Ancient Greek historian Thucydides has defined the identities of Greeks and  "barbarians" based on colonial influence.

ATHENS, Greece – "What's in a name?" asks Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. "That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet." Not in the ethnically jumbled Balkans region of ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers ratified an agreement Friday to end a nearly three decade-long dispute over neighboring Macedonia’s name, in a landmark vote that will see the small ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Britain's prime minister has urged Macedonia and Greece to show courage in ongoing efforts to resolve a dispute over Macedonia's name, which has frustrated the country's ...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras , left, embraces his North Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, during a Join news conference and after their meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Tuesday, April 2, ...

ATHENS, Greece – A Greek government official says prospects are receding for an agreement within days on the name dispute that has soured relations between Greece and Macedonia for 27 years. The ...

Greece has objected to the name of the former Yugoslav republic. BELGRADE, Serbia -- Since its independence in 1991, the Republic of Macedonia has been fighting with neighboring Greece over the ...

Greek lawmakers have ratified the agreement for the country to drop its objections to neighbouring Macedonia joining NATO if the small country’s name is changed to North Macedonia, ending a nearly ...