EU cancels Vienna talks on FYROM crisis (Bulgarian media FYROM name propaganda)

The European Union has cancelled what were intended to be talks bringing together the FYROM [*] major parties to resolve that country’s current crisis, after major opposition party SDSM insisted it would not attend the meeting that had been planned for April 22 in Vienna.

EU must help FYROM [***] seal border with Greece - Slovak PM

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico vowed Wednesday to push the European Union to stem the influx of refugees into the bloc by sealing the border of non-member FYROM [***] with Greece.

Gas supplies may be affected, Putin warns Europe. -- Russia may begin requiring advance payment for natural gas from Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sent a letter to EU leaders, expressing his "extreme concern" over Ukraine's debt for Russian gas and warning them that supplies to Europe may be affected, his spokesman said.

"Indeed, such a letter signed by Putin was today delivered to heads of state of Eastern and Western Europe through diplomatic channels," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the state RIA Novosti news agency.

"Putin expresses extreme concern over the critical situation around Ukraine's debt and supplies of Russian gas related to it," Peskov said.

Bulgaria – FYROM game will be like a domestic league match - Bozhidar Dimitrov (Director of the Bulgarian National History Museum)

Sofia:  Director of the Bulgarian National History Museum Bozhidar Dimitrov described the upcoming match between the national football teams of Bulgaria and the FYROM as a “game from a domestic league”. Speaking to Focus News Agency, Mr Dimitrov noted that when he first heard Bulgaria and FYROM were to play a football game, he asked: “Whom are we playing against?”
“Then it turned out we were having a match from what you could call the Bulgarian nation’s domestic league,” he explained. According to him, the Bulgarian nation is currently divided by a frontier.

Οι ξένοι την αναφέρουν ως FYROM, οι Έλληνες επιμένουν στο “Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας”

Το ίδιο σχεδόν άρθρο σε δυο διαφορετικές παρουσιάσεις:

Στην πρώτη περίπτωση, σε αρκετές ελληνικές ιστοσελίδες, επαναλαμβάνεται το παράδοξο "φαινόμενο" να μεταφέρουν δηλώσεις σκοπιανών αξιωματούχων διατηρώντας τον όρο “Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας”. Το πώς αποκαλούν την χώρα τους σκοπιανοί πολιτικοί, δημοσιογράφοι και πολίτες το γνωρίζουμε όλοι και πολύ καλά. Δεν χρησιμεύει σε τίποτα να το υπενθυμίζουμε. Το να το μεταφέρουμε όμως, με οποιονδήποτε τρόπο, στα δικά μας γραπτά δείχνει ότι δεν μας ενοχλεί και τόσο ή δεν το δίνουμε και τόση σημασία.
 Συγκεκριμένα, η δήλωση του σκοπιανού ΥΠΕΞ μπορεί να μεταφερθεί με πολλούς τρόπους. Είναι θέμα αντανακλαστικών σε εθνικά θέματα, όπως δήλωσε πρόσφατα και ο Έλληνας ΥΠΕΞ, κατά την επίσκεψή του στην Κύπρο. Προφανές είναι, ότι σε τέτοιου είδους λεπτά θέματα, δεν είναι αρκετά μόνο τα αντανακλαστικά των πολιτικών μιας χώρας, αλλά και των πολιτών της. Επί πλέον, δεν πρέπει να αφήνετε χώρος για ακραίες συμπεριφορές.

FYROM news: Sculptors Earn Fortunes From Revamp of Skopje (Skopje 2014: New Statue Complex Honours "Ancient Greek" Heroes)

Statue Complex Honours "Ancient Greek" Heroes

A recent report reveals the millions of euro paid in fees to the sculptors involved in the revamp of the capital called "Skopje 2014".
For the first time since the launch of the project, the government on Monday presented an official financial report, which confirmed rumours of the hefty fees paid to the sculptors.

Valentina Stevanovska, author of some of the main statues that form part of the project, including the equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, one of his father, Philip, as well as a triumphal arch, earned 2.9 million euro in fees, the report showed.

Like many of her colleagues involved in the project, Stevanovska was a complete unknown before being awarded commissions to design the grand statues.

Nimetz Starts New Push For F.Y.R.O.M. ‘Name’ Deal

The UN mediator in the FYROM-Greece ‘name’ talks, Matthew Nimetz, is visiting Athens and Skopje, bringing fresh proposals for a solution to the dispute.
Officials in Athens and Skopje expect the UN mediator in the longstanding dispute over FYROM's name - to which Greece objects - to put forward some fresh ideas.

Prior to Nimetz’s arrival in Greece, the Greek Foreign Minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said his country aimed for a solution that would respect each side's history and culture and strengthen regional stability and security.