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posted by martyb on Friday June 22 2018, @08:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the What's-in-a-name?-(Juliet) dept.

The Macedonian parliament has begun the process of changing the country's name, ending a long-running dispute with Greece:

Macedonia's parliament has ratified an agreement with Greece to change the former Yugoslav republic's name at a plenary session that was boycotted by the main opposition party.

Lawmakers on June 20 voted 69-0 to ratify the agreement, which changes the country's formal name to the Republic of North Macedonia. [...] Lawmakers on June 19 launched the process of ratifying the accord, as hundreds of protesters gathered in the center of Skopje for a third day to vent anger over the deal.

[...] The agreement, signed by the two countries' foreign ministers on June 17, ends a 27-year dispute between Athens and Skopje and paves the way for Macedonia to begin membership talks with the European Union and NATO.

But it will take months to complete and faces several hurdles along the way, with President Gjorge Ivanov pledging to veto the deal. That would force lawmakers to repeat the vote, and if the deal is ratified again – this time with an absolute majority -- then Ivanov will be unable to block it.

Also at NPR and Reuters.

See also: Why all the furor over Macedonia name change? It goes back to Alexander the Great


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by pkrasimirov on Friday June 22 2018, @12:26PM (1 child)

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 22 2018, @12:26PM (#696698)

    Yes, these are the dark times, tanks rolling and people dying. Do you know the song you posted is about Alija Izetbegović [wikipedia.org]?

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 24 2018, @10:02PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday June 24 2018, @10:02PM (#697750) Homepage

    Thanks for schooling me. I modded you up. All I saw was tanks and shit blowing up, and making fun of George H.W. Bush and Germany. I guess I need to just post the Momčilo Bajagić video of him declaring that Serbia will blow all of the Mosques away. Catchy tune, by the way, I believe it's called Dzamije lete.