Victorian Language Graduates: Macedonian is Part of Our Identity and Culture

"The verbal and the written understanding of the language is so important particularly for the Macedonian culture because we know that there has been so much time where you've had to fight to have culture and identity recognised..." said Bronwyn Halfpenny, Labor Member for Thomastown in honour of Victorian students graduating classes in Macedonian.

Graduates studying Macedonian at a ceremony in their honour at the Macedonian Consulate in Melbourne Source: SBS Macedonian

In attendance at the evening, organised by the Macedonian Consul-General Sanja Zografska-Krsteska were also Mr Bruce Atkinson, Liberal Member for Eastern Metropolitan and the Principal of the Victorian School of Languages, Mr Frank Merlino.