Report: FYROMacedonia, Greece Name Solution Sours Skopje | 16 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic                  Adamantios Vassilakis   The negotiation process has dramatically worsened during the last round of Athens-Skopje name talks in New York. Greece stepped up its demands and "Macedonia" offered no additional concessions, local media cite unnamed "Macedonian" government sources as saying. According to A1 TV, while ...

FYROMacedonian Soldiers Stage Strike Skopje | 02 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic                    FYROMacedonian soldiers   Several hundred "Macedonian" professional soldiers spent the weekend camping in front of the government building demanding better social packages, as well as enhanced opportunities for employment in the public administration after they leave active service.  Pointing out that "Macedonia" has about 200 troops currently ...

FYROMacedonia May Consider Name Concessions Skopje | 22 October 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic                            FYROMacedonia will try to persuade Greece not to block its EU progress in December by promising concessions in the countries' name dispute by sometime next year, media reports cite unnamed Skopje officials as saying.   Athens is conditioning its acceptance of Skopje's EU accession bid ...

Foreign Investors Shun "Macedonia" Skopje | 08 October 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic   "Macedonia's" economy is shrinking despite government's efforts             The government is silent after the "Macedonian" National Bank, NBM, announced that foreign investment in the country has effectively collapsed.   "Macedonia" experienced a diminution of foreign investment in July, when overseas companies reaped profits while failing to contribute via ...

09 December 2008 The government is scheming with the country’s only oil refinery to generate extra profits by keeping fuel supplies deliberately low on the market, FYROM’s main opposition party alleges. These accusations from the Social Democrats came after Finance Minister Trajko Slavevski announced that the state will lend diesel fuel to OKTA refinery from its reserves ...