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Macedonia Formally Changes Name to "Republic of North Macedonia"

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

takyon writes:

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: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 22 2018, @03:16PM (3 children)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday June 22 2018, @03:16PM (#696780)

    Putin stated that Soros is somehow linked to the U.S. State Department. Soros and the U.S. (At the time, which means the Obama regime) are using weaponized immigration as a tool to weaken the EU such that it won't present a threat to American hegemony.

    Your tenses don't make any sense. You may have heard, Obama is no longer president?

    Pick one of:

    Soros and the U.S. and Obama were

    Soros and the U.S., but not Obama, are

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday June 23 2018, @09:52AM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday June 23 2018, @09:52AM (#697164) Homepage

    Well, shit, I guess Hunter S. Thompson gets a D- in English because he uses too many commas?

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Sunday June 24 2018, @09:39PM (1 child)

      by tangomargarine (667) on Sunday June 24 2018, @09:39PM (#697731)

      This has nothing to do with commas...?

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      • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday June 24 2018, @09:59PM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday June 24 2018, @09:59PM (#697748) Homepage

        Grammar pedantry, is the lowest form of criticism, anybody could offer either here, or on Slashdot. The context, is clear.