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Following the angry response from Athens over remarks allegedly made by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's premier Zoran Zaev, the government in Skopje issued a statement on Tuesday. Zaev's remarks, regarding the possibility of the ''Macedonian'' language being taught in...

A previously classified State Department cable released by Wikileaks says that the government in Skopje was prepared to accept the term "North" or "Northern Macedonia" as far back as 2008. The cable was written by the then US Ambassador to...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) counterpart Nikola Dimitrov are to continue negotiations over the Balkan state's name amid serious obstacles. Greece insists that FYROM should change parts of its constitution which contain...

  The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia government has taken down "Alexander the Great" signs and a statue depicting the Greek hero from Skopje's main airport as part of talks with Greece on the naming issue. On Wednesday, workers took down...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) prime minister said on Monday he hoped Skopje and Athens could soon reach a solution to a decades-long dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name. According to Reuters, Zoran Zaev said he expected the...

Greece's Foreign Ministry expressed concern that neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is in the midst of a deep political crisis after protesters entered the parliament and attacked politicians. The Foreign Ministry official statement says that Greece is concerned that...

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias received on Friday DUI President Ali Ahmeti, leader of FYROM's largest ethnic Albanian party, which is a coalition partner in the Skopje government. In statements afterwards, Ahmeti noted that the issue of FYROM's name is a priority for his party, since it...

FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says he would be open to change his country's name in the hope of ending a 24-year long dispute with Greece. Since 1991, when Yugoslavia broke up, Greece accuses Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for...

As days go by and the mystery of the Casta hill tomb in Amphipolis remains unsolved, new questions and conspiracy theories arise. The "who is buried in there" has now become "why now and not earlier" in the minds...

Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations mediator in the dispute between Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) met with FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje.  "We have been at this for a long time and I do think...

United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz is to visit Athens and Skopje at the beginning of July to try yet again to settle a dispute over what to call the Former Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia (FYROM), which identifies itself as...

In an interview with CNN, the Prime Minister of FYROM, Nikola Gruevski claimed that the Greek government is deliberately avoiding talks over the name dispute. Gruevski said that he had tried to contact the Greek Prime minister but that he...

FYROM's newspaper Dnevnik writes that the proposal has been submitted to Matthew Nimetz by Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis. The representative of Greece in New York , Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis, is reported to have suggested the name "Slavo-Albanian Macedonia"  for FYROM, to the Special...

The UN Mediator on the name dispute between Greece and FYROM, Matthew Nimetz, is visiting Athens today after having visited the neighboring country involved in the dispute. At 13:30 the UN representative will have a lunch meeting with the Greek...

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas met with the United Nations's Special Representative on the issue of FYROM Matthew Nimetz, yesterday evening. Droutsas told reporters that first and foremost, he expressed Greece's appreciation for the UN's  negotiating process and Nimetz's role. ...