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53 min ago | www.emportal.rs | macedonian1

Alternate FM Droutsas holds talks with Serb FM

Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas stressed in Belgrade on Wednesday, on the first stop in his tour of the Western Balkans, the Greek government's will to return as a "dynamic protagonist in the Balkans", with the first aim being the promotion of the European course of the countries in the region.

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Related Topix: Europe, Serbia, World News, Greece

1 hr ago | www.balkaninsight.com | macedonian1

Anti Name Change Protests Announced

Bojana Barlovac Skopje 21 November 2009 Sinisa-Jakov Marusic Todor Petrov A string of protest rallies will be staged in Macedonia and abroad in a bid to have the talks with Greece suspended, the so-called resistance movement against changing the state name of Macedonia said.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Greece, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

1 hr ago | movie-on.blogspot.com | macedonian1

Movie On: 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival Line Up - Update

Today, November 18, the news are out with more than 200 directors, producers and screenwriters withdrew 52 films from the fest. The official site does not have the news, but if you wish to learn more, please go Variety. Not good news for the fest but filmmakers in Greece want to change an older cinema law.

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2 hrs ago | The Sofia Echo

Regional fallout from Macedonia name dispute

European Commission President Jose Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, right, are reportedly exerting pressure for a resolution to the long-standing dispute about the use of the name Macedonia.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Greece,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Sofia Echo

Macedonia offers olive branch to Bulgaria

The presidents of Macedonia and Bulgaria discussed on November 20 Sofia's continued support for Skopje's bid to begin formal negotiations for joining the European Union, the Bulgarian Presidency said in a statement.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Greece, Bulgaria,

www.hellenicnews.com | macedonian1

Fictitious Academia: Political activism, covered in academic cloak in the University of Utah

The presentations of the majority of the academics participating in the 7th “Macedonian”- North American Conference on “Macedonian” Studies at the University of Utah that took place from November 5-7, 2009, amounted to an anti-Hellenic delirium. The Universities of Utah and Chicago jointly organized the conference, in cooperation with the United “Macedonian” Diaspora (UMD) of Skopje based in Washington D.C. Most of the presenters, with a few exceptions, aimed to launch an aggressive propaganda attack against Greece, presenting their views without scientific and academic research criteria, without references to sources thereby promoting unilateral research.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, University of Utah, Greece,

www.financiarul.ro | macedonian1

Balkan Chiefs of Staff to convene in Bucharest

The first meeting of the Coordination Group of the 4th conference of chiefs of staff of Balkan armies is being held in Bucharest throughout November 18, the Romanian Defence Ministry reports in a press release.

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www.ana-mpa.gr | macedonian1

Droutsas on fYRoM ties

Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, who is accompanying President Karolos Papoulias on his visit in Slovenia, reiterated here on Wednesday that the Greek government's intention is to develop contacts and relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , without distancing itself from the "red line" on the "name issue". Speaking ...

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Macedonian Radio Television

Greece offers no agreement, guarantees on Macedonian identity

Till present day regardless of the governmental structure, Greece hasn't been showing readiness to discuss the identity issue at all, the PM added.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Nikola Gruevski, Greece,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Macedonia Journalist Beaten

Macedonia Journalist Beaten Skopje Sinisa-Jakov Marusic Zoran Vaskilevski Macedonia's Journalist Association strongly condemned the physical attack on the journalist and editor of the local weekly trivia magazine Krema, Zoran Vasilevski.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Greece, World News,

Macedonian Radio Television

Serbia backs Greece in name row

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic made the statement in Belgrade after meeting Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas.

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www.emportal.rs | macedonian1

Bildt still optimistic about possible name solution by Dec. 7

The European Union is optimistic regarding an opportunity for compromise between Greece and FYRMacedonia on the name row ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers scheduled on Dec.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News,

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ljabulldog.com | macedonian1

FYROM

The FYROM, or perhaps better known as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or just the Republic of Macedonia, or simply Macedonia, is a country that that has gone by many names. Still, ‘what’s in a name?’ you might ask.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Macedonian Radio Television

Role of Albanian community in Macedonia's EU integration

A panel discussion on the theme "The Role of Albanian Community in Macedonia's EU Integration Process" will be held in Skopje on Wednesday.

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www.variety.com | macedonian1

Greek film awards axed

Greek industryites who pulled their pics from the Thessaloniki Film Festival in a dispute over the country's outdated film funding laws have forced the cancellation of next Monday's Greek State Film Awards.

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www.ekathimerini.com | macedonian1

The Werner Herzog enigma

A self-taught filmmaker who made over 40 films without studio backing, directed operas, shot documentaries and wrote books, Werner Herzog is in Greece to attend the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which is running a tribute to his life and work.

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www.ana.gr | macedonian1

Papoulias in Slovenia

President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias began a three-day official visit to Slovenia on Tuesday, accompanied by Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and a business delegation. Replying to a question by a local reporter on the issue of the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Papoulias said that Greece has made all of the concessions so far, and pointed out that "it is up to the leadership of fYRoM to take the (next) steps and abandon anachronisms and fixations."

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Slovenia, Karolos Papoulias, Danilo Turk,

www.balkaninsight.com | macedonian1

Sweden Calls for Name Settlement

Sweden Calls for Name Settlement Skopje Macedonia and Greece must use the window of opportunity before the December EU council to strike a deal on their name spat that continues to block Skopje's Euro-Atlantic integration, Swedish Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Greece, Macedon, NY, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

The Sofia Echo

Bulgaria's support for Macedonia conditional on its behaviour - " Borissov

Bulgaria's support for Macedonia is not unconditional and depends on Skopje keeping to the rules of good neighbourliness.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Travel, Bulgaria Travel, Greece, Nikola Gruevski, Bulgaria,

Tue Nov 17, 2009

macedonian-videos.blogspot.com | macedonian1

FYROM Goes Ahead With Regard to Building of Monumental Statue of Alexander the Great

The Constitutional Court of FYR of Macedonia, the highest local judicial body, rejected a petition to examine the legitimacy of building a large monument representing Greek Emperor Alexander III of Macedon.

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