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Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names

Macedonia, Macedonians, Great Alexander, Philip, Amynta, Perdika, Ptolemy, Cleopatra, Aegean, Macedonian Phalanx, Cyril and Methodius, Thessaloniki, Serres, Drama, Kastoria are some of the new names of Skopje’s streets, in the framework of the local authorities’ promotional actions after the respective approval by the Internal Ministry. Nikola Gruevski’s government promotes a methodical “ancient-Macedonianism” of his country, [...]