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News Greece Western Macedonia: On the Cutting Edge: Macedonia & Thrace, Greece

Published on: Sunday 24 February 2008
On the Cutting Edge: Macedonia & Thrace, Greece
News source: https://www.nrn.com/food-trends/on-the-cutting-edge-macedonia-thrace-greece

Buffalo meat, hot peppers and saffron may not be a trinity of ingredients that spring to mind when people think of Greek cuisine, but they are among the many ingredients that define the complex, local ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Conservative party wins Greek election, ousts left-wing PM

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
Conservative party wins Greek election, ousts left-wing PM
News source: https://www.newsday.com/news/world/greece-election-1.33562613

ATHENS, Greece — Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos ... North Macedonia under which that country changed its name from plain "Macedonia." Although praised by Western allies, the deal angered many ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Conservative party wins in Greece

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
Conservative party wins in Greece
News source: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jul/08/conservative-party-wins-in-greece-20190-1/?news

Greek conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis comfortably won a parliamentary election Sunday as voters rejected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after a tumultuous four years of the country struggling through a crippling financial crisis.

News Greece Western Macedonia: Greek Prime Minister Tsipras concedes defeat in election

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras concedes defeat in election
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greeks-vote-1st-parliamentary-election-bailout-end-64173162

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ... under which that country changed its name from plain "Macedonia." Although praised by Western allies, the deal angered many Greeks, who consider use of ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Borissov warns North Macedonia against stealing Bulgarian history

Published on: Thursday 20 June 2019
Borissov warns North Macedonia against stealing Bulgarian history
News source: https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/borissov-warns-north-macedonia-against-stealing-bulgarian-history/

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov warned EU hopeful North Macedonia on Thursday (20 June) against what he said was “anti-Bulgarian rhetoric” and appropriation of Bulgaria's history as its own, saying it "must stop".

News Greece Western Macedonia: North Macedonia police detain 50 migrants within days

Published on: Sunday 16 June 2019
North Macedonia police detain 50 migrants within days
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/north-macedonia-police-detain-50-migrants-within-days/2019/06/16/052d698c-907a-11e9-956a-88c291ab5c38_story.html

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Police in North ... were taken to a shelter and will be deported to Greece. The truck driver was arrested. The European Union and individual countries closed off the main ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Divided Europe deals major blow to North Macedonia’s EU accession hopes

Published on: Tuesday 18 June 2019
Divided Europe deals major blow to North Macedonia’s EU accession hopes
News source: https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/divided-europe-deals-major-blow-to-north-macedonias-eu-accession-hopes/

An EU ministerial meeting on Tuesday (18 June) ended up as a major disappointment for North Macedonia, which had nurtured hopes that its historic agreement with Greece  on the country's name would be rewarded with an EU accession ticket.

News Greece Western Macedonia: Name change dominates Macedonia election

Published on: Saturday 20 April 2019
Name change dominates Macedonia election
News source: https://au.news.yahoo.com/name-change-dominates-macedonia-election-003522273--spt.html

The name change, which Greece demanded to end what it called an implied territorial claim on its northern province also called Macedonia ... through by the pro-Western government of Prime Minister ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: North Macedonia on knife-edge as indecisive election goes to runoff

Published on: Monday 22 April 2019
North Macedonia on knife-edge as indecisive election goes to runoff
News source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/north-macedonia-presidential-election-goes-to-runoff-as-name-change-divides

agreed to the new name to appease Greece’s long-held fears of possible irredentist claims against its own adjacent province of Macedonia. In exchange Athens dropped objections to its northern ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: North Macedonia pro-Western candidate wins first round of presidential poll

Published on: Sunday 21 April 2019
News source: https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/21/north-macedonia-pro-western-candidate-wins-first-round-of-presidential-poll

North Macedonia's pro-Western candidate has narrowly won the first round of a presidential poll which comes amid deep divisions over the country's name change under a deal with Greece. Stevo ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Name Row With Greece Divides North Macedonia in Vote for Leader

Published on: Thursday 18 April 2019
News source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-19/name-row-with-greece-divides-north-macedonia-in-vote-for-leader

North Macedonia’s NATO coordinator ... put the Balkan nation on the path toward western integration. After changing its name from the “Republic of Macedonia” to resolve a decades-long dispute with ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: Macedonian pro-Western, nationalist candidates tied in presidential vote

Published on: Sunday 21 April 2019
News source: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-north-macedonia-election/macedonians-pro-western-candidate-wins-first-round-of-presidential-vote-idUKKCN1RX004

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia’s pro-Western candidate ... of the country’s name to North Macedonia under a deal with Greece. The change, which Greece demanded to end what it called an implied ...

News Greece Western Macedonia: North Macedonia's election: a victory for Western diplomacy?

Published on: Friday 19 April 2019
News source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2019/0419/North-Macedonia-s-election-a-victory-for-Western-diplomacy

Its southern neighbor, Greece, did not recognize its “Macedonia ... and democratic government that is part of Europe,” says the senior Western diplomat. How much North Macedonia will be part of Europe ...