Greece, Macedonia: More on the Name Conflict

Posted 6 March 2008 23:53 GMT

Countries	Macedonia, Greece
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Law, Protest, International Relations, Politics, Ethnicity & Race

Macedonia

Balkan Baby writes about the the conflict between Greece and the neighboring country known as “Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, New Macedonia, Upper Macedonia, Slavo-Macedonia, Nova Makedonija, Macedonia (Skopje), Vardar Republic, FYROM, Republika Makedonija–Skopje, Republika Makedonia or Republic of Skopje.” (Also, there's a lively discussion taking place now in the comments section to an earlier Global Voices entry on the Greece-FYROM name conflict.)

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