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The ethnic Macedonians in Greece have faced difficulties from the Greek government in their ability to self-declare as members of a "Macedonian minority" and to refer to their native language as "Macedonian". [260] Since the late 1980s there has been an ethnic Macedonian revival in Northern Greece, mostly centering on the region of Florina. [263]
However, it is unlikely that this high minority TFR has continued since then in North Macedonia, as Balkan fertility elsewhere (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo) has dropped sharply toward the European average. A more recent survey [29] pegs Muslim fertility in North Macedonia at 1.7, versus 1.5 for non-Muslims.
The history of Macedonians has been shaped by population shifts and political developments in the southern Balkans, especially within the region of Macedonia.The ideas of separate Macedonian identity grew in significance after the First World War, both in Vardar and among the left-leaning diaspora in Bulgaria, and were endorsed by the Comintern.
Ethnic Macedonian DSE remembers remained excluded from the terms of this legislation. On August 20, 2003, the Rainbow Party hosted a reception for the "child refugees", ethnic Macedonian children who fled their homes during the Greek Civil War who were permitted to enter Greece for a maximum of 20 days. Now elderly, this was the first time many ...
1991 Macedonian independence referendum; Independent Republic; 2001 insurgency; Antiquization; Naming dispute with Greece; Republic of Vevčani; 2012 Republic of Macedonia inter-ethnic violence; 2015 Kumanovo clashes; Prespa Agreement; Historical and linguistic dispute with Bulgaria; 2020 NATO accession. Accession to the European Union (2005 - )
Ancient geographers differed in their views on the size of Macedonia and on the ethnicity of the Macedonians. [279] Most ancient geographers did not include the core territories of the Macedonian kingdom in their definition of Greece, the reasons for which are unknown.
Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia; Macedonians (Greeks), the Greek people inhabiting or originating from Macedonia, a geographic and administrative region of Greece; Macedonian Bulgarians, the Bulgarian people from the region of Macedonia
Macedonian is the native language of 70% of all inhabitants of the country. [4] In addition to the Macedonian population, ethnic Albanians, Serbians, Romani, Turkish and Aromanians speak the language to various degrees as secondary speakers. [5] [6] [7] American linguist Victor Friedman estimated there were 3.5 million speakers in 2001. [6]