Digital Journal

Macedonia: a decades-long quarrel over a name

Macedonia, the name of the ex-Yugoslav republic since its independence in 1991, has poisoned relations between Athens and Skopje for nearly three decades. On Tuesday the two sides agreed it should be ...
WBAL

Greek envoy hopeful on settling name dispute with Macedonia

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's foreign minister says an acrimonious dispute over what neighboring Macedonia calls itself can be solved this year, after festering for more than two decades. Minister ...
WRAL

Deal for Macedonia Name? High Treason, Some Greeks Say

THESSALONIKI, Greece — To understand how deeply the name Macedonia is embedded in the Greek psyche, look no further than Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki. It’s the capital of the northern region of ...
WRAL

Tens of thousands protests in Athens over Macedonia compromise

More than 100,000 people protested in Athens on Sunday, angry over a possible compromise to a long-running dispute with its Balkan neighbor over its use of the name Macedonia. Protesters traveled from ...
Naija Gist - Latest

In Greek region of Macedonia, anger at imminent name deal

As lawmakers in Athens are poised to approve a landmark name deal between Greece and Macedonia, there is relief in many European capitals that a 27-year diplomatic dispute is nearing its end. In ...
WBAL

Macedonia is officially renamed North Macedonia

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Macedonian PMs to meet after name row rally

Athens argues that the name Macedonia suggests that Skopje has territorial claims to Greece's historic northern region of the same name. Both countries returned to the United Nations last week hoping ...
Foreign Affairs

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

This summer, Greece and Macedonia—known internationally by its UN designation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM—made headlines with an unusual announcement: under a provisional deal ...
Reuters

Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row

ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Greeks rallied outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to protest against the use of the term Macedonia in any settlement the government pursues with the ...
balkaninsight

Greek Action to Protect Shared Lake Leaves North Macedonia Unmoved

As Greece sends drones and patrols to stop illegal fishing in Lake Dojran, a unique wetland shared with North Macedonia, the local authorities in the neighbouring state seem less interested in taking ...
Digital Journal

Macedonia: a decades-long quarrel over a name

The name chosen by the small European country of Macedonia at its independence 27 years ago has ever since been rejected by Greece, provoking an impassioned dispute. For Greece the name is part of its ...