it needs three goals — that the products from north macedonia must have the name "products from north put this in the agreement so we have this problem today. his solution is to develop a greek brand from macedonia that only greek macedonian products will carry. the "great" is great alexander and "land" is land of macedonia. so it means greece. the day we were in town, the prime minister was visiting the ministry for macedonia and thrace. despite his fiery words on prespa in opposition, kyriakos mitsotakis has done little in power to reverse the agreement. the reason for this may be in his blood. his father was also prime minister and, despite opposition, he allowed the neighbouring country to be called the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. prime minister, what are you doing about the prespa agreement? we can talk later if you want. although i tried to press him on the agreement, he was unwilling to talk but, later that night, once again he made his feelings clear. although the prespa agreement was not signed by him and he may dislike the concession of the name, he will be bound

a subject of a bitter dispute between greece and the now renamed republic of north macedonia. the programme includes some scenes of violence. for three decades, greece has been locked in a dispute with its neighbour over the name macedonia. last year a breakthrough day. reese agreed to recognise its neighbour and the neighbour agreed to change its name to north macedonia, but the deal has been fiercely resisted both sides of the border. for me, as a greek, this dispute is an important part of modern greek identity. it feels like i never really knew the degree to which this country was divided. and for me, as an australian with macedonian red the dispute is central to unlocking my complicated family history. i feel really sad that the family separated. a year on from the agreement, we are travelling to greece to north sidonia to see for ourselves how well this deal is working. can the agreement finally sold the fears rivalries that have existed in this region for so long 01’ existed in this region for so long or will the issue of a name continue to plague both countries future?

subject of a bitter dispute between greece and its northern neighbour, now renamed the republic of north macedonia called macedonia. bbc journalists courtney bembridge and catherine karelli grew up with different sides of this story and travelled across the region — from thessaloniki to skopje — a year after the name change, to find out how well it's working. it was supposed to end a dispute that lasted nearly three decades. the prespa agreement was praised by the international community is a rare moment of unity in an increasingly divided europe. but a yearon, increasingly divided europe. but a year on, the fear increasingly divided europe. but a yearon, the fearand increasingly divided europe. but a year on, the fear and resentment in the region itself hasn't faded. this is democracy in greece! for me, as a greek, this dispute is an important pa rt greek, this dispute is an important part of modern greek identity. and for me as an australian with macedonian roots, this dispute sheds light on my complicated family history. in thessaloniki, the capital of the greek province of macedonia, many prou

there are now 29 members, and about to be 30, with north macedonia joining as well.years old, celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, but in that 70th anniversary year, some of the divisions have really come to the fore, and it seems, in a way, that the more members it has, the greater some of the divisions. and turkey, we will see president erdogan of turkey in a moment. that is really one of the focal points of the divisions that there are, because turkey launched that offensive into northern syria, hugely controversial, taking on the kurds there. president macron, another nato member state, saying that the kurds stood shoulder to shoulder with western nations in defeating islamic state, and so, when the turkish president wants nato to condemn the kurds as terrorists, mr macron is saying, well, no, actually, they stood by us and they fought iis, well, no, actually, they stood by us and they fought 115, and we are grateful to them. so that division between france, turkey, and other member states and turkey is just one of the fault lines running through this alli

all the patients in germany go north macedonia's naming dispute with greece may have been resolved but it resulted in years of stagnation nepotism flourishes like nowhere else in europe according to generalist sasha said casca recently she tells me a friend of the health minister was named hospital director despite his criminal background and lack of experience if you talk with some within the government they will say 'd oh but it's so difficult to change every day and overnight you can know this again of the bird actually it's not i mean why is it so difficult not to put the school you know. in charge in the hospital. like a wheel and nepotism is widespread doctors like nicola resign of a fed up the surgeon has founded and association in an attempt to keep young doctors in the country so that they can fight corruption together. a controversial. ottis collective head of the is apologized for its latest campaign it set up a symbolic memorial to victims of the holocaust outside the german parliament and claimed that the display included the human remains of people who were murdered in co

