BBC Ignores Macedonia's Probems With Greece

We can see below the problem that Macedonia faces in getting its message out to the policy makers in the US/EU. This BBC profile mentions Greece's objections to Macedonia but does not mention Macedonia's objections to the treatment of ethnic Macedonian in Greece. It's a plot I tell ya!

Can't the Macedonian ambassador to the UK drive over to the BBC office and ask them to insert this sentence in the profile?

" ... implied territorial ambitions toward the northern Greek region of Macedonia. which has an ethnic Macedonian minority which is seeking minority rights!

Country profile: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
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"The country's name remains a contentious issue. It is still referred to formally as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

International recognition of the country's split from Yugoslavia in 1991 was held up over Greek fears that its name implied territorial ambitions toward the northern Greek region of Macedonia. Greece lifted a two-year trade blockade only after the two countries signed an accord in 1995."

Country profile: Greece

Greece has been in dispute since the early 1990s with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Greece contends that the use of the name Macedonia by the neighbouring country implies a territorial claim over Greece's own region of the same name. The UN is involved in continuing mediation efforts