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Greek PM invites FYROM counterpart to name talks

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Prime Minister Lucas Papademos

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has invited his Former Yuoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) counterpart Nikola Gruevski to meet in March and try to solve the complicated name dispute between the two countries.

Papademos has sent a letter to Gruevski expressing his wish to meet him at the upcoming European Council summit at the beginning of March.

The Greek Prime Minister has recommended to his colleague to work in a constructive manner towards resolving the dispute, according to international media.

The Skopje government is registered at international organizations as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia because of the name dispute, rather than Republic of Macedonia at Greece's insistence, which fears the name "Macedonia" might spur territorial claims for its northern regions.

FYROM continues to have no date for starting the EU talks as the Council of the European Union has repeatedly put off grating the country a date, largely because of its name dispute with Greece.

Source: Sofia News Agency

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Unelected PM to sell out?

February 17, 2012 by Chris (United Kingdom ), 13 weeks 2 days ago

What are the odds of this unelected "PM" making deals that equate to "selling out" without the moral authority of the Greek people?

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