Gruevski's Macedonia, Greece, and Alexander the Great, History's Forgotten Madman In a typical Balkan tit-for-tat, Greece blocked Macedonia's long-sought entry into NATO, citing, among a litany of reasons, the 'irredentist provocation' that was the renaming of the airport.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece The Great Monastery in Captivity A long-standing land dispute between the Syrian Orthodox community in south-east Turkey and the local villagers has finally turned into a legal battle attracting international attention. The disagreement has been closely monitored by the European Union for some time, and US President Barack Obama and the State Department are monitoring the dispute.Keywords:
Gabriel Sawma, Turkey Discriminates against Christians Visa Liberalization: A Threat to Macedonia? Macedonian citizens will enjoy visa-free travel to most destinations in Europe starting in early 2010.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece The Republic of North Macedonia and Palestine: Obama Loses Patience with Bush Allies Macedonia has hitherto been literally invisible on the Obama's Administration's list of priorities. But this is fast changing.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Greek Carrots in the Macedonian Salad? Greece is putting together a package of economic incentives to be included in any compromise regarding the name issue with the Republic of Macedonia (for an overview of this convoluted conflict, see note below).Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Macedonians in Denial about the Name Issue Dispute with Greece Macedonian intellectuals and politicians like to pretend (and usually succeed in convincing themselves) that Greece will demand only the change of Macedonia's name in international settings, bilateral relations, and multilateral organizations.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Macedonia's great accomplishment is to have survived Macedonia is not ready to accede to the EU and the EU bureaucracy know it. Macedonia has received a date for commencing the negotiations only because the EU is very troubled about the explosive situation in Bosnia, Kosovo, and in western Macedonia where restive and belligerent Albanians are a majority.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Second Ohrid Framwork Agreement: Resolution of the Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute The only way to resolve the seemingly intractable name dispute between Greece and Macedonia is to internationalize it. The negotiations should openly include - besides the primary parties and the hapless UN negotiator, Nimetz - the USA, the EU, and, possibly, Russia.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Misuse of the Concept of 'Erga Omnes' in the Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute The Greeks feel that Macedonians have designs on the part of Greece that borders the tiny, landlocked country and that the use of Macedonia's constitutional name internationally will only serve to enhance irredentist and secessionist tendencies, thus adversely affecting the entire region's stability.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece
[1]
