I just did some looking around and found every place I looked listed Macedonia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains , Myspace, last.fm

It's a country if they like it or not. Just because there is a region in Greece called Macedonia doesn't mean they have to throw a big fit about it. It's quite pointless if you ask me, to me thats like someone saying they don't recognize recognize London Ontario (where I live) because there happens to be a London England.

Last edited by Brendan (September 27, 2009 4:25 pm)

Heh - I don't see why some Greek users try to boycott the counter.  They should not use it, if they feel like it.  Macedonia is indeed a sovereign country, therefore we should recognize it as the rest of the world.

I live in State of Georgia, USA - and we do recognize the Country of Georgia in Central Asia, albeit the exact same name.

Just as an example, the dispute was also made clear in the past month's Eurobasket 2009 Poland, where all the world saw the scoreboards as GRE - MKD, while the Greek TV stations shaped it as GRE - MKD (MKD is crossed out in this one) or GRE - *Just a white line here*.

This issue also makes the EU negotiations of Macedonia. EU officially recognizes Macedonia under the name FYROM. However, as Olli Rehn (European Commissioner for Enlargement) has stated in July, the dispute has to be solved soon. (Possibly in the upcoming years.) They are trying to convince Greece to use the name Macedonia. FYROM is not acceptable, so say the Macedon.

So all we can do is to keep watching=)

Last edited by Cyril (October 2, 2009 11:50 am)

I had no idea about any of this, but I found an old news article that explained a bit of the background on the conflict if you're interested.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072702653.html

(Suddenly remembering all the hours I've spent watching stories of Alexander the Great on the History Channel)