greece and the republic of north macedonia were arguing over the name macedonia. the united nations calls the republic of north macedonia, "the former yugoslav republic of macedonia" (fyrom) (macedonian: "поранешна југословенска република македонија - пјрм" - "poranešna jugoslovenska republika makedonija -pjrm"). the north and northeast part of greece has been called macedonia for ages and officially since 1912, just like kent, the southeast county of england, has been called kent for a long time. 'fyrom' is also used by nato and many other international organisations. but, many countries now call the country 'republic of macedonia'. the united kingdom, for example, uses republic of macedonia in the diplomatic list.