Македонија и нејзините соседи

Abstract

Many aspirations to conquer Macedonia and to annihilate it have continued into the present. The Greeks have claimed a legal right to the name Macedonia, the Macedonian language and history ever since Alexander the Great. The Serbs do not acknowledge the Macedonian Orthodox Church, as if Macedonia were a pagan country. The Bulgarians claim that the Macedonian language is a Bulgarian dialect, and the Albanians demand one third of Macedonia (the Western part), which is inhabited by an Albanian minority.

Danes ima Makedonija še vedno težek in nezavidljiv položaj – ne priznavajo ji imena, jezika, državotvornosti, politične integritete. Grki zavračajo ime za državo Makedonijo, makedonski jezik in makedonsko zgodovino od Aleksandra Makedonskega do danes; Srbi ne priznavajo makedonske cerkve (kot da je Makedonija poganska država); Bolgari želijo razlagati makedonščino kot bolgarsko narečje; Albanci želijo tretjino teritorialnega ozemlja (zahodne) Makedonije, kjer živi njihova manjšina, priključiti k svoji državi.