Parts of Alexander the Great’s Statue Being Assembled at Skopje Square

By on June 15, 2011 in news

Greece slammed FYROM on Wednesday over the erection of a giant statue of Alexander the Great, a hero Athens claims as its own, in its neighbour’s capital Skopje.
A giant, 22 meters tall bronze statue called “Warrior on a Horse”, was being assembled in the centre of Skopje, but it clearly resembles the 4th century BC Greek warrior. According to local media the statue, designed by the local sculptor Valentina Stevanovska, will cost €9 million.
Greek foreign ministry spokesman Dimitris Delavekouras said the move was “another provocation” by Skopje, which will further aggravate relations between the two Balkan countries.



  • Anonymous

    You can claim you’re “Macedonia” all you want, but you’re not.

  • JS

    Pretty sleazy move by Skopje-ians.  The fact they feel no shame in doing this really shows the kind of people they are.  But what would you have expected from people that abducted Children during the paideomazoa.

  • Saskolazarov

    There is nothing to claim John, i know im Macedonian,  in the same way you know whatever you are!!! its very simple.

  • Warrior on a horse

    1) Macedonians have and will always state we are a mix of the ancient Macedonians that lived in Macedonia and those Slavs that invaded the Balkans, we have stated we are descendants for a LONG time now2) Before the Megali Idea, Greek historians agreed with ancient historians in that Macedonians conquered Greeks and ended democracy in Greece3) Only until Macedonia’s independence became imminent did Greece change all the names of their airports and universities to “Macedonia”, change their province to “Macedonia and Thrace”, start using the Vergina Flag, and started erecting statues of Alexander the Great and Phillip II (so, around the time of 1990s). They even changed their TV channel name to “Macedonia”!4) Macedonia was divided in 1913 by Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. The portion that went to Greece underwent MASSIVE Hellenization… Hundreds of thousands of refugees were brought into Macedonia, only Greek language and religion was allowed in Macedonia, and the “removal” of Macedonians and the evidence of their existence continues to occur! In short: Macedonia was FORCIBLY Hellenized! Even Saloniki was JEWISH!5) Macedonians are not and will never be embarrassed of who they are, if the Greeks are unsure of who they are that is their problem, they cannot continue harassing everyone else over it: Albanians and Epirus, Macedonians and Macedonia, and Turkey and Cyprus!6) Greeks you are in massive debt, quite complaining about Macedonia, it is Greece that you need to fix

  • 11111

    Yeah, your name “Saskolazarov” really shows your Macedonian.  Be proud of your slavic roots and stop claiming another ethnic groups history.  Get over it.

  • Sasko lazarakis( :)…

     Excuse mi, what kind of way you wold like my name to sound, greek… that’s why my friend we are diferent macedonians and not greek.

  • Sasko Lazarov

    Skopje-ians, you’r ridiculous… you dont have a courage to call us with some name  that will make any sence… open some book, any kind of book and search for a name of the territory of today’s Republic of Macedonia in the time of yougoslavia(yougoslavia was made by 6 republics, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia).

  • brlmylos

    one of the poorest countries with 30% unemployment started to make statues that cost over 5.5 million euros.pathetic propaganda “united macedonia blah blah” lol.

  • Aetos

    Why not name your ex Yugoslav country, Wannabia and its people are the Wannabies.

  • Aetos

    Hmm what a lot of Ex Yugoslav Propaganda, you have all been brainwashed and in beleiving that you are Macedonian. Firstly Saskoash. It was Tito who gave you the right to use the name Macedonia in Ex Yugoslavia, before Tito it was called Vadarska a province of Southern Yugoslavia and Serbia our borders after WWI were with Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy and Africa.

    Well well well so what am ?, well from what i know, and grew up with is that i am a Makedonian Greek, and i can read and understand the ancient Makedonian scripts written on the Tombs and walls and Mosaics in Vergina and Pella. It certainly does not look or sound like Bulgarian or Slavic.

    The names of both Alexander and Phillip are definetly Greek in origin and meaning.

    And i dont know why you Skopians whoes city was founded by the Romans, keep on trying to seperate us saying the Macedonians and Greeks. Macedonians are Greeks just like the Attikans who’s capital is Athens, Thessalians in which Alexander the Greats mother Olympia was from, Kreta, Lakonians who are related to the Makedones by blood, Epriotes, Messinians, Ionians, Corinthians, Thracians and Rhodians we are all Greeks.

    Greece is made up of Provinces and Makedonia is our province / state. It is strange how before the uneathing of the Vergina symbol in Greece in Makedonia you had no idea of it. We Greeks did it was also featured in many other provinces of ancient Greece.

    The only reason you Skopians want to claim the name with your propagandas, is that Makedonia is located on the northern Aegean and you want it as your port and to take all the beautiful coast it has and it is a land with a glorious history. And why do you want the name so much is because these things bring tourism and business and that brings in money so you greedy theives want to take my home my ancestors home from me well go find it in your own backyard not in mine. “Skopian” because i am Makedonos.