Life sometimes sucks. Life is often unfair. To us as individuals, to our families, to our communities, to our countries. Not always, but often. A lot of woes have befallen Macedonia, both as a modern-day nation-state and as an older, more ancient, land and people. You know what they are and can list your own as well: Ottoman occupation. Serbian and Bulgarian occupations. The deportation of Macedonian Jews. The 1963 earthquake. Greece’s blockade in 1994/95 and their demand that Macedonia change its name, flag and constitution. The 1999 war next door that brought Macedonia a great deal of pain. The 2001 war from next door (and within). The 2015 Kumanovo terrorist attack. The forced name change. Bulgaria’s current childish demands. And much, much more.
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Life sometimes sucks. Life is often unfair. To us as individuals, to our families, to our communities, to our countries. Not always, but often. A lot of woes have befallen Macedonia, both as a modern-day nation-state and as an older, more ancient, land and people. You know what they are and can list your own as well: Ottoman occupation. Serbian and Bulgarian occupations. The deportation of Macedonian Jews. The 1963 earthquake. Greece’s blockade in 1994/95 and their demand that Macedonia change its name, flag and constitution. The 1999 war next door that brought Macedonia a great deal of pain. The 2001 war from next door (and within). The 2015 Kumanovo terrorist attack. The forced name change. Bulgaria’s current childish demands. And much, much more.