What is the size of the Greek minority in the FYROM?
The size of the Greek minority in the FYROM is officially estimated to be close to 2,000 people. This figure is so reliable that recently a German official has asked the Skopjans to perform a new census. It wouldn’t be surprising that Skopjans hide Greeks under such names as Vlachs. It is also noted that during the Greek civil war of 1944-1949 close to 28,000 Greek children were abducted by communists (including Skopjan ones) and transferred to Southern Yugoslavia that is today’s Republic of Skopje. It is unknown under which label this population and their descendants are counted. Some Greek estimates raise the size of the Greek minority in Skopje to around 50,000. Q27) Macedonia and the (Greek) War of Independence. Macedonia, while under the rule of the Ottoman empire, was mainly inhabited by Greeks, Turks and Bulgars. There was also a significant Jewish population in the city of Thessaloniki most of whom arrived there from Spain in the late 15th century. Macedonians [to mean only the
