What’s Athens’ point of view? Athens points out more of both the ancient and modern Macedonia is within its borders than any other country’s. The population of Greek Macedonia is also ...

Alexander was one of the most successful military commanders in history; he built a vast empire that stretched to India before his death in 323 B.C. Modern Macedonia's claim to the region's ...

Modern Macedonia’s claim to the region’s ancient heritage has infuriated neighbor Greece, which refuses to recognize the former Yugoslav republic by its official name and is still seeking ...

Greece argues neighbouring state’s use of the term “Republic of Macedonia” implies a territorial claim over its own nor I’m off today to the country that I dare not name, lest I offend the ...

But modern Macedonia dates from the decisions of Tito and Stalin, who decided to set up a Macedonian republic within communist Yugoslavia after 1945, in the interests of Yugoslav communism. Some of ...

Macedonia is also located at the meeting point ... This has riled Athens because Alexander’s birthplace was within the boundaries of modern Greece. Skopje’s Alexander the Great Airport could ...

However, it also includes parts of Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia and small pieces of Kosovo. Modern Macedonia, as a geographic rather than a political construct, extends into six countries ...