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
| 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 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 […]
Read more ›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 […]
Read more ›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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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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