it's going to be a good one!

[@mariamm9460]

Hi Matt, amazing video and information as usual from you..thank you 😊 .Your hotel looks in very nice location there...have a lovely Sunday now and take care , safe journey to the next destination....best regards, Mariam❤☕🍰😊🇫🇮

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for tuning in Mariam! Glad to hear you enjoyed the information, I always wonder if I'm talking too much or not enough - always try to get the balance right! Looking forward to getting out there into the mountains! 🚗

[@mariamm9460]

@@MattWhitingsEurope hi Matt , thank you for lovely reply 🤗 yes I do enjoy all what you share, great information and video quality the best always , you speaking clear and Love your information & food you show, hotels you stay, and your voice 😍you don't talk too much ,,just continue the way you are doing now..take care ,, hope to hear from you again, Mariam 😊☕🍰🤗❤

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks very much Mariam, good to have you following my trip in North Macedonia. Hope all is well in Finland, I am still reeling from the spectacular scenes over there in Finnish Lakeland - what an incredible place! Looking forward to sharing more from the less visited areas of North Macedonia!

[@mariamm9460]

@@MattWhitingsEurope hi Matt, you are more than Welcome 🤗🥰I follow your trip always happily, you speaking on videos making me glad that there is still in this world person like you are ..more could write but you know what I mean , because I follow only the best ..I miss also travel here in Finland, even I live here but no chance to do things the way I want ..like to visit all our lakes, specially in Karelia , and siddown evening to watch sunset..big dream have that one..I don't have car these days ..Koli one of the best views ,and many more ..thanks you did videos from here and hope soon you back here..Here is peaceful places that mind can rest from the big world ..Take care and look Instagram some message from me lol😊I will watch more from Macedonia your videos..keep well and safe ,, hope to hear from you🥰🤗✨☕

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

I'm sure I'll be back in Finland at some point. Hopefully you can make it to some of those places - they're incredible! Have a great day!

[@peterrohrbeck2088]

Great content. Thank you.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 👍

[@Watfordherts]

Loving Skopje so much history and so much to see and do . Love the statues . I’ve managed to fit in a 3’night trip to chisinau Moldova to see the old soviet buildings as I’ve always been fascinated by these icing looking buildings

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Ah man you've beaten me to Moldova!! That place looks really interesting and it's high on my list but just haven't been able to make anything work yet. Please let me know how you get on, I'll be keeping my eye on Instagram! Yes Skopje is a great city and there was plenty to keep me occupied whilst there. Actually could have done with another day!

[@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ]

Ιστορία κλεμμένη από την Ελλάδα, Άγαλματα Ελληνικά, Γράμματα σλαβικα Γλώσσα βουλγαρική, Σημαια Γιαπονεζικη, άρα ΔΕΝ είστε Μακεδονες.... Απο την ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ την ΠΡΩΤΕΎΟΥΣΑ της μίας και μοναδικής ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ.....

[@Love78787]

MACEDONIA ONLY!!!!

[@AnastasiaAna-v3b]

Today's *Macedonians* have more in common genetic material with the ancient *Macedonians* than most Greeks in northern Greece, although today's *Macedonians* have been Slavicized in the last 16 centuries and today speak the southernmost dialect of the Slavic languages.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for the information.

[@AnastasiaAna-v3b]

@@MattWhitingsEurope

[@trajkotrpe]

Backgriund music - turkish... Why, did you not hear anything macedonian? We have unique folk music. Try to hear something, it is special. Unique in 7/8 tact.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Hello there, to the best of my knowledge the music is not Turkish. I would love to have included some Macedonian folk music however their are issues around licencing and copyright so I can't just use any music I like. I tend to use Epidemic Sound for the music on my channel as I can trust them as a good source of audio and I have a licence to use all their music in my videos. Hope that clears things up.

[@tomestojanovski4498]

Ancient Greeks are completely different from today, Macedonia and macedonians are 28 times in the Bible mentioned separately from the greeks, greeks fought on the side of Darius against Alexander and on the side of the Romans in the 4 macedonian roman wars, Alexander killed 6000 greeks in thebes, so claiming him is like jews to claim Hitler in 2000 years from now

[@BeginningsAndPaths]

The entire region of the Balkans was a serious political mess through the centuries, but it seems that it starts to settle down little by little. Anyway, thanks for the - again - very interesting video. 🙏😊

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for tuning in, much appreciated. 😃

[@politicallyincorrect2564]

Eee what 😂😂😂 no way man. That will never happen, we love to hate each other. These people claim to be Macedonians like Alexander the Great 😂😂 how can you take them seriously?

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@politicallyincorrect2564 I LIVE IN MAKEDONIJA. you.... ?

[@politicallyincorrect2564]

@tatjanavelkova5814 why the capital letters? You live in Monkeydonia. Whatever you call it it is 40+% of Albanians, and the rest are slavs, Bulgar, gypsies, vlach. Do you really think you have anything to do with the Macedonians?

