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Diplomatic bomb from US Recognizes ‘Republic of Macedonia’ one day after Bush’s re-election; FM Molyviatis lodges protest In a major diplomatic embarrassment for Athens, Washington suddenly announced yesterday that it was changing its official name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to the «Republic of Macedonia.»

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Skopje joy, opposition outrage

While Skopje hailed Washington's decision as «a great day,» opposition parties in Athens deplored the US move and attacked Costas Karamanlis's conservative government.

Landmarks in Greek-FYROM relations

1991: FYROM votes for independence from Yugoslavia. 1992: Greece demands that FYROM should stop using the name Macedonia.

Spiliotopoulos muddies waters

Defense Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos yesterday added to the confusion regarding Greece's procurement of Russian anti-aircraft TOR M1...

Dutch milk to be tested for dioxins

Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) officials are today to begin tests on Dutch milk and powdered milk products on sale in Greek supermarkets following the discovery of cancer-causing dioxins in milk from two Dutch farms.

Dump radiation claim refuted

The local authority that controls the capital's only landfill said yesterday it was closing the dump for three days, claiming radioactive materials had been illegally buried there.

Island overflights in new Turkish violations

Greek and Turkish fighter pilots jousted over the Aegean for the second day running yesterday, while on three instances Turkish military aircraft flew at a high altitude over Greek islands.

IN BRIEF

Supreme Court plenary session to take stand on minister's intervention : Supreme Court president Georgios Kapos yesterday called an emergency plenary session...

5.6-level tremor damages two buildings but causes no injuries : An undersea quake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, occurred south of the island of Antikythera...

Veteran singer 'stable' after bypass : Veteran Greek singer Grigoris Bithikotsis was yesterday in stable condition...

Commission list : Greek lawyer Stavros Tzimas has been nominated as European commissioner...

Doctors strike : Doctors at state hospitals across the country are to stage a 24-hour strike...

Extradition protest : A Turkish Kurd who faces extradition to Germany in connection with an arson attack has begun a hunger strike...

Mushroom poisoning : An Albanian couple from Kozani and their son have been in hospital...

Extortion scam : A policeman, a lawyer and an insurance broker attempted to blackmail a bank clerk...

Child abuse : A 30-year-old Albanian man, who is alleged to have repeatedly raped an Albanian boy...

Car crash : A 57-year-old Turkish man and his 15-year-old son were killed...


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Brussels yesterday...
EDITORIAL

Tactical errors Greece's issue with the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a typical case of hapless decisions made by each of the country's major parties when in power. From the outset, the Mitsotakis government turned a purely political issue into a legal one, as if the Badinter proposals or concerns over the legal succession of the «former Yugoslavia» would provide an answer to the complex aspects of this matter.

COMMENTARY

Into the Balkan maelstrom Washington's recognition of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) by its constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia - the day after George W. Bush's electoral triumph - has caused stunned perplexity and rage in Athens, as the US administration has ignored Greek interests and sensitivities. The Greek side's displeasure is certainly justified. But what the political world needs to realize is that over the last four years, after the transatlantic chasm, Washington has consistently acted off its own bat, promoting its own interests as it sees fit and shrugging off the protests of its allies. For reasons that do not lie solely at the US's door, Greece has not come within the purview...

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