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Greece's parliament on Thursday postponed for a historic vote on a deal to change the name of neighbouring Macedonia, as protesters rallied against the agreement. Initially scheduled to be held after ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — To understand how deeply the name Macedonia is embedded in the Greek psyche, look no further than Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki. It’s the capital of the northern region of ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Activists wanting the Greek government to take a tough stance with Macedonia over the latter country’s name said Monday they are planning rallies in the birthplace of ...

Ever since Macedonia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, its name has been the subject of a bitter dispute with its southern neighbor, Greece. Greece claims that the use of “Republic of ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia is changing its name to North Macedonia in return for Greece dropping its objections to its northern neighbor joining NATO to settle a nearly three-decade dispute.

With Sunday's referendum proposing the new name "Republic of North Macedonia", the country hopes to resolve a row poisoning relations with Greece and blocking efforts to join the EU and NATO. The name ...

An increasingly heated dispute with Greece over its names is threatening to undermine the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s attempts to join NATO and may affect the country’s EU aspirations. On ...

Macedonia is ready to start accession talks with the EU and the fact that a 17-year-old dispute with Greece over its name is hindering the process harms not just Skopje, but the EU’s credibility as ...