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

IN MAKEDONIJA 25 CENTURIES MACEDONIANS ! ! ! !

[@neamsitno]

Aristotle is Macedonian, Greeks just stole it

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

pred 25 veka ARISTOTEL uc'itel na ALEKSANDAR. i ARISTOTEL i FILIP i ALEKSANDAR --- M A K E D O N C I ! ! !

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

I’ll stay out of that one 🫣

[@mark1232546]

Thank you visiting, creating this beautiful scenery, and sharing the history of 🕊🔆Macedonia🔆🕊 I suggest you watch "The Macedonian", a Polish Institute documentary on KZbin about how Greece got hold of the Macedonian region - Aegean Macedonia. Our people were forced to flee to the mountains of what they now hatefully refer to as North or Skopje, and us as northerners or skopians. Those who had no choice but stay, forced to change their names to Greek names. The Macedonian language prohibited even within households with Greek millitary patrol and punishments such as tongue cutting and death. The problem Greeks have isn't with us but with their black and white mentality. In their mindet, we cannot be Macedonian and speak a Slavic language. In their (and Bulgarian's) world view, all of our 2 million grandparents lied to us about our ethnicity. That Tito magically erased whatever we were before. It's simply deeply rooted racism. But in this land, the sun shines and we endure. Our grandparents endured physically. We will endure the psychologically. Even when the numbers are against us.. They always have been anyway The Macedonian children will once be free to be! Macedonia Timeless ✝️🔆🕊

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thank you Mark, glad you enjoyed the video and the history I talked about. I find it all quite fascinating! I very much enjoyed my trip to Skopje, it was great to walk around and see the sights. Thanks for your comment, very interesting to read.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@MattWhitingsEurope EVERY BEST ! ! ! Tatjana

[@tomestojanovski4498]

This is not an ancient question but from 1913 when Macedonia was partitioned between Greece bulgaria and Serbia only one part is liberated in 1944 hello

[@tomestojanovski4498]

Macedonia is macedonian common sense dictates it, Macedonia is one and only divided in 1913 between Greece bulgaria and Serbia only one part is liberated in 1944 thats why you have greek comments ❤

[@ishko108]

Oh, THAT N word. It starts with an S in our Macedonian language.... But never mind, you did the right thing.

[@vs123]

I like market street

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

It's an amazing place for sure! 👍

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη από αρχεα Μακεδονία Ελλάδα στην βόρεια Μακεδον κεμουργιο κράτος

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Ευχαριστώ που παρακολουθήσατε!

[@evatsel]

North of Macedonia. Philip and Alexander were Greeks and lived in Macedonia proper, that's in Greece

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

ALEXANDER THE GREAT and FILIP --- M A C E D O N I A N S. before 25 centuries FILIP KING, ALEXANDER TSAR ON MAKEDONIJA ! ! !

[@Oblivium]

The Ancient Macedonians are a completely different people from the North Macedonians.

[@carli2302]

Yeah right, when the romans, celts, slavs and other groups of people came to this region, they simply teleported the ancient macedonians to a different dimension and took their place.

[@Oblivium]

@@carli2302 The North Macedonians don't even live in the borders of Ancient Macedonia, only very small fraction is located inside the borders of North Macedonia, the rest in Greece. The ancient city of 'Pella' is today located in Greece.

[@carli2302]

@@Oblivium Macedonians were majority in what is now north greece (historic macedonia as you say) until 1923 when greeks from asia minor were brought and settled in this region. Macedonians were forcibly “helenized”(their names were changed, they were banned to speak their mother tongue and forced to speak greek etc.) and those who refused were killed or expelled ( most ot them ended up in today north macedonia or in bulgaria’s capital Sofia). The northern border of Historic Greece was mount Olymp, Macedonia was never part of Greece

[@Oblivium]

@@carli2302 Quite literally no census supports your claim. But for the sake of argument, let us pretend Skopians made up the majority, it still doesn't make them the descendants of the Ancient Macedonians. They are a Slavic people, who, with the help of genetic studies, proves they are the descendants of Slavic tribes that settled in the Balkans and aren't the descendant of the Ancient Macedonians. Skopians speak the Bulgarian language. The so-called 'Macedonian langauge' is just a Bulgarian dialect. No one in North Macedonia claimed to be the descendants of the Ancient Macedonians till 1920s. Before that, they claimed to be Bulgarians. The fact that Skopians speak a language different from the Ancient Macedonians is another proof that they were a different people. Alexander the Great himself identified with Greece. Even saying: "Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you..." - Alexander's letter to the Persian King, Darius, in response to a truce plea, as quoted in the Anabasis of Alexander by Roman historian, Arrian and... "Holy shadows of the dead, I’m not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions." - Alexander addressing the dead Greeks of the Battle of Chaeronea, as quoted in the Histories of Alexander the Great by Roman historian, Quintus Curtius Rufus

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES ! ! slav... dance rok en roll.

