Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday said it would be a great victory to put a designation before the term "Macedonia" in the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras spoke after a meeting with Thessaloniki Mayor...

The foreign ministers of Greece and FYROM are meeting for a second day on Friday in New York to seek an agreement between the two countries over the name of the former Yugoslav republic. There is a news blackout following...

Greece has called on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to be realistic and prepared for compromises on the eve of trilateral negotiations on the name that are scheduled to take place Thursday and Friday at UN headquarters...

Alexandros Kochliaridis, the first man to stumble upon the ruins of the Amphipolis tomb, talks about the famed Kasta grave and the ancient treasures hidden in the heart of Alexander the Great’s Macedonia.  The area became famous a few years...

The saga over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) continues as Athens urged Skopje on Monday to focus on the five alternatives tabled earlier in the year by UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. Following Greece's rejection of the...

The Greek government rejected the proposal tabled by Skopje to adopt the name “Republic of Ilinden Macedonia” as a compromise solution to the decades-old naming dispute. Following a round of talks on Saturday with the country's president and leaders of...

Greece's opposition parties have unanimously rejected the proposal tabled by Skopje to adopt the name "Republic of Ilinden Macedonia" as a compromise solution to the decades-old naming dispute. As premier Alexis Tsipras made a round of calls on Saturday to...

Most Greeks turned to the history books to learn about the Ilinden uprising of 1903 when news emerged that Athens and Skopje are discussing the name "Republic of Ilinden Macedonia" for FYROM. It was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire, which...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has apparently put a new name for the country on the negotiating table with Greece. Media in Skopje quoting government sources claim that during Thursday's meeting with Greek premier Alexis Tsipras, the country's...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his FYROM counterpart Zoran Zaev in Sofia on Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit on the western Balkans to discuss ongoing talks between the two countries to settle the decades-old name...