Most Greeks reject the use of the word "Macedonia" to describe the Republic of Macedonia, instead calling it "ΠΓΔΜ" (Πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβική Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας, the Greek translation of "FYROM"), or Skopje, after the country's capital.

The country became a member of the United Nations (UN) in 1993, but as a result of a dispute with Greece over the name "Macedonia", it was admitted under the provisional description "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (abbreviated as "FYR Macedonia" or "FYROM").

Aug 22, 2019 · North Macedonia (FYROM) is a landlocked country bordering Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest, Greece to the south, and Serbia to the northeast. Its physical terrain is characterized by rivers, mountains, and valleys.

Feb 13, 2019 · The country formerly known as the Republic of Macedonia officially changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia on Tuesday, on paper ending a decades-long dispute that should pave the...

Feb 13, 2019 · The small Balkan country of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece and secures its entry into NATO. A government press release said the young country now is formally called the Republic of North Macedonia.

Jan 13, 2019 · The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the naming dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Matthew Nimetz, has welcomed the former Yugoslav Republic of...

Apr 25, 2017 · In 1995, Greece and FYR Macedonia established diplomatic relations to resolve the naming issue. The case of the latter country was made worse when it erected statues of Alexander the Great and Philip II of ancient Greek Macedonia in their …

Jun 12, 2018 · Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) reached an historic agreement Tuesday to end a bitter 27-year name dispute that had kept the smaller and younger country out of international institutions such …

Jan 24, 2019 · Greece and FYR Macedonia reached an agreement in June 2018 to rename the country the Republic of North Macedonia. But while prime ministers of both countries were all …

Dec 19, 2017 · FOR almost a quarter of a century Macedonia, the southernmost part of long-vanished Yugoslavia, has been called FYROM by the United Nations, the EU and many other organisations. This stands for...