Post by Jaga on Jan 12, 2019 0:22:01 GMT -7
Macedonia region was part of Yugoslavia in the past. They kept the name, although some parts of Greece are also called Macedonia. Now this confusion is going to change finally.
www.nbcnews.com/news/europe/macedonian-parliament-agrees-change-country-s-name-end-27-year-n957771
Macedonian parliament agrees to change country's name to end a 27-year dispute with Greece
Greece blocked its neighbor's aspirations to EU and NATO membership over the use of 'Macedonia', which it said implied territorial claims to a Greek province of the same name.
SKOPJE - Macedonia's parliament passed on Friday an amendment to the constitution to rename the country Republic of North Macedonia, as agreed with Greece to put an end to a 27-year dispute.
Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favor. Representatives of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, who opposed the agreement with Greece, boycotted the vote.
The countries struck the deal on the new name in June, but Macedonia will start using it only after the parliament in Athens also ratifies the agreement.
www.nbcnews.com/news/europe/macedonian-parliament-agrees-change-country-s-name-end-27-year-n957771
Macedonian parliament agrees to change country's name to end a 27-year dispute with Greece
Greece blocked its neighbor's aspirations to EU and NATO membership over the use of 'Macedonia', which it said implied territorial claims to a Greek province of the same name.
SKOPJE - Macedonia's parliament passed on Friday an amendment to the constitution to rename the country Republic of North Macedonia, as agreed with Greece to put an end to a 27-year dispute.
Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favor. Representatives of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, who opposed the agreement with Greece, boycotted the vote.
The countries struck the deal on the new name in June, but Macedonia will start using it only after the parliament in Athens also ratifies the agreement.