As Albanian Deputy Prime Minister from Skopje Bujar Osmani travels to Athens for contacts with the leadership of the Greek Foreign Ministry, a message from the Albanian news portal www.infoshqip.com, which refers to “details” of the upcoming Athens-Skopje agreement for the name, citing “reliable Greek sources”.
According to the Albanian publication, the agreed official name is “Republic of New Macedonia” and abbreviated “New Macedonia”. The agreement also provides solutions to ecclesiastical, linguistic and identity problems, not only for the Slavomacedonians but also for the Greeks of Macedonia.
The name of the country will be in Slavic, English, Greek and Albanian. Specifically:
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of New Macedonia (мк-кир)
Republika Nova Makedonija (mk-lat)
Republic of New Macedonia (eng)
Δημοκρατία της Νέας Μακεδονίας (gr)
Dimokratia tis Nea Makedonia (gr-lat)
IN SHORT:
Нова Македонија – Nova Makedonija (mk)
New Macedonia (eng)
Νέα Μακεδονία (gr)
LANGUAGE:
Sovereign Makedonski jazik (мк)
Modern Macedonian/Makedonski (eng)
Σλαβομακεδονική γλώσσα – Glossa Slavomakedoniki (gr)
NATIONALITY:
Македонско (мк)
New Macedonian (eng)
Νεομακεδονική (gr)
CHURCH:
Нова Македонска Православна Црква–Охридска Архиепископија (мк)
New Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archbishopric of Ohrid (eng)
(gr)
According to the article, “national identity” will be subject to negotiation of the agreement and will be:
- Македонец/Македонка/Македонци (мк)
- Ethnic Macedonians/Ethnic Macedonians (eng)
- Σλαβομακεδόνες/Slavomakedones (gr)
At the same time, Macedonians in Greece will be referred to by Slavomacedonians, as well as internationally, as:
- Μακεδονική/Μακεδονικό – Μακεδόνες/Makedones (gr)
- Greek Macedonia/Greek Macedonia (eng)
- Грчки македон/Грчки македони (мк)
According to InfoShqip.com, this is an informal document containing information from Greek sources (information from www.echedoros-a.gr). Analysts in Skopje do not consider this information a coincidence, as the Albanian Deputy Prime Minister from Skopje, Bujar Osmani, is visiting Greece.
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