Macedonia

Talks to end the long-running name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will resume next week at the prime ministerial level. After a six-hour meeting yesterday between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart...

The World Pan-Macedonian Associations, an influential umbrella group of Macedonians of the Greek diaspora, has called on Athens to halt talks over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). In an open letter addressed to Greek Foreign...

A solution to the name dispute that might unlock EU accession negotiations for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) could be just a couple of weeks away, European Commissioner for enlargement Johannes Hahn said on Tuesday. Addressing the European...

The petition of the Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria against the use of the term "Macedonia" by FYROM is now on the Australian Parliament website for whoever wants to sign it. Filed under petition number EN0525, and addressed to...

A new name for Skopje that would also be used inside the former Yugoslav republic has been ruled out by the country's premier, Zoran Zaev. In comments reported by the MIA news agency, Zaev appeared to reject Greek calls that...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Wednesday called for "realism, pragmatism and the realization that we have to make compromises" in the name dispute with Skopje. Kotzias was speaking in Belgrade as part of a tour of Balkan states this...

Only half of Greeks consider Turkey to be a threat to the country's territorial integrity according to a new poll. The survey by the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) shows that 50.5 percent of respondents consider Turkey...

There can be no invitation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join NATO as a full member unless the name dispute with neighboring Greece is first resolved, the country's prime minister Zoran Zaev told the MIA...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is briefing the leaders of the country's opposition parties on Monday regarding talks over the 'Macedonia' name dispute. However, the leader of the largest opposition New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has refused to meet Kotzias, delegating...

UN special representative on the FYROM name issue Matthew Nimetz expressed optimism after talks between Greece and Skopje in Vienna on Friday, saying that progress had been made on all fronts. In statements after meetings between the two foreign ministers,...