IMakedoniya isiqambe kabusha isikhumulo sayo sezindiza samazwe omhlaba, phambilini esasibizwa nge-Alexander the Great, ngesenzo sokuthakazelela izwe laseGreece elingumakhelwane.
Inhlangano yaseTurkey i-TAV, esebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza, isuse izinhlamvu zamamitha amathathu ezibhala igama lenkosi yasendulo eyiqhawe ngoFebhuwari, yafaka uLwesibili ngamagama athi 'Skopje International Airport'.
IGrisi neMakedoniya bekulokhu kungqubuzana amashumi eminyaka phezu kwegama lowayiyiliphabhuliki yaseYugoslavia.
I-Athene ithi ifaka izimangalo zendawo esifundazweni sayo esisenyakatho esinegama elifanayo.
Uhulumeni waseMacedonia owawudla ngoludala wamisa izikhumbuzo eziningi u-Alexander waqamba nomgwaqo wakhe omkhulu nesikhumulo sezindiza ngaye, okwathukuthelisa iGreece eyayibona njengokudla umlando wayo wasendulo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Macedonia's previous conservative government erected a number of monuments to Alexander and named its main highway and airport after him, infuriating Greece which saw it as a usurpation of its own ancient history.
- Turkish consortium TAV, which operates the airport, removed the three-meter letters spelling out the name of the ancient warrior king in February, replacing them Tuesday with the words ‘Skopje International Airport'.
- Greece and Macedonia have been at odds for decades over the former Yugoslav republic's name.
