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Reaction in Macedonia and Greece to name row ahead of Thessaloniki demo
A demonstration was expected to take place in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday over a dispute between Greece and Macedonia concerning an issue at the heart of the newer nation's existence and identity: its name.
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NATO chief: Macedonia can't join until Greece issue resolved
NATO's secretary-general urged Macedonia to solve its 25-year-old name dispute with alliance member Greece and proceed with wide-ranging reforms if it wants its membership bid to succeed.
Addressing the press on Thursday...
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Reaction as Macedonia votes to change name
Macedonia's parliament approved constitutional changes to rename the country North Macedonia on Friday, under a deal with neighbouring Greece.
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Reaction after Macedonia name change deal ratified
Greek lawmakers ratified an agreement Friday to end a nearly three decade-long dispute over neighbouring Macedonia's name, in a landmark vote that will see the small country renamed North Macedonia and clear its path to NATO membership.
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Macedonia displays its military power for visiting NATO delegation
The Macedonian army showcased its military capabilities and skills before NATO military senior officials on Wednesday, ahead of the prospect of it becoming the 30th member of the alliance, once the name deal with Greece is fully...
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Newspapers, reax as conservative Ivanonv wins presidential election
Macedonia's president-elect pledged on Monday to work with neighbouring Greece to solve a festering dispute over Macedonia's name that has blocked its bid to join NATO.
Governing conservative candidate Gjorgje Ivanov won a landslide...
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Announcement of ceasefire from midnight
Skopje, 5 July 2001
1. Wide shot Skopje nestling in valley below
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nikola Dimitrov, Macedonia National Security Adviser to Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski
"Well after we received guarantees from NATO that the...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEE CAMP: CLINTON GOES ON A WALKABOUT
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Ethnic Albanians have given U-S President Clinton a tumultuous welcome at a Macedonian refugee camp.
With Serb forces now out of Kosovo, the refugees are free to return to their homeland.
Many consider Clinton as their...
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NATO delays membership for Ukraine, Georgia; invites Albania, Croatia to join
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General (++part overlaid with shots of audience++):
"Within the framework of the United Nations, many actors have worked hard to resolve the name...
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MACEDONIA: APPEAL FOR AID AS REFUGEES ARRIVE
English/Nat
20-thousand people from Kosovo have massed on the Macedonia border.
Some of them had walked from Pristina while others are men who jumped off a train turned back to Kosovo by Macedonian authorities.
One young woman made a...
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SKOPJE: MASS HELD FOR MOTHER TERESA IN HER HOME TOWN
Eng/Macedo/Nat
A special mass for Mother Teresa was held in the Catholic church of the Sacred Heart in Skopje, the town where she was born 87 years ago.
The memorial service took place on Saturday afternoon in the private home of her...
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Shelling after alleged attack by Albanian rebels, adds State Dept
Tetovo, Macedonia 5th July 2001
1. Macedonian armoured personnel carriers drive fast down street, youths wave as they pass, pan and tilts to Macedonian Mi-24 'Hind' helicopter firing rockets above
2. Helicopter fires and banks away
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVAR REFUGEES LEAVING FOR NEW ZEALAND
Albanian/Nat
The first of 800 Kosovar refugees to be given shelter in New Zealand left Macedonia on Thursday.
Most of the group of 49 have relatives in New Zealand who are willing to accommodate them until they can return to their own...
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Czech troops arrive + government reax + checkpoints
Skopje Airport
1. Preparations on tarmac
2. C-130 plane landing
3. Close up plane cockpit
4. Troops getting off
5. Jeep reversing out
6. Czech flag on front of jeep
7. Equipment being unloaded
8. Commander of Czech company walks...
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Kosovo: Rebels: NATO commanders failed meeting with rebel leader
Albanian/Nat
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The commander of NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo failed on Friday to persuade a rebel leader to pull his troops out of the boundary area between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia.
The secret meeting, filmed exclusively by...
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France: German FM: Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister visit
German/Nat
The foreign ministers of France and Germany have called for stability in Macedonia as violent flare-ups along its border with Yugoslavia threaten to spark a new Balkan conflict.
French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine and his...
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Belgium: NATO: Robertson: Additional troops requested of the Alliance
Brussels, Belgium - 22 March, 2001
1. Exterior of the European Council building
2. Close up on sign reading 'Consilium'
3. NATO Secretary General George Robertson walks out of building
4. Cutaway of security guard
5. SOUNDBITE...
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MACEDONIA: UK TROOPS PREPARE FOR KOSOVO
English/Nat
British troops have been put on high alert in Macedonia following rising tensions in neighbouring Kosovo.
On Thursday, monitors from the Organisation of Security and Cooperation (O-S-C-E) in Europe were prevented from...
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Comment from Macedonia on EU enlargement report
1. Various of Skopje skyline
2. Various of old part of town
3. Various of a woman begging in street
4. Various of people in market
5. SOUNDBITE: (Macedonian) Oden Veleski, worker:
"First the culture of people should change, politicians...
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Crucial referendum on local level autonomy
1. Wide of street of Struga, road sign on the foreground reading "Struga"
2. Pedestrian area, people walking
3. Man buying newspapers
4. Close up of two newspapers
5. Close up of Albanian newspaper
6. Close up of Macedonian tabloid...
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Italian general comments on NATO deployment
1. Long shot of army officers walking past flags in corridor
2. Long shot inside Italian Command of Joint Operations (C-O-I) headquarters
3. Mid shot Lt General Carlo Cabigiosu talking to journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt General...
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UK: LONDON: DEFENCE EXPERT SPEAKS ABOUT CRISIS IN KOSOVO
English/Nat
One of Britain's leading military analysts says there's very little possibility for a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Serbia's Kosovo province
Defence expert Professor Michael Clarke from London's Centre for...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON MEETS GREEK AND MACEDONIAN OFFICIALS
English/Nat
US President Bill Clinton met officials from both Greece and Macedonia at the White House Thursday, a day after Greece formally recognised the former Yugoslav Republic.
At the same meeting Clinton also discussed the progress...
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Macedonia: Threat: President threatens ethnic Albanian rebels
Skopje, Macedonia- 21 March 2001
1. Various external shot government building
2. Set up shot Macedonian President, Boris Trajkovski
3. SOUNDBITE: (Macedonian) Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian President
4. Various of Trajkovski and...