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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos II, that the government will pursue Greece's national interests in its name dispute with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM). He was responding to the Standing...

By Stephen G. Miller* The name of the modern land-locked country north of Greece, with its capital at Skopje, has returned to the news. It is officially called FYROM, but embedded in that name is "Macedonia" which is a reflection...

Senior figures from Greece and FYROM on Tuesday pledged to renew efforts to resolve the countries’ ongoing name dispute, amid earlier rejections by Athens of foreign media reports claiming a breakthrough had been made. FYROM Deputy Prime Minister for European...

World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis expressed his opposition to any agreement with Skopje that would include the term 'Macedonia' in the compound name. Theodorakis, regarded as a guru for the Left, said that there should be no derogation from...

The Greek government is against the idea of a referendum on the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Monday evening. Speaking on ANT1 television, Kotzias said that Athens will propose a composite...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is willing to cross all "red lines" in order to find a solution that will satisfy both sides on the name issue, said the Balkan country's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. In an interview on...

SYRIZA's political council said it supports the government's efforts to utilize the opportunity to find a solution on the name dispute with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), according to a party press release on Friday. The statement follows...

"More than 160 nations call this country "Macedonia", so let's behave and compromise on a composite name," Thessaloniki Mayor Yannis Boutaris told Greek Reporter on the naming issue of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Boutaris spoke exclusively to Greek...

A Greek court in Thessaloniki has approved a FYROM request for the extradition of two former secret police employees linked to the wiretapping scandal that brought down the country's previous government. The two former police officers, Goran Grujevski and Nikola...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, piled pressure on Defence Minister Panos Kammenos to moderate his stance on the name dispute with FYROM, at Thursdays’ ministerial meeting in Athens. Kammenos; until recently a strong opponent...