to vigorous Greek diplomatic protests and international condemnation [ 108 ] [ 109 ] although the government disassociated itself from the depictions and expressed it has no connection and no authority over artists' works. [ 110 ] According to polls, 95% of Greeks believed the veto appropriate, while only 1% opposed it. [ 113 ] Then Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis stated that her country would continue to focus on promoting its neighbour's NATO and EU accession as soon as the naming issue is resolved. [ 114 ] "Antiquisation" policy, 2006–present Since the coming to power in 2006, and especially since the Republic of Macedonia's non-invitation to NATO in 2008, the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE government has pursued a policy of "Antiquisation" ("Antikvizatzija") as a way of putting pressure on Greece as well as for the purposes of domestic identity-building. [ 115 ] Antiquisation is also spreading due to a very intensive lobbying of the Macedonian Diaspora from the USA, Canada, Germany and Australia. [ 116 ] As part of this policy, stations and airports were renamed after Ancient Macedonian figures, and statues of Alexander the Great and Philip II of Macedon have been built in several cities across the country. [ 115 ] In 2011, a massive, 22m tall statue of Alexander the Great (called "Warrior on a horse" because of the dispute with Greece [ 117 ] [ 118 ] ) was inaugurated in Macedonia Square in Skopje , as part of the Skopje 2014 remodelling of the city. [