United Macedonia Diaspora

[Pelister]

The theme of the conference should be 'vassal politics' or 'puppet states'.

The theme of the conference will be Macedonia's "Integration" into the two clubs I suspect, or there abouts.

There will be talk about "progress" in the "negotiations" and lots of talk about how "positive and bright our future is" but this will all be assumed to be possible through the 'negotiations' and the negotiation process. In short they will be representing the "negotiations" by putting a positive spin on them. In this sense they are not more than a political tool of the West.

I recall Meto saying that they were putting together a paper to reject the talks (in his Canberra/Queanbeyan) speech. Meto and UMD are full of it.

[Prolet]

SOM, If thats the case then i do apologize, i was simply asking for your opinion about him giving a speech there. The UMD seem to have alot of people there, i wonder who is going to finance all this?

[Vangelovski]

i wonder who is going to finance all this?

Very good question Prolet.

[Volk]

i wonder who is going to finance all this?

If you have been paying attention you should know the most likely answer.

[julie]

Volk, my attention span is not so great am very old, enlighten me too, that is a really good question

[Bill77]

Just to get off the curent topic for a sec, the poll on this thread sugests 2 people voted for "Continue the talks " anyone knows who the 2 are?

[Volk]

enlighten me too, that is a really good question

Najveroatno istite luge sto go financiraat UMD, a toa se nasite istocni prijateli.

Koga nekoj od vas ja somnevate 'agenda' na UMD, treba da se potcetite na toj fakt.

[Prolet]

Volk, A od kade ti se ovie informacii??

[Risto the Great]

Najveroatno istite luge sto go financiraat UMD, a toa se nasite istocni prijateli.

You could say the same thing about VMRO I suppose.
Who knows, very difficult to put the MPO fiasco in a good light.

[Vangelovski]

UMD Lifetime Achievement Award for the Bitove's

http://www.maknews.com/forum/general...nt-t19517.html

[Prolet]

Vangelovski, Maybe Bitove finances UMD?

[osiris]

bitov is rich and powerful he also has made a substantial contribution to the macedonian cause the past 3 decades. why is it such a problem that he is honoured. i think people have to step back a little and realise the struggle didnt start yesterday .

i am a little confused and disappointed at how quickly we jump to criticize our activists and supporters if they dont follow our line completely.

[Bill77]

Reading all his achievements in the article, He deserves to be honoured. Thank you vangelovski for posting it and i hope you had good intentions when you decided to post it.

[Vangelovski]

Have you forgotten so quickly the bitove family connections with MPO, the financing and running of the Gligorov-backed rival to the WMC and their UMDish vision for Macedonia?

[Bill77]

Have you forgotten so quickly the bitove family connections with MPO, the financing and running of the Gligorov-backed rival to the WMC and their UMDish vision for Macedonia?

Vangelovski, I would love to hear his response to what you mention.

But we can't ignore this,

"A proud Canadian, Bitove never forgot his Macedonian heritage. As a respected leader of the Canadian Macedonian community in Toronto, he furthered humanitarian causes in the Republic of Macedonia, in Aegean Macedonia and around the globe. As past chairman of the Canadian Macedonian Federation and the Macedonian World Congress, Bitove worked relentlessly behind the scenes, devoting countless hours lobbying the Canadian and U.S. governments as well as other countries to recognize the fledgling Republic of Macedonia.

Notably, Bitove took an active role in assisting the citizens of Skopje after the massive 1963 earthquake (the first foreigner to visit Skopje after the earthquake), and in 1993, he organized the SkyDome Medicine for Macedonian campaign, which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the purchase of much-needed medical equipment and medicine in the Republic of Macedonia. Over the years, he has sponsored more than 150 displaced persons from the Balkans, making it possible for them to immigrate to Canada. He arranged food, clothing and shelter until they could become self-sufficient contributing members of their new country. Bitove is a founder and Chairman of the Board at Canadian Macedonian Place, a well-known senior citizen's complex that takes care of the elderly of Toronto's Macedonian community. Bitove provided founding support of the Macedonian Language Program at the University of Toronto, and is a long-time supporter of building Macedonian Orthodox Churches, recently helping to establish St. Mary's in Cambridge and St. Ilija in Mississauga."