Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

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Greece, Macedonia in new UN bid to solve name dispute

January 17, 2018

by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Greece and Macedonia return to the United Nations on Wednesday seeking to end a 27-year dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name, with hopes of a compromise after a change of government in Skopje. Greece’s objections to the use of the name Macedonia since the Balkan country’s independence in 1991 has hampered the tiny nation’s bid to join the European Union and NATO. UN envoy Matthew […]

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Hundreds of migrants wounded in border clashes with Macedonian forces

April 11, 2016

IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Greece on Sunday (April 10) condemned as “dangerous and deplorable” the use of teargas, rubber bullets and stun grenades by the Macedonian police against crowds of stranded migrants that attempted to break through the border fence. Aid agency Doctors without Borders said its medics at the camp treated more than 200 people from the effects of tear gas and other protest-related wounds. The escalation in tensions that have been simmering for […]

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