-    After meeting Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje Wednesday, mediator Matthew Nimetz said that there were serious differences between Macedonia and Greece regarding various aspects of the possible solution. Greece insists that the compromise name should be for all purposes and that the geographic qualifier should precede ‘Macedonia’ rather than ‘Republic.’ “I believe the name has to contain the word ‘Macedonia’ bearing in mind the country is in the Macedonian region but is not complete Macedonia. Macedonia is a larger territory partitioned 100 years ago, one part of which is in Greece and therefore there has to be a qualifier to make clear distinction. The Macedonian Government has a different view as to the position of the qualifier” he said.