Miscellaneous
In July, Greece went to the voting ballot to vote for change. The far-left party Syriza has been voted out of office, and the old right-wing party, New Democracy, has formed the new government under prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Not the economic crisis, but the controversial name deal with Greece's northern neighboring country was the reason for Syriza to lose. Under Syriza, Greece has agreed to call the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) North Macedonia. Many Greeks are unhappy with the deal. In this episode, we will ask historian Giannis Mavrogenis: Why does the Macedonian issue matter so much to many Greeks? And why was the 'Macedonia question' a bigger issue in the Greek elections than the economic crisis?