Macedonia Unhappy With Greece Over Progress With Name Dispute

radio free europe
November 07, 2011

PRAGUE -- Macedonia is concerned at the lack of progress in UN-mediated talks with Greece about the country's formal name, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports.
Greece and Macedonia have been at loggerheads over the use of the name "Macedonia" for nearly two decades.
Macedonia was admitted to the UN under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) because Greece lays claim to the toponym "Macedonia" as part of its classical heritage....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/macedonia_unhappy_with_greece_over_progress_with_name_dispute/24383910.html

Rapporteur Hopeful on Macedonia Name Compromise

balkan insight
21 SEP 2011 / 09:33

Macedonia could get its much-desired start date for EU accession talks by the end of this year provided it reaches a "name" compromise with Greece by then, says European Parliament rapporteur on Macedonia, Richard Howitt.

Sinisa Jakov Marusic Skopje

Speaking in an optimistic tone, Howitt, who is paying a two-day visit to Macedonia, on Tuesday, told Balkan Insight that he “would like to see resolution as quickly as possible, before the EC meeting in December”...more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/ec-rapporteur-hopeful-on-macedonia-name-compromise

Trolls' nest, Macedonia and Greece

the economist
Sep 9th 2011, 15:36 by V.D.

THE 20th anniversary of Macedonian independence (this and most other links in Greek, but google translate gives the gist) also marks the anniversary of what has to be one of the silliest rows in international politics. EU officials hope that the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece will be solved by the end of this year. As nice as that sounds it is hard to believe it is true. While Macedonia (or FYROM, for Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) seemed to be, for the most part, the more reasonable of the two, lately it lost support through its attempts to tweak the Greek tail....more...

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/09/macedonia-and-greece

No Secret "Name" Talks, Greek MEP Says

balkan insight
15 JUL 2011 / 10:29

There have been no secret talks between Greece and Macedonia to resolve the longstanding “name dispute” between the two countries, European Parliament Member Eleni Koppa has told Deutsche Welle.

Sinisa Jakov Marusic Skopje

Koppa, a member of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s ruling PASOK party, was responding to media rumors of her involvement in such talks....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/no-secret-name-talks-greek-mep-says

Sinking Pacific Islands Recognize Macedonia

balkan insight
01 JUL 2011 / 10:47

Tuvalu, a small island nation that could disappear into the Pacific in the next half-century, becomes the 132rd country to recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name.

Darko Duridanski
The agreement was signed in New York on Thursday by Macedonia's ambassador to the UN, Pajo Avirovic and his colleague from Tuvalu. ...more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/macedonia-was-recognized-by-a-dissapearing-country-tuvalu

Macedonian Refugees Hail Softened Greece Line

balkan insight
29 JUN 2011 / 10:40

The association of Macedonian refugees, which lobbies for people forced to flee northern Greece during the Greek civil war from 1945 to 1949, says Greece is slowly changing its attitude towards them.

Sinisa Jakov Marusic Skopje

A few years ago, Macedonian refugees from Greece said they faced an impenetrable wall of Greek bureaucracy when they tried to obtain citizenship in Greece, the country where they were born....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/macedonian-refugees-say-greece-is-milder-towards-them

Macedonia Urged to Solve “Name” Dispute

balkan insight
08 Jun 2011 / 07:41

Just days after the general elections in Macedonia, the US reminds the government in Skopje that it has unfinished business regarding the name dispute with Greece.

Sinisa Jakov Marusic

Skopje

A quick solution to the name dispute, boosting reforms needed for EU membership as well as further implementation of the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord should be top priorities of the new government, said Thomas Countryman, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia at a press briefing in Washington on Tuesday.....more.....

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/macedonia-urged-to-solve-name-dispute

Macedonian president accuses Greek nationalists

b92.net Region Monday 11.04.2011 16:13

Source: Tanjug BUDAPEST -- Macedonian President Gjeorge Ivanov says the stability of southeastern Europe is of broader importance and that it is time for Europe to unite. ...more...

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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=11&nav_id=73746

Dream of World Court Victory Tempts Macedonia

balkan insight

31 Mar 2011 / 17:05

While Skopje hopes that a favourable ruling from the International Court of Justice will put Greece in its place, some experts sound a warning note. Sinisa Jakov MarusicSkopje...more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/dream-of-world-court-victory-tempts-macedonia

Macedonia’s international court, early elections dramas

the sofia echo

Sun, Mar 27 2011 12:43 CET

Macedonia is caught up in dramas at home and abroad as the International Court of Justice proceeds with hearings on Skopje’s complaint against Athens for blocking an invitation to join Nato, while prime minister Nikola Gruevski takes his country towards early parliamentary elections.Macedonia lodged a complaint in the International Court of Justice after, three years ago, Greece prevented the issuing of an invitation to Macedonia to join Nato. Greece’s move was made against the background of the long-unresolved dispute between Athens and Skopje about the use of the name "Macedonia"....more...

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http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/03/27/1065967_macedonias-international-court-early-elections-dramas