macedonia

On the issue of Alexander specifically, it's important to note how important Alexander is in whole Greece/FYR Macedonia thing.

Alexander was a Macedonian, of course, but what was then Macedonia is now part of Northern Greece, meaning the (modern) country of Macedonia can only be called (The Former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia.

I hope it will happen soon (and that Macedonia finally will be allowed to call itself Macedonia!) and that confiscations of Greek property to pay for the loans will follow.

Just like those who live in Macedonia today.

I can't say much about stations in general, but the Macedonia station is on the far end of large parking lot full of big box stores.

I don't think anyone will even dispute that ancient Macedonia was this entire region, it stands to reason that tombs would be found all over the place.

Please take a short trip a bit north, to Bulgaria (EU) or Macedonia (not EU) and you'll see that soon you'll have to make ends with 100 EUR a month, or even less.

Why would the money be spent on sustaining an early retirement in Greece, instead of adding Balkan countries, for example Albania, Macedonia and Monte Negro, to the European Union?

What mostly inflames Greek opinion is the other set of claims that goes along with the name: for example, a number of historians from the Republic of Macedonia claim that the ancient Macedonian language was a Slavic language (rather than a Greek dialect), and that the people of the modern Republic of Macedonia are the modern cultural descendants of the ancient Macedonians.

As a Greek myself, I don't like to say to other countries what they should name themselves but there is an entire area in Greece already that is called Macedonia that is even more ancient than Alexander himself.

The real dispute is more over cultural legacy than whether Skopje or Thessaloniki are more geographically "in" Macedonia.

Balkans consists of 10 "full blown" countries like Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and Turkey and 2 half recognized or yet unrecognized territories like Kosovo and Republika Srpska.

I suspect you mean it as a placeholder for the Hellenic era, or perhaps the kingdom Macedonia.

Wednesday's announcement reflects work in countries that range from Brazil and Costa Rica to Latvia and Macedonia, the Justice Department says.

Also a particularly important part of it due Macedonia's role in instigating the Hellenistic age.