Ahead of Protests, Greece, FYROM Near Name Deal: Northern Macedonia
(WorldNews Greece)

Massive protests across Greece set for June 6 to oppose Prime Minister and Radical Left SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras´ plans to give away the name Macedonia – an abutting ancient Greek province – to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) could be too late. Reports have emerged that Tsipras and FYROM Premier Zoran Zaev have settled on a new composite of Northern Macedonia (Severna Makedonija), which would pave the way for Greece to lift vetoes on its neighbor´s hopes of joining NATO and the European Union and ending a 26-year dispute over the name. A New Democracy government in 1992 under then-Premier Constantinos Mitsotakis allowed the new country forming from the...