Gatherings of Macedonians around the World Ever since the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, Macedonians all around the world have been voicing their concerns over Macedonian constitutional name, over the poor treatment of Macedonian minorities in neighboring countries and everything else that would in danger the fundamental human and national rights for all ethnic Macedonians, including the right of freedom of expression and association. The following videos are of gatherings and meetings of Macedonians. A celebration was held in Toronto, supporting the recognition of the constitutional name - 09:59 Descendents of Alexander The Great at Canberra, Australia Meeting - 03:06 Macedonian protest in Australia - 04:30 Macedonian protest in New York - 01:45 Macedonian Protest for Human Rights in Greece - Toronto, 1990 (Part 1) - 02:29 Macedonian Protest for Human Rights in Greece - Toronto, 1990 (Part 2) - 09:49 Macedonian Protest in Toronto 1990, in front of the Bulgarian Embassy (Part 1) - 09:18 Macedonian Protest in Toronto 1990, in front of the Bulgarian Embassy (Part 2) - 09:50 Macedonian Protest in Skopje - 05:09

The Macedonians in Greece Although ethnic Macedonians in northern Greece make up a large minority with their own language and culture, their internationally-recognized human rights and even their existence are vigorously denied by the Greek government. Free expression is restricted; several Macedonians have been prosecuted and convicted for the peaceful expression of their views. Moreover, ethnic Macedonians are discriminated against by the government's failure to permit the teaching of the Macedonian language. And ethnic Macedonians, particularly rights activists, are harassed by the government - followed and threatened by security forces - and subjected to economic and social pressures resulting from this harassment. All of these actions have led to a marked climate of fear in which a large number of ethnic Macedonians are reluctant to assert their Macedonian identity or to express their views openly. Ethnic Macedonian political refugees who fled northern Greece after the Greek Civil War of 1946-49, as well as their descendants who identify themselves as Macedonians, are denied permission to regain their citizenship, to resettle in, or even to visit northern Greece. By contrast, all of these are possible for political refugees who define themselves as Greeks. Greek courts have denied permission to establish a "Center for Macedonian Culture." Ultimately, the government is pursuing every avenue to deny the Macedonians of Greece their ethnic identity. The following videos depict Macedonians and their lives in Greece, in the past and present.

Macedonians - exiled from the Aegean (Part 1) - 09:57 Macedonians - exiled from the Aegean (Part 2) - 10:00 Macedonians - exiled from the Aegean (Part 3) - 09:26 Macedonians - exiled from the Aegean (Part 4) - 09:44

Macedonia's struggle against Greeks (1904-1908) - 04:46 Greece already recognized Macedonian language in 1920's - 04:28 Refugee children from the Aegean Macedonia - 07:22 The ethnic Macedonians are discriminated by Greece - 08:47

Macedonians from the Aegean Part of Macedonia (Part 1) - 10:00 Macedonians from the Aegean Part of Macedonia (Part 2) - 09:59 Macedonians from the Aegean Part of Macedonia (Part 3) - 09:59

The Macedonians in Greece - 05:53 Macedonians in Greece celebrate Ilinden - 02:18 Re-Union of the Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia,1988 - 08:12

Zhelevo, Lerin, Aegean Macedonia (Part 1) - 09:42 Zhelevo, Lerin, Aegean Macedonia (Part 2) - 09:59 Zhelevo, Lerin, Aegean Macedonia (Part 3) - 08:40

Gabresh, Aegean Macedonia - 02:34 Seres (Ser), Aegean Macedonia - 03:23 Bapchor, Kostur, Aegean Macedonia - 09:35 Zherveni, Voden, Aegean Macedonia - 02:44

The Macedonians in Bulgaria The Bulgarian government refuses to acknowledge the existence of the large Macedonian minority in Pirin Macedonia (now a part of Bulgaria since the partition of Macedonia in 1912/13) and continues to violate its basic human rights. These are the main reasons why Bulgaria constantly denies the OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN's party registration. The European Commission has called several times on Bulgaria to respect the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights and to recognize OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN. However, on September 4, 2007, the Sofia District Court in Bulgaria again denied OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN's party registration. Word from the party and the European Court of Human Rights is that it was yet again politically motivated so that the Macedonians could not participate in the next month's local elections. The following videos describe the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria and the problems that the party OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN has registering its party in this country.

Frattini: Bulgaria to respect the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights - 02:01 European Commission calls on Bulgaria to recognize OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN - 01:49 Bulgaria rejects registration of Macedonian minority party - 03:48 Bulgarian Court refuses to register OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN - 03:54

OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN's repeated registration in Bulgaria - 04:53 EU Commission's Spokesman Abing: Bulgaria to recognize OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN - 02:23 OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria - 01:34 A members of OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN ran at local elections - 04:04

BBC Macedonian - Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria (Part 1) - 05:23 BBC Macedonian - Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria (Part 2) - 09:12 Stojko Stojkov, Pavle Voskopoulos and Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias in US - 01:56 Interview with Stoyko Stoykov - 05:46

Jan Pirinski from “Narodna Volja” vs. Bulgarian Racism to Macedonians - 02:24 Throughout The Pirin Macedonia - Documentary (Part 1) - 07:19 Throughout The Pirin Macedonia - Documentary (Part 2) - 05:11 A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria (Part 1) - 09:21

A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria (Part 2) - 08:16 A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria (Part 3) - 08:56 A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria (Part 4) - 09:41 A five-part documentary movie describing the life of the Macedonian minority in Bugaria (Part 5) - 06:06

The Macedonians in Albania Albania recognizes the Macedonians as an ethnic minority and delivers primary education in the Macedonian language in the border regions (Mala Prespa, Golo Brdo, Gora) where most ethnic Macedonians live. In the 1989 census, 4,697 people declared themselves Macedonians, but Macedonian organizations allege that the government undercounts the number of ethnic Macedonians in Albania and that they are politically underrepresented - there are no ethnic Macedonians in the Albanian parliament. Some say that there has been disagreement among the Slavophone Albanian citizens about their being members of a Macedonian nation as a significant number of these Slavophones are Torbesh and self-identify as Albanians. External estimates on the population of Macedonians in Albania include 10,000, whereas Macedonian sources have claimed that there are 120,000 - 350,000 ethnic Macedonians in Albania. The following videos describe the life of the Macedonians minority in Albania.

The Macedonians in Albania - 03:27 BBC - Macedonians in Albania (part 1) - 05:37 BBC - Macedonians in Albania (Part 2) - 07:52 No Bulgarian minority exists in Albania - 02:27

The Macedonians in Golo Brdo, Albania - 05:10 The Macedonians in Pustec, Albania - 04:45 The Macedonians in Gora, Albania (Part 1) - 09:01 The Macedonians in Gora, Albania (Part 2) - 06:19

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