Digital Journal

In Greek region of Macedonia, anger at imminent name deal

As lawmakers in Athens are poised to approve a landmark name deal between Greece and Macedonia, there is relief in many European capitals that a 27-year diplomatic dispute is nearing its end. But in ...
balkaninsight

Forgotten Frontier: Shuttered Border Crossing Condemns Remote North Macedonia Region to Decline

North Macedonia built a border crossing to Bulgaria some three decades ago – but it remains unused and abandoned, depriving the isolated eastern town of Berovo of a future. A narrow road, eroded in ...
Newsweek

Macedonia’s Protests Could Threaten a Fragile Region

Zamir Mehmeti, standing on one of the main streets in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, pulls a Guy Fawkes mask over his head and picks up a water gun. He approaches the city's four-year-old, ...
Digital Journal

Macedonia: a decades-long quarrel over a name

With Sunday's referendum proposing the new name "Republic of North Macedonia", the country hopes to resolve a row poisoning relations with Greece and blocking efforts to join the EU and NATO. The name ...
balkaninsight

Macedonia Tops Region’s Economic Freedom Index

Macedonia tops the region in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, annually compiled by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation. Photo by: Julien Jorge Macedonia ranks in 43rd place out of ...