if you are north macedonia, your world it was com pletely macedonia, your world it was completely differentates but currently they deserved it. they have done so much for their own defence and have contributed a great deal to nato and we also have to think about what would the world look like if they hadn't been invited tojoin look like if they hadn't been invited to join nato stop where would they have joined ? invited to join nato stop where would they have joined? would they have teamed up with russia or fallen through the cracks? the bottom line i5, europe would have been worse off outside nato than in5ide nato. thanks for your time. the un secretary general jens stolenberg closed the summit a little earlier, here's what he said on the relationship with russia. we need to strive for a better relationship with russia. even if we are not able to get the better relationship with russia in that turn, we need to manage a difficult relationship with high tension5 turn, we need to manage a difficult relationship with high tensions and more exercises, we need to make sure that we have the trans

should be entitled to them not even during childbirth or be buying it that's one consequence of north macedonia's marginalization of the roma and it's why hellene aspiring for better access to health care for local women. she visits a woman who urgently needs help. this mother already has several children and has just given birth to twins but she isn't producing enough milk to nurse her babies. the children often go hungry we've already been to several aid organizations we've even been to the neighborhood administration but no one has helped us what do you know. how lame and her team are now assisting the family. but i think. since the birth of the twins we've contacted various organizations that donate food and milk for newborns. doing to you there are many similar cases here about 8000 roma women of childbearing age live in the district and until recently there was not a single gynecologist but how lame has helped change that she went all the way to the u.n. in geneva and got local authorities to set up a mobile gynecology clinic we're not allowed to film inside but it's clear that there is hig

it's since the roma population has achieved equality a reporter because their cover went to the north macedonia capital of scopa where she met an activist who wants to improve health care for young roma mothers. sunny a bank here halim is often the only hope for many women and sculp quarter she and her assistant advise women on reproductive health issues the activist often finds herself counseling pregnant women as well because few of them are able to visit a polish find gynecologist think of course it will both of them women who have no identity papers are often turned away from the health services when they get pregnant they don't get the medical care that they should be entitled to even during childbirth or be running it that's one consequence of north message only as marginalization of the roma and it's why halim aspiring for better access to health care for local women. she visits a woman who urgently needs help. this mother already has several children and has just given birth to twins but she isn't producing enough milk to nurse her babies. well because the children often go hungry we've

it will shortly be 30, of course, now that north macedonia is joining.lso attested to the fundamental reason for the success of that alliance, and it is based on the idea of solidarity, in defence of our values of freedom and democracy. the basic idea of all for one, and one for all. but in truth there was precious little solidarity on show this week. at the evening reception nato leaders were caught mocking the president for the length of some of his press conferences. mr trump was asked about that video and justin trudeau's comments. the response was typically blunt. he later cancelled his planned press conference well, he is two—faced. and honestly with trudeau, he's a nice guy, i find him to be a very nice guy. but the truth is that i called him out on the fact that he is not paying 2%, andi on the fact that he is not paying 2%, and i guess he is not very happy about it. a couple of you were there, and he's not paying 2% and he should be paying 2%. but then the american president himself was caught in an off—mic moment, talking about justin trudeau's

bigger, we are saying the family fight out there. 29 metres at the moment, about to become 30 with north macedonia to enlarge nato. i looked at which other countries that are blocking nato decisions in the past 15 years, and the countries blocking decisions are not the new numbers. they are the old traditional and often the largest members like france, turkey but also the united states. i do not think these small or new members are really the problem. i think it is much more with the historic members who are not directly about what they wa nt who are not directly about what they want out of nato. let me ask you about money. that is one of president trump's main concerns. nato member states are not pulling their weight, freeloading, they are not contributing enough of their spending power on defence. things have improved quite dramatically since vladimir putin decided to invade ukraine and tried to ta ke decided to invade ukraine and tried to take over with some pretty loud tweets, putting extra pressure on europe allies. i think the difference is pretty good sense and the years and i think we are

north korean regime. let me bring in christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to iraq, south korea, poland and macedoniasnbc contributor. great to have you back on the show. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> and let me start by talking with you about the timing of this. there is some perhaps speculation that this could come maybe not this week, maybe next week, the week after. what is kim's game here? what is his end goal? >> well, i think he, frankly, i think the north koreans have done very well in the trump administration. after all, they have broken out of their isolation. their country is lined up to see them as a result of the initiative with the u.s. at the same time, the trump administration has been pretty tough on sanctions, so i think what they're trying to do is say look, we can be a responsible power with having nuclear weapons, but we need you to help us out on sanctions and, indeed, russia and china recently said they believed that the sanctions should be alleviated. i think secondly, what probably has happened in the last few days, is the chinese who often say they don't have much clout