Macedonia

Dozens of demonstrators have booed and jeered a government minister over the 'North Macedonia' deal during a solemn wreath-laying ceremony in the northern town of Serres. Protesters booed, shouted “traitor” and demanded that Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis and a local SYRIZA lawmaker...

FYROM's president has fulfilled his threat to not sign off on a deal with neighboring Greece for his country to change its name to 'North Macedonia.' Gjorge Ivanov's decision will delay but not derail the deal that FYROM's parliament has...

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has launched a stinging attack against the SYRIZA-led government over the 'North Macedonia' agreement signed last week, calling it "national humiliation". In an article, Theodorakis says the decision to sign the deal has enraged the Greek people....

A small group of protesters heckled Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the 'North Macedonia' agreement as he was leaving a meeting with entrepreneurs in London on Monday. Following the meeting at the Hellenic Centre, some taunted him in Greek...

One-thousand-five-hundred dancers have formed a human chain in the shape of Macedonia for an impressive aerial photograph. The dancers' difficult task took place during the 7th Convention of Greek Traditions in Edessa, northern Greece, entitled 'The dance is life'. An initiative of the...

Greek riot police fired tear gas at angry protesters on Sunday who threw bottles and chairs at the governing SYRIZA party's headquarters in Thessaloniki after a rally against the 'Macedonia' deal. Earlier over 5,000 people marched in Greece's second-largest city...

Skopje's path to NATO membership is dependent upon FYROM ratifying the name deal with Greece, the alliance's secretary-general said on Monday. Speaking in Luxembourg, Jens Stoltenberg said the former Yugoslav republic would only get an invitation to join the military alliance...

Officials and lawmakers of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks governing coalition have been on the receiving end of angry protests by Greeks who view the recently-signed 'Macedonia' deal with FYROM as treason. There is anger over the government’s acceptance that its neighbor...

Lawmakers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Wednesday ratified the name deal with Greece in a first-step vote which was boycotted by the country's main opposition party. The necessary legislation was passed by 69-0 in the 120-seat...

Following the Greece/FYROM deal, commercial names, trademarks and brand names referring to 'Macedonia' must be exclusively Greek, a leading businessman has said. The head of the Union of Hellenic Chambers and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Konstantinos Michalos, said 'Macedonian'...