Why are people from F.Y.R.O.M. trying to steal greece's history?

Question: Why are people from F!.Y!.R!.O!.M!. trying to steal greece's history!?
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You have to understand that people from FYROM have no history and a country without history is nothing!.!.!.!. that's why they are trying to take a part of greece's history!. Skopjians have believed the lies the government say and they are trying to make them facts!. Personally I find the whole issue ridiculus because everyone that knows history says that macedonia is in greece!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is little connection between the ancient Greeks and the hairy goat-legged creatures who now live around the foot of the Acropolis!. Anyone who doubts this should take a good look at the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum, and compare the physical evidence!. The history of Modern Greece, is one of revolt against the Ottoman heritage, itself heir to the Roman Empire - and of flirtations with communism post war (put down with British help), and fascism under the Junta of the Colonels!.
The country is now run by a mafia who have destroyed the economy to the point where it will soon no longer be able to remain within the European Union!.
It is therefore ridiculous for Greek politicians to try and divert public attention away from the problems of Greece, by pointing at a tiny neighbour and accusing it of the crime of 'stealing their history', whatever that may mean!. The Macedonians have probably got a closer connection to the ancients than the modern Greeks do!. The closest of all are those shepherd communities in Turkey who still speak a recognisable form of classical Greek!. Most relics of the Ancient Greek civilisation are in Turkey, where they are much better preserved than those in Greece!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have a hard time understanding why Greece is so bothered by a country that in both population and per capita income is about 1/5 their level!. It's not like we are going to forget that Greece was the cradle of Western Civilization because your neighbor is called Macedonia!. It honestly seems like Greece is being a little petty!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You mean why is Greece selfishly trying to prevent a part of the region of Macedonia from proclaiming its roots!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, Macedonia's name and history became the object of a dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia!. From 1992 to 1995, the two countries also engaged in a dispute over the Republic's first flag, which incorporated the Vergina Sun symbol, a symbol of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon!. Its adoption by the Republic, on 3 July 1992, was seen as a reaction by Skopje to Athens' pressure to change the name!. This aspect of the dispute was resolved when the flag was changed under the terms of an interim accord agreed between the two states in October 1995!.

Even when the European Union-nominated Arbitration Commission (consisting of the five presidents of constitutional courts - German, French, Italian, Spanish and Belgian) has handed down its opinion that "that the use of the name `Macedonia' cannot therefore imply any territorial claim against another State", Greece objected the use of the term Macedonia in the newly sovereign state and resorted to disputing its use!.

Due to the dispute over the name, the United Nations agreed to a provisional reference — "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (Macedonian: Поранешна ?угословенска Република Македони?а) — when it became a member state in 1993!. Most international organisations adopted the same convention, including the European Union, NATO, the International Monetary Fund, the European Broadcasting Union, and the International Olympic Committee, among others!. The EU recognises the country as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the negotiations with the EU are held using this reference!. The same reference is also used in any discussion to which Greece is a party but is inconsistently used by other countries!. Bulgaria uses the name ‘Republic of Macedonia’ even if it is seen as interfering with the traditional use of the name ‘Pirin Macedonia’, insisting however that any solution to the naming dispute with Greece should "take account of the historical, cultural, and other realities related to the geographic region of Macedonia"!.

On the other hand, the government of the Republic of Macedonia never signs any documents with a name different than the constitutional name!. However, an increasing number of countries have abandoned the United Nations provisional reference and have recognised the country as the Republic of Macedonia or simply Macedonia instead!. These include four of the five permanent UN Security Council members, the United States, Russia, United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China, as well two of its immediate neighbours, Bulgaria and Serbia!. Negotiations continue between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia but have yet to reach any settlement of the dispute!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/FYROM

This is quoted from http://www!.intersticeconsulting!.com/docu!.!.!. The citations can be found on the website!.

On December 23, 1990 a referendum in Slovenia
supporting independence, triggered off the chain of events that led to the dissolution of the Federal Socialist Republic
of Yugoslavia!. In a similar referendum on September 8, 1991,43 a large majority in the Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia44 voted in favor of independence and the Republic duly declared its sovereignty on September 17, 1991!.45
At the same time, it started seeking international recognition as the "Republic of Macedonia!." The Greek government
had been expecting this eventuality, after the eruption of fighting in the north of Yugoslavia earlier in the year had
signalled that the federation's days were numbered!.46 But for the Greeks in general it was a tremendous jolt, as they
suddenly realized in 1991 that a new state was about to appear at their northern frontier with a name which they hadthought to be unquestionably theirs!. Greece had spent the last two years entangled in a paralysing internal squabble and
successive general elections that had nurtured severe introspection and had delayed the readjustment of foreign policy to the novel exigencies of post-iron-curtain realities in Europe!. So, the Greek public opinion arose excitedly in a
forceful campaign against the new state intended to compel it to relinquish all linguistic and symbolic connections with
Greek history; and the "Macedonian issue" entered a new chapter of its history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com