When Macedonia renamed Skopje airport for Alexander the Great in 2007, this seemed a one-off to annoy Greece.

当马其顿在2007年将斯科普里机场更名为亚历山大大帝机场时，这一举动似乎只是对希腊一次性的孤立挑衅。

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A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds and snow flurries on Vodno Mountain near Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. AP / Boris Grdanoski

2011年1月4日，星期二，在马其顿斯科普里（Skopje）附近的沃德诺山上，透过云层和雪花拍摄的日偏食。

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Macedonia had agreed to the formulation "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)"; Greece wanted a compound formula such as "Upper Macedonia" or "New Macedonia" and blocked the invitation.

虽然马其顿同意使用“马其顿共和国(斯科普里)”这一名称，可希腊却想用一个组合式国名，如“上马其顿”或“新马其顿”，并拒绝了北约邀请其加入。

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SKOPJE, Macedonia (CNN) -- Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov was critically injured Tuesday in a car bomb attack that took the life of his driver.

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How to achieve that was the subject of some hard talking this week between Mr Xhaferi and Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign-policy spokesman, who has been shuttling between Brussels and Skopje, Macedonia's capital.

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When Macedonia renamed Skopje airport for Alexander the Great in 2007, this seemed a one-off to annoy Greece.

ECONOMIST: Annoy Greece, put up more statues of Alexander