East Macedonia News

Greece stands to receive significantly less money in the context of the new National Strategic Reference Framework as the regions qualifying for the Target I bracket are set to drop from eight to three in the next period.

Rhodope is one of the peripheral units of Greece. It is part of the Periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace.

Macedonians should watch out for the decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the legality of Kosovo's independence and learn from the response of the international community, writes an article in Macedonian daily Utrinski Vesnik Thursday.

Greek farmers have blocked some 15 roads in the centre and north of the country and shut down a number of border posts to demand financial help because of low prices for their products, police said.