41. Greece objects to Macedonia holding that name, which is identical to that of a northern Greek province on the Macedonian border. 42. Greece says the name implies territorial designs on the neighbouring Greek province of the same name. 43. Greece suspects Macedonia, which gained independence three years ago, harbours territorial designs on the Greek province of the same name. 44. In addition Greece says the name Macedonia implies territorial designs on the neighbouring Greek province of the same name. 45. Athens has imposed a trade embargo on its neighbor because it fears Macedonia harbors territorial claims over a Greek province that bears the same name. 46. Athens says its use by Macedonia implies territorial designs on the northern Greek province of the same name. 47. Athens claims that the use of the name demonstrates that Macedonia has territorial designs on a northern Greek province of the same name. 48. Athens refuses to recognise the former Yugoslav republic as it bears the same name as a northern Greek province, and charges that Skopje has designs on Greek territory. 49. Authorities and ordinary citizens alike fear that the former Yugoslav republic harbors territorial designs on a nothern Greek province of the same name. 50. It was particularly hit by an economic embargo mounted by Greece which claimed it had territorial ambitions towards a Greek province of the same name. |