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Macedonia’s electoral commission has announced that the Sunday referendum to change the Balkan country’s name to the Republic of Northern Macedonia has failed to pass the necessary 50 percent turnout threshold. “On this referendum it is clear that the decision has not been made,” the head of the electoral board, Oliver Derkoski, said. With some […]
Published time: 8 Sep, 2018 16:51 Edited time: 8 Sep, 2018 17:11 Riot police have fired volleys of tear gas at nationalist protesters in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, angry at Athens’ rapprochement with Macedonia. Flag-waving demonstrators responded with rocks, projectiles, and insults. Footage of the clashes shows police attempting to push back the protesters, […]
Milos Bicanski/Getty Images The leaders of Macedonia and Greece reached an agreement on Tuesday to end a 27-year feud surrounding the Balkan country’s name. The prime ministers have agreed to refer to Macedonia as the Republic of Northern Macedonia or Severna Makedonija, in the Macedonian language. The move aims to appease Greece, which had opposed the […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of flag-waving Greeks gathered in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday to demand that Macedonia change its name because it’s also the name of the Greek province of which Thessaloniki is the capital. Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, which share a border, have […]
GETTY Harbin st Sophia church Sitting by the water at a lakeside café in the charming UNESCO heritage city of Ohrid, in southwestern Macedonia, I was looking forward to ordering breakfast. The sun was sparkling on the lake’s surface, fishermen in wooden boats were bringing in the catch of the day, and the iconic dome […]
