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In Greek region of Macedonia, anger at imminent name deal

As lawmakers in Athens are poised to approve a landmark name deal between Greece and Macedonia, there is relief in many European capitals that a 27-year diplomatic dispute is nearing its end. "How can ...
Digital Journal

Macedonia: a decades-long quarrel over a name

Macedonia, the name of the ex-Yugoslav republic since its independence in 1991, has poisoned relations between Athens and Skopje for nearly three decades. On Tuesday the two sides agreed it should be ...
WBAL

Greek envoy hopeful on settling name dispute with Macedonia

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's foreign minister says an acrimonious dispute over what neighboring Macedonia calls itself can be solved this year, after festering for more than two decades. Minister ...
Napa Valley Register

Calistoga's Greek Macedonian Park in ruins from Glass Fire, but the chapel survived

As the grounds at the Greek Macedonian Park in Calistoga burned, the St. Demetrios chapel stood, the single structure spared from the flames of the Glass Fire. The park sits on 10-acres on Lommel Road ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Macedonian PMs to meet after name row rally

Athens argues that the name Macedonia suggests that Skopje has territorial claims to Greece's historic northern region of the same name. Both countries returned to the United Nations last week hoping ...
WRAL

Macedonia will change its name. Here's why it matters

In what may be the most significant diplomatic step in the Balkans since the end of the Bosnian war, a bitter, decades-long bilateral dispute has been put to rest in Europe Friday. After 27 years of ...
WBAL

Macedonia is officially renamed North Macedonia

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with ...
Foreign Affairs

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

This summer, Greece and Macedonia—known internationally by its UN designation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM—made headlines with an unusual announcement: under a provisional deal ...
balkaninsight

Greek Action to Protect Shared Lake Leaves North Macedonia Unmoved

As Greece sends drones and patrols to stop illegal fishing in Lake Dojran, a unique wetland shared with North Macedonia, the local authorities in the neighbouring state seem less interested in taking ...

North Macedonia declares electricity crisis over fuel oil shortage

The crisis in the Western Balkan country was sparked by severe difficulties in supplying fuel oil from neighbouring Greece ...
Digital Journal

Macedonia: a decades-long quarrel over a name

The name chosen by the small European country of Macedonia at its independence 27 years ago has ever since been rejected by Greece, provoking an impassioned dispute. For Greece the name is part of its ...