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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said she thought an end to the long-running name dispute between FYROM and Greece was in sight. During an inaugural visit by FYROM premier Zoran Zaev to Berlin, Merkel said: "I'm very happy and relieved...

  Turkey's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has backed Skopje over the name dispute with Greece, telling its visiting president Ankara's position on backing FYROM remains unchanged. President Gjorge Ivanov was in Turkey this week where he said issues of national identity,...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to sources cited by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA), they discussed developments relating to the negotiations on the FYROM name issue and Turkish...

Leader of the government in Skopje, Zoran Zaev, has reportedly said he expects the protracted name dispute with Greece to be resolved in the summer. The two countries have been locked in talks about use of the term 'Macedonia' by...

By Aspasia Zontanou Almost 4,000 Greeks rallied in the heart of Dusseldorf, Germany on Saturday to protest against the use of the term 'Macedonia' by the government in Skopje. The flag-waving crowd assembled in Burgplatz for speeches in Greek and German,...

Bulgaria's president has said his country backed a solution to the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) but warned a new name should not encroach on Bulgarian territory. Rumen Radev was speaking to reporters...

FYROM has officially scrapped any reference to Alexander the Great in its key infrastructure by renaming its main airport and highway as part of concessions reached with Greece. New signs erected along the highway will instead bear the new name, “Friendship”....

The mayor of Athens has jumped to the defense of his Thessaloniki counterpart Yiannis Boutaris after the latter suggested re-naming the city's Macedonia airport. Georgios Kaminis tweeted a photo of the two men together, writing: " patriotic is to serve...

Skopje's commitment to rename FYROM's international airport became law this week as the decision was published in the country's Official Gazette. Signs reading "Alexander the Great Highway" will also be replaced by those bearing its new name "Friendship Highway" the...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has said three of seven outstanding issues negotiated regarding the country's name have been closed. According to the Athens Macedonian News Agency (AMNA), Zaev talked to reporters in his country...