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Alexander the Great's ethnic origin is also part of the dispute between Greece and Macedonia. (Photo: EUobserver)

Macedonia name dispute threatens EU Balkan strategy, report says

The year-long disagreement between Athens and Skopje over Macedonia's official name is not only detrimental to the two neigbours' bilateral relations, it is also jeopardising European Union and NATO stability strategies for the western Balkans, according to a report published on Monday (12 January).

"The main NATO-EU strategy for stabilising Macedonia and the region via enlargement was derailed in 2008 by the dispute with Greece over the country's name," says the International Crisis Gr...

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Alexander the Great's ethnic origin is also part of the dispute between Greece and Macedonia. (Photo: EUobserver)

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