Maqedonia e Egjeut: Dallime mes rishikimesh

[[Skeda:Flag of Greek Macedonia.svg|thumb|right|150px|Flamuri nacionaliste greke i Maqedonisë e jugut<ref>Danforth, Loring M. ''[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZmesOn_HhfEC&pg=PA164&dq=Greek+blue+vergina+flag+nationalism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEz7eZhOPgAhWLSH0KHaXrAr4Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Greek%20blue%20vergina%20flag%20nationalism&f=false The Macedonian conflict: Ethnic nationalism in a transnational world]'', Princeton University Press, 1997, pf. 164. "By the late 1980s, when the dispute over Macedonian identity was growing increasingly fierce, both Greek and Macedonian nationalists, particularly those in the diaspora, eagerly seized on the sun or star of Vergina as a powerful national symbol that expressed their competing claims to continuity with the ancient Macedonians."</ref>]]

Në Maqedoninë jetojnë rreth 2,6 milionë banorë. 98 % janë [[Maqedonët (greqishtfolës)|Maqedonas greqishtfolës]] me pjesën e madhe të ardhur nga Anadolli pas shkëmbimin e popullsive greko-turke në vitin 1923.<ref>Livanios, Dimitris (2008). ''[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uqgSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Serbianization&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9yuTNwr_gAhWPYysKHWtpB8MQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=exchange%20of%20populations&f=false The Macedonian Question: Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949]''. Oxford University Press. f. 24-25.</ref> Në Maqedoni të jugut edhe jetojnë autokton [[Maqedonët (etni sllave)|Maqedonas]] që flasin gjuhën Maqedonisht të sllavishtjes por shumica janë të asimiluar me forcë nga qeveria grek.<ref name="Murati"/><ref name="MargaronisBBC"/><ref>Jakov Marusic, Sinisa, (2019), "[https://balkaninsight.com/2019/02/26/athens-slams-bbc-over-greeces-macedonian-minority-report/ Athens Slams BBC over ‘Greece’s Macedonian Minority’ Report]", Balkaninsight, Vizituar 2 mars 2019.</ref><ref>Karatsareas, Petros. (2018), "[https://theconversation.com/greeces-macedonian-slavic-heritage-was-wiped-out-by-linguistic-oppression-heres-how-94675 Greece's Macedonian Slavic heritage was wiped out by linguistic oppression – here's how]". The Conversation. Vizituar 19 prill 2018.</ref> Popullsia maqedonase etnike numëron 100.000 njerëz, por shumica identifikohen si "grekët" dhe shumë prej tyre janë nacionalistët grekë.<ref name="MargaronisBBC"/> Nga kjo popullatë vetëm 10.000-20.000 njerëz e shohin veten si maqedonas etnikë.<ref name="MargaronisBBC">Margaronis, Maria. (2019), "[https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47258809 Greece's invisible minority - the Macedonian Slavs]". BBC. Vizituar 24 shkurt 2019. "Historian Leonidas Embiricos estimates that more than 100,000 still live in the Greek region of Macedonia, though only 10,000 to 20,000 would identify openly as members of a minority - and many others are proud Greek nationalists."</ref><ref name="Murati">Murati, Shaban (2019), "[https://www.botasot.info/opinione/1040886/greqise-po-i-cahet-thesi-i-minoriteteve/ Greqisë po i çahet thesi i minoriteteve]", Bota Sot, Vizituar 2 mars 2019.</ref> Feja dominuese në Maqedoni është [[feja ortodokse]]. Pothuajse gjithë popullsia flet [[gjuha greke|gjuhën greke]].