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Zoran Zaev: Statues in Skopje of ancient Macedonian personalities a provocative act towards Greece

6/7/2017

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SKAI | Translated by the Macedonian League
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Zoran Zaev, the new Prime Minister of the 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)', has stated that the antiquization program brought to life in Skopje by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski which saw the installation of numerous ancient Macedonian statues and the renaming of streets and airports throughout the country with Greek names was an outright provocative act against Greece.

In his interview on FYROM's national broadcaster on Tuesday, Zaev stressed that projects such as these have exacerbated relations with Greece and that he will stop such acts under his leadership.

However, when asked whether his government plans to demolish some of the statues, he replied that attempting to dismantle the project would be very difficult and would add pressure on the state's coffers.

Aside from provoking Greece, the antiquization project which was spearheaded by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski saw the "flooding" of Skopje's city center with small and large statues and buildings which caused negative reactions by the country's opposition parties, intellectuals and the Albanian minority.

The antiquization project, known as "Skopje 2014",  was an expensive project which cost more than 600 million euros and burdened the state budget in a country with a stagnant economy.

Source: SKAI

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John Harapa
6/8/2017 12:51:04 am

Finally a learned Skopjen with common sense.
If the dismantling of blatantly provocative objects and renaming of airport and streets & highways burdens their already strained economy, perhaps a gesture of good will with Greece might be to donate these objects to the Greek government and it's people who are the legitimate custodians of Greek Macedonian history

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