Macedonia had been the better side before the break and Scotland keeper Craig Gordon made three vital stops.
Since 2009 Greece has blocked it from offering Macedonia a date for accession talks.
This is a reasonable compromise, but not everyone in Macedonia is reasonable or wants to compromise.
Like watching Beckham lead England versus Macedonia or Scotland versus France in the Six Nations rugby.
Bulgaria has similarly resisted extremist pressures to foment trouble with its simpatico Slavic brothers in Macedonia.
Greece fears that its name implies territorial ambitions toward the northern Greek region of Macedonia.
The 30-year-old is doubtful for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia in March.
Earlier this week, Macedonia granted amnesty to disarmed ethnic-Albanian rebels as part of the peace accord.
Western officials also fear that full-scale warfare in Macedonia could engulf the whole Balkans.
But the biggest group retreated towards Debar, a town near Macedonia's border with Albania.
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its "growing concern" over political tension in Macedonia following the riots.
The NLA emerged because Albanians in Macedonia wanted a better future for their children.
Trade with Yugoslavia, Macedonia's biggest trading partner after Germany, has been virtually wiped out.
UN's new toughness towards Albanian extremism has also had a beneficial effect in Macedonia.
That's why I've recently taken steps to cut off outside support for the rebels in Macedonia.
Western governments voiced support for Macedonia, but urged political concessions to the ethnic Albanians.
EU. During the Bosnian war, Greece stayed cosy with Serbia and bullied Albania and Macedonia.
This encroaching threat should induce states like Macedonia to enhance their relations with Israel.
Trying to avoid such tensions, Macedonia has turned a far harder face to the refugees.
So far, Macedonia has been careful to stay out of the wars of the Yugoslav succession.
Tensions have run high in Macedonia since it won independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Other suspects were arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand and Peru.
Compared with its own Serbophiles and Bulgarophiles, some of Macedonia's old enemies look almost mild.
Some would like post-Gligorov Macedonia to rejoin the rump of Yugoslavia, still dominated by Serbia.
But it is Macedonia's own tensions that make instability across the border so threatening.
True or not, the official welcome in Macedonia for Kosovo's refugees has been a cold one.
Craig Swan reports from south west Kosovo on the dangers facing refugees returning from Macedonia and Albania.
"I couldn't be called up against Macedonia and Holland as the paperwork hasn't gone through, " said Fox.
Greece argues that the former Yugoslavia republic's name suggests a claim to the Greek province of Macedonia.
After weeks of hesitation, Macedonia's parliament endorsed constitutional amendments to give the country's ethnic-Albanian minority more rights.
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