Macedonia had agreed to the formulation "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)"; Greece wanted a compound formula such as "Upper Macedonia" or "New Macedonia" and blocked the invitation.

虽然马其顿同意使用“马其顿共和国(斯科普里)”这一名称，可希腊却想用一个组合式国名，如“上马其顿”或“新马其顿”，并拒绝了北约邀请其加入。

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Nottingham Trent University's School of Art and Design currently has eight graduates representing the UK at the XIV Biennale of Young Artists in Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia.

诺丁汉大学艺术与设计学院现在有八个毕业生代表英国在马其顿共和国斯科普里参加第十四届年轻艺术家双年展。

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And as a consequence of Greek opposition to recognition of Macedonia by its own constitutional name as the Republic of Macedonia, when the representatives of the Skopje government took their seats at the United Nations after some delay in 1993, they sat behind a name plate referring to the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, or Fyrom for short.

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