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Greek-Australian groups are planning a rally on Macedonia for Sunday, Feb. 25, outside the Greek Consulate in Melbourne. The protest, organized by the Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria, will take place as negotiations between Greece and FYROM are intensifying...

Talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) ended at the United Nations in Vienna without statements on Tuesday. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart Nikola Dimitrov met with UN special representative Matthew Nimetz for...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is meeting in Vienna on Tuesday with Skopje counterpart Nikola Dimitrov and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to negotiate on the Balkan country's name. The two neighboring country’s officials started bilateral talks on Monday and will...

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris has suggested that the city airport should no longer be called "Macedonia" because foreign visitors might confuse it with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ’s main airport. Speaking at Monday's City Council meeting, the mayor...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Monday said that Ankara supports the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in its name dispute with Greece. Yildirim spoke at a joint news conference with FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in the Turkish capital...

Greece's ruling SYRIZA's parliamentary group meets on Monday amid important political developments, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said. The Greek premier was talking amid a high-profile scandal involving the Novartis pharmaceutical giant and some Greek politicians. "Responsibility, democratic consistency, constitutional loyalty,...

Skopje mayor Petre Shilegov has said Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are showing a willingness to resolve their decades-old name dispute. In an interview with Greek Sunday paper Documento, Shilegov said: "When you want to solve...

Following Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis’ endorsement of protests over the ‘Macedonia’ naming issue another prominent left-winger has come out against use of the term by the government in Skopje. Manolis Glezos, one of two Greek students who famously tore down...

..Hundreds of Greeks living in Munich demonstrated against the use of the term "Macedonia" in the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The protesters gathered at Königsplatz in Munich waving Greek flags and shouting "Macedonia is Greek", complaining...

Recently re-elected Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said his country is “working closely” with Greece on its relations with Turkey and its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Anastasiades, in a Friday interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, said he remained determined...