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Greece: Suit Against Journalist For Srebrenica Claims to Go Forward

Greece: Suit Against Journalist For Srebrenica Claims to Go Forward

Skopje | 21 June 2010 |                Athens The Greek judiciary has decided to go ahead with a libel suit against Greek journalist Takis Michas on charges that he falsely claimed that paramilitaries from the country took part in the massacre in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the war there. The trial against […]

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Window of Opportunity in the Macedonia Name Dispute

Window of Opportunity in the Macedonia Name Dispute

| 02 December 2009 | By Aristotle Tziampiris   With strong governments in power in Athens and Skopje, and with moderate proposals on the table, the chance to this 18-year stalemate has never looked more realistic. The name dispute will not be resolved by December`s European Council. There is simply not enough time to cover the disagreements and differences of […]

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Συλλαλητήρια θα οργανώσουν οι Σκοπιανοί για την ονομασία τους

Συλλαλητήρια θα οργανώσουν οι Σκοπιανοί για την ονομασία τους FYROMacedonia:Anti Name Change Protests Announced Skopje | 21 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic                    Todor Petrov A string of protest rallies will be staged in “Macedonia” and abroad in a bid to have the talks with Greece suspended, the so-called resistance movement against changing the state […]

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FYROMacedonia Journalist Beaten

FYROMacedonia Journalist Beaten Skopje | 19 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic                  Zoran Vaskilevski “Macedonia’s” Journalist Association strongly condemned the physical attack on the journalist and editor of the local weekly trivia magazine Krema, Zoran Vasilevski. “This is yet another proof showing to what extent “Macedonia’s” society has fallen into darkness. Journalists here are […]

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Solana Opposes Referenda on Name Issue

Solana Opposes Referenda on Name Issue    EU, Brussels | 29 October 2009 | Gjeraqina Tuhina                    Javier Solana   EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana opposes the holding of referendum on any putative agreement to end the Skopje-Athens name row. “I don’t think [in] parliamentary democracies the referendum is the best solution,” […]

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Greece Lures FYROMacedonian Workers

Greece Lures FYROMacedonian Workers

  Που είναι όλοι αυτοί  που φωνάζουν ότι δεν βρίσκουν δουλειά; Greece Lures FYROMacedonian Workers Skopje | 10 August 2009 |   Halkidiki peninsula, Greece                   Despite the country’s ongoing political spat, neighbouring Greece has become a Mecca for young FYROMacedonians seeking better employment prospects, local media report.  FYROMacedonians earn an average monthly wage of […]

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