The aim of this project was to foster dialogue and cooperation between Greece and North Macedonia, then the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The report of ELIAMEP’s South-East Europe Programme was entitled “What’s in a Name? Greek Public Attitudes towards the ‘Name Dispute’ and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 2018,” which was a comprehensive examination of all the major issues pertaining to the name dispute and bilateral relations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It also delved deeper into various dimensions that allowed the reader to understand the complexity of Greek public attitudes about the issue.
The report also provided comparative perspectives with the previous poll on the name issue that was conducted by ELIAMEP in 2016. Our two polls (2018 and 2016) were the only ones in Greece that focused entirely on the name dispute and Greece-FYROM relations. Both polls were implemented with the cooperation of the Public Opinion Research Unit of the University of Macedonia.
The project was made possible through funding from the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.