[@andromeda-p8b]

Very few people in the west understand what this country is all about. Historically, ancient Macedonia was located on the territory of today's Northern Greece. There were also regions with the name Macedonia in what is Turkey today. Macedonia is also called Pirin Mountain in Bulgaria - Pirin Macedonia. Modern Macedonians are historically Bulgarians. History knows no Macedonian nation or state during the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. Such an ethnicity never existed. These people have the same history as the Bulgarians, speak the same language, and most Bulgarians and Macedonians are related. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, they fought endless and fanatical wars for unification with Bulgaria, but they did not succeed. After the second world war, they were divided and a new Macedonian nation began to be formed - then a new Macedonian language was invented - which is actually Bulgarian. The whole story with the ancient Macedonians is an attempt to hide the reality that they are Bulgarians. In the last two years, part of the population in Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania dared to identify themselves as Bulgarians, and massive repressions followed - all Bulgarian cultural clubs were banned by law, some of the clubs were set on fire, other were shooted with guns, and the members of clubs were severely beaten. At the last Eurovision, the Macedonian representative had the stupidity or the courage to admit during an interview on KZbin that his grandmother is Bulgarian and has Bulgarian citizenship - what followed was 400 death threats and the politicians in this country created a commission to review the his participation - a Bulgarian cannot represents Northern Macedonia. It became an international scandal that reached the European Commission. The discrimination and terror of the Bulgarians and the real history of this land is cruel. The EU set conditions for starting negotiations for the accession of this country - inclusion of Bulgarians in the constitution and guarantee of their human rights. Two years later the politicians in Macedonia refuse to recognize rights for Bulgarians. The history of this country is very ugly and has nothing to do with the ancient Macedonians but with the Yugoslav communists. All those statues are just a facade for the communist repressions and fake history.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

na istok od MAKEDONIJA E PIRINSKA MAKEDONIJA. na jug od MAKEDONIJA --- EGEJSKA MAKEDONIJA ! ! !

[@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ]

Αν θέλετε να μάθετε Ιστορία πάτε στους πρόποδες των Ιμαλαιων.... Εκει ζουν οι ΚΑΛΑΣ οι απόγονοι του ΜΕΓΑ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ..... μιλούν αρχαία Ελληνικα και λένε ότι είναι Έλληνες.... (τι σχέση μπορούν να έχουν τα σκοπια και οι Σλάβοι σκοπιανοι με την ιστορία της Ελλάδας..?) ΚΑΛΗΝΎΧΤΑ στην Βαρντασκα και στην πρωτεύουσα της τα Σκόπια.... Απο την ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ την ΠΡΩΤΕΎΟΥΣΑ της μίας και μοναδικής ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ...

[@StudiorumAllDay]

Could you please send me your sources for the Kalashi people? I only found they claim to descend from the armies of Alexander who were left behind from his armed campaign, even though no evidence exists for him to have even passed the area. I also found that they speak and write Arabic. Where is your information from? Ευχαριστώ

[@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ]

@@StudiorumAllDay καλησπέρα σας από την όμορφη ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ... Υπάρχουν βιβλία για τους ΚΑΛΑΣ Και πολλά ντοκιμαντέρ από Έλληνες δημοσιογράφους.. .είναι πολύ ενδιαφέροντα γιατί μετά από τόσους; αιώνες έχουν την δική τους διάλεκτο με πολλά Αρχαιοελληνικο στοιχεία.... Ευχαριστώ πολύ,και χάρηκα για το ενδιαφέρον και την γνωριμία... Απο την ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ την ΠΡΩΤΕΎΟΥΣΑ της μίας και μοναδικής ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ...... (με 35°,και αέρα..)

[@StudiorumAllDay]

@@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ Θα το ψαξω. Ευχαριστώ πολύ.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ....... MACEDONIANS SPEAK MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE ! ! !

[@mellake7052]

@@ΚώσταςΖωγράφος-θ5σ nonsense

[@ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σ9μ]

Αγάπη απο Μακεδονία Ελλάδα στήνν βόρεια Μακεδον

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Thanks for tuning in! 😀

[@milossosolovski8961]

A zasto u Srbiji nisi bio? Izgleda si i ti neko ko ima nesto protiv Srbije a predstavljas kosovo kao drzavu …. Srami Se i prvo nauci istoriju kad negde dolazis

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

To je prilično smiješna izjava kada razmislite o tome! Imate li nešto protiv zemalja u koje niste putovali? Nisam bio na Islandu, ali nemam ništa protiv naroda na Islandu. Bilo bi vam bolje da razgovarate i stupite u kontakt s ljudima, umjesto da optužujete i promišljate - jer kada to radite obično griješite. Ugodan dan!

[@13svetlost]

What are you talking ???? That was Serbia . Learn something OK.