Athens "irritated" with Belgrade "over Kosovo and Macedonia"
Greece is "irritated" by Serbia's position "regarding Kosovo and Macedonia," the Beta agency is quoting an article published on the SKAI website. The Greek media outlet quoted unnamed "foreign ministry circles" who said that "Serbia lately made a series of incomprehensible moves, exerting pressure in the European Union to settle the (Macedonian) name issue." According to this, Athens is also troubled by "information about the alleged pressure on Greece to recognize Kosovo." The article said that "due to recent provocative moves of Belgrade related to Kosovo and the FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian) name issue, Athens has already lodged official protests." On the issue of Macedonia - which Serbia recognizes under its constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia, while Skopje is a member of the UN as FYROM - SKAI said that "diplomatic factors stressed that Greece's European part