Macedonians vote on new country name, future with West

SKOPJE, Macedonia --- Macedonians were deciding on their country's future Sunday, voting whether to accept a landmark deal ending a decades-long dispute with neighboring Greece by changing their country's name to North Macedonia. The June deal would pave the way for NATO and possibly European Union membership, ending a dispute dating from the early 1990s when Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia. Greece had argued that name implied territorial ambitions on its own province of the same name, and blocked the country's efforts to join NATO. But the agreement has faced vocal opposition on both sides of the border. Opponents in Macedonia have called for a boycott of...

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