According to Greek media, the Greek government is planning to send the BBC a letter in order to refute the article.
BBC article titled ‘Greece’s invisible minority – the Macedonian Slavs’ angers Greece
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‘The Macedonian language hasn’t officially been banned in Greece for decades, but the fear still lingers. A middle-aged man I met in a village near the reeds of Lake Prespa, where the agreement between Greece and the North Macedonian republic was first signed last June, explained that this fear is passed down through generations.”My parents didn’t speak the language at home in case I picked it up and spoke in public. To protect me. We don’t even remember why we are afraid any more”,he said. Slowly the language is dying. Years of repression pushed it indoors; assimilation is finishing the job’, explaines the BBC article.
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