Everytime when somebody asks something about Macedonia the greeks start with their paranoia and begin to insult Macedonian people calling them Fyromers, pretending to be our Godfathers. Do you think it's right when somebody asks you something your neighbour to answer for you?

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unfortunately, Macedonia is often a topic of confusion. The Greek Macedonians are those that are from the northern part of present day Greece. So Alexander The Great being referred to as a Macedonian as opposed to a Greek is just a less vague description of his ethnicity (Greek, but from Macedon). I forgot whether or not Macedonians in that province spoke a different language or not, but it was definately Hellenic.

NOW, as for Macedonians from the Republic of Macedonia, that is a different country all together. Those Macedonians are descendants of Slavs (the same people that occupied Eastern Europe and Russia), which arrived in Europe after 500-600 AD (long after the Greeks colonized regions in the Balkans). As a matter of fact, the actual name of this country is The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia- because the Greeks asked them to distinguish themselves to avoid confusion (but failed, it still causes confusion). As a matter of fact, Macedonians use the Cryllic alphabet and their language is a Slavic one. Their president is Branko Crvenkovski, having a Slavic last name.

I used to be confused by this too, so I researched it, and that's what I found out!

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