Macedonia

North Macedonia just became NATO’s newest and weakest member. That makes it a ripe target for interference.

Despite an otherwise strict nationwide lockdown, the government’s politically motivated decision to allow Orthodox Christians to take communion from shared spoons could unleash a major COVID-19 outbreak.

Historical feuds still threaten to stop Eastern European countries from joining the EU.

For years, the country remained untouched by the global migrant crisis, but now, even in a place where many people were once refugees, tensions are on the rise.

Greece’s prime minister has transformed from leftist firebrand to international statesman—and gotten more powerful at home in the process.

Moscow wants this weekend’s referendum to fail, but Macedonians should vote to change their country’s name and join Europe once and for all.

Voters in the country’s upcoming name-change referendum should not allow nationalist opposition or foreign interference to stand in their way.

A referendum could decide whether the country will change its name to gain entrance. But those prizes have lost their shine.

Greece's prime minister, together with his partner in Macedonia, has created a model for solving identity clashes across the globe.

The Balkans desperately need help, but Greece won't stop picking a fight over what to call its northern neighbor.

The Balkan nation is in the middle of a tug-of-war between Russia and the West.

Catch up on the top headlines from the weekend, and learn what to watch in the days to come.

The West urges calm amid fears a political crisis could trigger ethnic violence.

A group of GOP senators is spreading false allegations from a shadowy organization and supporting the region’s corrupt and undemocratic forces.

...because it is a real country.