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Latest Macedonia News

Polska Multimedia says VOD a success
BYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAO MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

The Macedonian Dispute as a Yugoslav-Bulgarian conflict
The name dispute between Greece and FYROM has been seen primarily as a conflict between Greece and FYROM. Yet historically the third factor of the dispute was Bulgarian policy and its aim to annex Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia. This very aim gave Belgrade

Macedonia: Thousands attend rally to demand minority rights in Greece
SKOPJE, Macedonia-Thousands of protesters held a rally Friday to demand that neighbor Greece recognize the existence of a Macedonian minority. The protest is tied to a long-standing name dispute between the two countries. Athens is demanding that

Doing Business in South East Europe 2008: New Report Benchmarks 22 Cities on the Ease of Doing Business to Help Improve Competitiveness, Create Jobs
In Skopje: Denis Boskovski Email: DBoskovski@worldbank.org In Belgrade: Slobodan Brkic Phone: +381 11 302 3815 E-mail: SBrkic@ifc.org In Washington, D.C.: Maria Alexandra Velez Phone: +1 202 458 8789 E-mail: mvelezhenao@ifc.org Bitola, FYR Macedonia,

Greece Accuses Macedonia Of Trying To Sidetrack Name Dispute
ATHENS (AFP)--Greece Tuesday accused Macedonia of trying to torpedo efforts to solve a 17-year name dispute by calling on Athens to recognize the rights of a Macedonian minority which it refuses to acknowledge. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola

Greece rejects Macedonia's request for recognition of ethnic minority
ATHENS, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Greece on Monday rejected the demands by neighboring Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevskithat Greece recognize a Macedonian ethnic minority, escalating a longtime dispute between the two Balkan countries. Gruevski

Macedonia urges Greece to address ethnic Macedonian issue
TIRANA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has written to his Greek counterpart Costas Karamanlis, asking for the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece and the return of property to Macedonian refugees who were

Macedonian official acquitted at Hague

A U.N. tribunal on Thursday acquitted Macedonia's former interior minister of war crimes stemming from a 2001 police attack on an ethnic Albanian village that left seven men dead.

UN war crimes court acquits former Macedonia interior minister
A UN tribunal on Thursday acquitted Macedonia's former interior minister of murder, cruel treatment and other war crimes stemming from a 2001 police attack on an ethnic Albanian village.

NATO Gives Membership Green Light to Albania and Croatia
NATO's 26 members have signed a set of protocols giving the green light for Albania and Croatia to join the alliance. A dispute over its name kept Macedonia from meeting its NATO accession goal this time around.

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International recognition of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols. Greece finally lifted its trade blockade in 1995, and the two countries agreed to normalize relations. FYROM's large Albanian minority and the de facto independence of neighboring Kosovo continue to be sources of ethnic tension.

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