Greek region of Macedonia with them. Tension over the region of Macedonia continued in the early postwar years. During the Greek Civil War there was much conflict between Greece and Yugoslavia over Macedonia, and the breach between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria after 1948 helped to make the Macedonian question explosive. However, with the settlement of the civil war and with the easing of Yugoslav-Bulgarian relations after 1962, tension over Macedonia was reduced. A 1982 amnesty law stated "Free to return to Greece are all Greeks by Genus who during the civil war of 1946–1949 and because of it have fled abroad as political refugees, despite that Greek citizenship has been taken away from them" had the right as Greeks, to take back their Greek citizenship and return, including the Macedonian Greeks, but excluding those who identified as non-Greeks, who were mainly ethnic Macedonians. Macedonia today Today Macedonia (, Makedonia) is Greece's largest geographical region and it occupies the northern part of the country. Since the administrative reform of 1987, the region is subdivided into three Regions: West Macedonia, occupies the west section of Macedonia including the regional units of Kastoria, Florina, Kozani and Grevena. Central Macedonia, occupies the central section of Macedonia including the regional units of Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki, Imathia, Pieria, Pella, Kilkis and Serres. and East Macedonia and Thrace, occupies the east section of Macedonia (two regional units of which are in Macedonia and the other regional units are in Thrace) including the regional units of Drama and Kavala. The geographical region of Macedonia also includes the male-only autonomous monastic republic of Mount Athos. See also History of modern Greece Macedonia (Greece) Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Demographic History of Macedonia History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) History of the Republic of North Macedonia Macedonia Macedonians (Greeks) Macedonians (ethnic group) Macedonian Question Macedonia (terminology) References External links An on-line review on Macedonian affairs, history and culture Macedonian Struggle Museum Official Site For Greek History History of modern Greece