Various groups and organizations, many considered "fringe elements", inside and outside the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are taking advantage of the Internet to intensify irredentist views and propaganda, a Greek scholar told an audience in Thessaloniki on Sunday.

According to history professor Vlassis Vlasidis, a lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia, several state agencies in neighboring FYROM continue to promote and regurgitate the myth of a "unified Macedonian identity" -- as formulated in the early 1990s -- without special reference to irredentist designs that would generate reactions from neighboring states, i.e. Greece.

Vlasidis spoke during an event focusing on pro-FYROM propaganda on the Internet. The purpose of the event was to present collective research by the Thessaloniki-based Macedonian Studies Society (EMS) on the subject of "FYROM's Irredentist Imperialism 1943-2006: Official State Documents."

Source: Athens News Agency

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