FYROM

ATHENS – He is perhaps Greece’s most outspoken politician, and as he readies to retire, veteran PASOK Socialist Theodoros Pangalos still isn’t mincing his words, nor eating them, and said he’s standing by his statement that all Greeks are...

Some years ago, Greeks were discussing the cheap markets of Bulgaria and FYROM. They were rich enough to travel once or more a week to Sofia, Skopje and other cities to buy clothes and shoes at a good price. Hotels...

Greeks traditionally have a deeply held love for the country of our ancestry. Whether it’s because of family, fond holidays or our admiration of its history and culture, our links to Greece are strong. However in recent times, these links...

Ambassador Nimetz will initially meet with both countries'  representatives separately and will seek to develop a mutually acceptable approach to re-invigorate the talks and to make meaningful progress toward resolving the 'name' issue, UN press service said on Tuesday. The...

FYROM’s former PM Ljubco Georgievski blasted his successor to the presidency of the currently rulling ”VMRO-DPMNE” party, Nikola Gruevski, in a recent interview to the Radio Free Europa. The former FYROM’s PM attacked the “antiquization” policy of Gruevski and admitted...

On December 5, the Internation Court of Justice in Hague issued its verdict on whether Greece violated the Interim Accord, a treaty signed by Greece and Fyrom in 1995, by objecting Fyrom’s accession process into NATO in 2008. However, this...

The world court has ruled Greece was wrong to block former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's bid to join NATO in 2008 because of a long-simmering dispute over the country's use of the name Macedonia. The court found Greece's veto breached...

The International Court of Justice decision on the 5th of November is expected to favour FYROM concerning Macedonia's Name Dispute.  In an application filed in November 2008, FYROM claimed that Greece violated its rights by objecting to its application...

FYROM Economy Minister Valon Saraqini is playing the role of an Albanian mafia boss in a Greek-FYROM movie. The movie of Greek director Menelaos Karamargiolis "Just Another Confused Elephant" is expected on the big screen in 2012. In it, Macedonia's Economy...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia hopes that the newly appointed Greek government will be ready to put an end to the longtime dispute over the use of the name Macedonia the two countries have. "I believe that the new...