Macedonia

  • Supporter of North Macedonia’s name deal wins presidential run-off

    Supporter of North Macedonia’s name deal wins presidential run-off

    May 06, 2019 15:10

    Pro-western candidate Stevo Pendarovski wins North Macedonia’s presidential run-off, promoting a government that changed the country’s name under a controversial deal with Greece and consolidating a push for membership in the European Union and NATO.

  • Macedonia signs NATO accession accord

    Macedonia signs NATO accession accord

    Feb 06, 2019 19:16

    NATO members signed an accord with Macedonia on Wednesday allowing the tiny ex-Yugoslav republic to become the 30th member of the US-led alliance after a deal with Greece ended a 27-year-old dispute over its name.

  • Macedonia PM urges Greek MPs to ratify name deal

    Macedonia PM urges Greek MPs to ratify name deal

    Jan 12, 2019 18:53

    Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has called on Greece to end their nations' decades-long dispute by ratifying the deal to rename his country "The Republic of North Macedonia."

  • Macedonian parliament approves name change deal, step closer to settling row with Greece

    Macedonian parliament approves name change deal, step closer to settling row with Greece

    Oct 20, 2018 09:08

    Legislators in the Macedonian Parliament have endorsed a historic proposal to change the country's name, taking a 27-year-long heated name dispute with neighboring Greece a major step closer to being settled.

  • Greek FM resigns in internal dispute over Macedonia deal

    Greek FM resigns in internal dispute over Macedonia deal

    Oct 18, 2018 13:28

    Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has resigned in an internal dispute over a deal with neighboring Macedonia, which he helped negotiate but which has faced opposition from a section of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s coalition government.

  • Macedonians voting in referendum on country’s potential name change

    Macedonians voting in referendum on country’s potential name change

    Sep 30, 2018 08:56

    People in Macedonia are heading to the polls to cast their ballot in a referendum on whether to change their country’s name to “the Republic of North Macedonia” and settle a long-running dispute with Greece and pave the way for NATO and European Union (EU) membership.

  • NATO formally invites Macedonia to join alliance

    NATO formally invites Macedonia to join alliance

    Jul 12, 2018 14:46

    NATO has formally invited the Republic of Macedonia, one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, to begin accession talks to join the Western military alliance, in what is seen as an attempt by NATO to extend its reach in the Balkans in open defiance of Russia.

  • Greek minister breaks ranks with government, declares bid to block Macedonia deal

    Greek minister breaks ranks with government, declares bid to block Macedonia deal

    Jul 03, 2018 12:02

    Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, a key ally in the delicate left-right coalition government, has announced plans to block an agreement inked with neighboring Macedonia last month to end a long-running dispute over the latter country’s name.

  • Greek rally against Macedonia name deal turns violent

    Greek rally against Macedonia name deal turns violent

    Jul 02, 2018 10:04

    Protesters were seen clashing with police at a demonstration in Athens on Sunday held in protest over the recent agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to settle their ongoing naming dispute.

  • Greece, Macedonia sign deal, face opposition still

    Greece, Macedonia sign deal, face opposition still

    Jun 17, 2018 13:38

    The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia have officially signed an accord to rename the former Yugoslav republic as the “Republic of North Macedonia,” potentially ending a dispute between the two countries.