Are Greece and Macedonia the one and the same?

Macedonia, as a geographic area, is a land around Thessaloniki, that is now divided between Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and FYROM. For Greeks, Macedonia is a northern part of Greece. read more

So, no. Macedonia and Greece are not the same. For Greeks, it is not the same for the same reason Sparta is not the same as Greece and for Slavic Macedonians because they thing the two are completely different. read more

The Macedonia naming dispute is a political dispute over the use of the name "Macedonia" between the southeastern European countries of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, formerly a region within Yugoslavia. read more

One archaic Greek dialect indigenous to Greek Macedonia and other parts of Northern Greece is that spoken by the Sarakatsani, a traditionally transhument shepherd community whose dialect has undergone very little change through foreign influences. read more