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Historic Agreement On Name Change
June 21 , 2018
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- Greece and Macedonia signed a historic preliminary agreement to rename the country the Republic of North Macedonia.
- It ended a row that has poisoned relations between the two neighbours since 1991.
- The agreement will also enable the landlocked state to start proceedings and eventually join the EU and NATO.
- The agreement still requires the approval of both parliaments and a referendum in Macedonia.
- Since 1991, Athens has objected to its neighbour being called Macedonia because it has its own northern province of the same name, which in ancient times was the cradle of Alexander the Great's empire -- a source of intense pride for modern-day Greeks.
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