Critical phase in the name dispute

The negotiations in the name dispute between the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the Greek region of Macedonia have entered a critical phase. The foreign ministers of both states are having a surprise meeting in Paris today. The newspaper Eleftherotypia comments on the results of the negotiations so far: "Greece is looking for a name for FYROM while Skopje is trying to construct a Macedonian minority in Greece. This was the outcome of the latest negotiations in the UN ... that left no doubt that both sides are as far away as possible from each other ... The Gruevski government [of the prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia] appears to have abandoned the idea of finding a solution because it has realised that the country is facing a second veto, this time by the EU, because it ... does not fulfil the 'pure' European criteria."

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