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MACEDONIAN PRIME MINISTER Nikola Gruevski said today he expected Greece’s new government to focus on solving a 20-year-old dispute over which country has the right to the name Macedonia.
“I expect the new government of Greece to be devoted to finding a solution to the name row,” Gruevski said. “I hope it will find a fast and effective solution that would please both sides and the citizens of Macedonia.”
Since Skopje proclaimed its independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece has alleged that use of the name Macedonia suggests a territorial claim to the northern Greek province of the same name.
Greece blocked Macedonia’s invitation to join NATO in 2008, and a year later prevented the European Union from starting accession talks with Skopje despite recommendations from the European Commission.
Gruevski said he hoped the cabinet of newly elected Greek premier Antonis Samaras would not use Greece’s economic crisis “as an alibi to avoid making efforts to find a solution for the problem that has bothered relations of two states for 21 years.”
Macedonia maintains that changing its name would be a denial of its own national identity and language.
At the United Nations it is recognised as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Almost two decades of UN-led negotiations over the name dispute have so far been fruitless.
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My wife was under the supervision of Dr. Louise Kenny who is one of the leading Doctors in this research. My wife delovped this condition in her three pregnancy’s the last only two weeks ago. Only for the very highly skilled Dr. Kenny we have three healthy children. Well done to all involved and keep up the excellent research.
Fantastic news.
I suffered badly with this during my one and only pregnancy which lead to my boy being born 10wks early. Both of us came out of it great thankfully and you wouldn’t belive now that my boy was only 2lb7 when born. He is fine, big and healthy now. I was advised to be happy with what I had and not try pregnancy again.
So this news is amazing and its just a pity my time clock is against me. But best of luck to those that lives it will touch.
This is fantastic news, I’m currently on bed rest with high blood pressure during my pregnancy and hoping it doesn’t develop into pre-eclampsia! I wish all those involved with this project the very best of luck!
Best of luck to you Starry eyed :)
This is a wonderful advance. It will save many lives and help spare heartache. Pre-eclampsia was diagnosed too late for my first pregnancy and my premature son only lived 4 days. I had pre-eclampsia from the beginning of my second pregnancy but thankfully with blood pressure medication and regular monitoring, I have a very healthy daughter. Best of success to this company.
Well done folks!
Hi folks, Just to draw your attention to a link that you might find useful should you require more information about pre-eclampsia – have a look at the Pre-eclampsia Foundation’s website: http://www.preeclampsia.org/
I added it to the end of the article above but just in case some people didn’t read right to end and skipped straight to comments. (Not that that EVER happens on our site ;))
Best of luck to all mums and dads-to-be, Susan
Well done to them and hopefully it’s successful. I had pre-eclampsia with both my children and its one of the reasons I won’t have a third. Anything that can detect and hopefully in time prevent this awful condition is to be applauded.
It is a UCC spinout company too – great news for them, well done!
I love it!
Well done to all involved. Up Cork and its enterprising personnel.
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