Belgrade

Firstly I'd like to apologise for using this forum to address anti Republic Of Macedonia rhetoric. I would love to just look at Macedonia and its wonderful environment. It really is a fantastic country to visit, and needs recognition of its culture, history and society.
In response to Kyriakossss: The expression of self, of who you are, and what identity and name you wish to go by is not 'stupid and provocative propaganda', it is the basic human right of self determination. I am always confused about this Tito 'creation myth', as if he plucked an ethnicity, culture, and nation from post world war II Balkans. For example The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (a revolutionary national liberation movement whose aim was autonomy for the geographic Macedonian region) was founded in 1893, one year after Tito's birth. The 5 basic principles of this organisation were:

1. The revolutionary organization should be established within Macedonia and should act there, so that the Greeks and Serbs couldn't label it as a tool of the Bulgarian government.
2. Its founders should be locals and living in Macedonia.
3. The political motto of the organization should be the autonomy of Macedonia.
4. The organization should be secret and independent, without any links with the governments of the liberated neighbourly states, and
5. From the Macedonian emigration in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian society, only moral and material help for the struggle of the Macedonian revolutionaries should be required

This expression of nationhood and identity quite clearly predates Tito's recognition of a Macedonian federal state. In fact the first Macedonian republic although short lived was proclaimed after the llinden-Preobrazheni​e uprising in 1903. The history of The Republic Of Macedonia is varied, from numerous neolithic sites to the ruins of Roman and Ottoman settlements, many peoples and civilizations have contributed to The Republic Of Macedonia's history. Heraclea Lyncestis a ruined city just outside Bitola in the south of the republic was founded by Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father. The ancient Hellenic world whether you like it or not is a part of the modern republic's history as well as modern Greece. I am British, the Britons are made up many peoples and traditions, they are more than the history of such classical figures as King Arthur or Boudica. Macedonia and Macedonians are more than the history of Macedon and the ancient Hellenic world. The Republic Of Macedonia is a modern European democracy struggling against its southern neighbour to express is identity, sell its goods, advertise its culture. In regards to its borders, The Republic Of Macedonia as well as changing its flag in 1995 to appease Greek pressure, also changed elements of its own constitution to try and address Greek paranoia over supposed Macedonian territorial claims! I don't feel what I express is 'stupid and provocative propaganda', the main issue is the denial of a basic human right, the right of self determination. Don't take my word for it though, you should visit the country, speak to the people, and understand that they are what they are. They can not change. There is nothing they could do about it even if they wanted to. Rather than oppose any dialogue and deny a nations human rights, those Greeks who deny The Republic of Macedonia, should look to the shared history between the nations, both ancient and modern. Maybe then realize that the relationship between these peoples and culture is far more fascinating and perhaps not so dissimilar.
Again many apologies for using this forum to address these issues. Respect.