Greece Blocks Macedonia's NATO Bid Greece successfully blocked Macedonia's NATO bid03 April 2008 Bucharest _ Macedonia will only receive an invitation to join NATO once the ‘name’ row with Greece is resolved. "We regret that we were not able to reach consensus to invite Macedonia to join alliance," United States President George Bush said. " The name issue needs to be resolved quickly so Macedonia can be invited to NATO as soon as possible. NATO looks forward to the day that Macedonia takes its place among members of alliance," he added. “We encourage negotiations to resume without delay and expect...