Macedonia

The Independent Greeks (ANEL) will call for a meeting of political leaders if they disagree with the name that will be negotiated with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), party leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on...

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...

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...

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...

Billboards have gone up in Skopje and other cities of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), proclaiming that "Our Name is Macedonia". The campaign organized and funded by the Canada-based nationalist Macedonian Human Rights International (MHRMI), is demanding an...

Political leaders in Athens and Skopje are bracing for a diplomatic marathon over the 26-year-old dispute between Greece and FYROM over the name of the former Yugoslav republic. On both sides of the border there have been encouraging signs and...

The left-wing prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) says he is ready to renounce his country’s claim to the legacy of Alexander the Great to help solve a 26-year-old dispute with neighboring Greece over the...

Main opposition party New Democracy's spokeswoman Maria Spyraki on Wednesday, criticised the government for what she said was a dangerous lack of clarity regarding the name dispute with Greece's northern neighbour, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. "In the new...

Talking to reporters during the presentation of a new temporary exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Culture and Sports Minister Lydia Koniordou on Wednesday noted that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis will probably...