DISPUTE OVER ALEXANDER AIRPORT
National.
Recently we reported you about renaming Skopje Airport into "Alexander the Great" or "Pavle". Now the government's decision was made and the airport will be renamed, Alexander the Great. Greece immediatelly reacted angrily to the governments decision.
Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis protested at Macedonia's decision, saying: "History cannot change, or be falsified, 2,000 years on".
"Alexander the Great is a leading figure of global appeal...a Greek conqueror who established himself in history by spreading Greek culture across the entire known world," Ms Bakoyannis added.
The name change still needs to be approved by international air traffic authorities before it can be enforced. Greece will probably lobby as much as they can to have influence on the decision made by IATA. Macedonia's Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said the decision was a "goodwill" gesture, "with which we wanted to pay our respects to this historic person who brings peoples and countries together".
"We didn't have any intention to monopolise the name," he added.
While Skopje's airport got the name of our most famous Macedonian, Ohrid airport will be renamed into "St. Apostle Pavle".
MD: Bravo to our Government! Finally some justice about our king! Let's hope Macedonia will not bend for Greece and their allies again like back in the nineties. and what ms Bakoyannis is saying, she knows it's crap, and the world is getting to know it too.
[BBC]
were it not for Greek investment, FYROM would have no airport to name.
Posted by
Anonymous |
18:44
Alexander the great is a personality of Macedonia, nothing to do with hellas. The Macedonians are a distinct and very diffrent group of people then the greeks. Alexander is a Macedonian and therfore has no connection with greece. We Macedonians are his people and we decide what we want and nobody else. Therefore i demand the airport carries the name of our king Alexander the great, and name celebrates his home Macedonia.
Posted by
Anonymous |
16:27
I think "fepog " ( former ethiopean collony of greece),needs to shut up and mind their own business!
Posted by
Anonymous |
16:29
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