PROFILE         




MACEDONIAN ALLIANCE PROFILE

  • Macedonian Alliance was founded in 1991.

  • The official name is "Macedonian Alliance".

  • M.Y.A platform is to raise Macedonian awareness in the Australian wider community.

  • M.Y.A is a world network which boosts members in all states in Australia and overseas.

  • M.Y.A's most successful achievement was when the Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic recognized Macedonian Independence. It was the first country to recognize Macedonia. M.Y.A had a major role in this by lobbying to the Northern Cypriot community in Australia.

  • A novel written by Nick Atanasovski "The Division Of Macedonia And The Oppression Of Macedonians Under Greek Occupation" were on behalf of the M.Y.A.

  • M.Y.A. has yearly functions, such as annual ball, nightclub parties, boat cruises.

  • In 1997 M.Y.A. formed a 'six a side' soccer tournament through the summer.It consisted of an 8-team competition, which involved a girls team.

  • M.Y.A participated in the Independence and Slav-prefix protests, a substantial amount of members participated in the march.

  • 2001 - MA organises two donation nights for the Fallen Heroes families of Macedonia, it was attended by Macedonian Businesses and the Macedonian Community of Victoria. $38,030 was raised for our Fallen Heroes.

  • 2002 - MA organises a press conference in the dormentry of ARM (Armijata Na Republika Makedonija), Cheques of $540 was presented to the wives and mothers of the Fallen Heroes of Macedonia.

  • 2002 - MA delegates meet with Macedonian Interior Minister "Ljube Boskovski" the crises in Macedonia and the Macedonian Diaspora of Australia were discussion topics raised with the Minister.

  • 2002 - MA delegate attends the Goce Delchev grave and memeorial site and lays a reef in respect to the great revolutionary leader in front a of thousands that paid respect to the great man.

  • 2003 - MA stages 100 years of Ilinden at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, MA delegates laid a reef in remembrance of all the fallen heroes for a free Macedonian Republic.

  • 2004 - MA stages Ilinden at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.