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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...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed optimism that his country's name issue will be resolved in the first 6 months of 2018.

"2018 will be the year of Greece," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras  said on Tuesday, in an interview with RealFm 97.8. "The worst you can do is not talk, not have communication channels, not try to solve the problems," the prime...

The thorny issue of the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has generated new tensions in Greek Parliament as the government appears ambivalent over the use of the word "Macedonia" in the name. Junior coalition partners Independent Greeks,...

FYROM Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, will celebrate New Year's Eve together with the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Boutaris, after having accepted a private invitation from the unconventional mayor. FYROM governmental spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski, spoke to the press on Wednesday, and...

"Athens and Skopje have an excellent opportunity to solve the name issue in 2018" US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Hoyt Brian Yee said. Speaking to the Athens Macedonian News Agency, he called on Greece and FYROM...

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 New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis set the issue of parliamentary majority in case Panos Kammenos (leader of Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior party that participates in the government) does not support the government's choice in the...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) government, is mulling a plan to hold a referendum over the name dispute with Greece. According to local media, the FYROM administration deems it would be better if the citizens decided whether or...