SKOPJE: Voters across the Balkan state of Macedonia will decide Sunday whether to re-name their country North Macedonia, an emotional vote that could end a bitter row with Greece and unlock a path to NATO and the EU. Athens objects to its northern neighbour’s name because it has its own province called Macedonia. But in June the two neighbours reached a compromise: the Republic of North Macedonia. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is selling the name-change as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the poor country to move past the row and integrate with the West. Some Macedonians say they are willing to vote “yes” in the hope that NATO and EU membership will inject life into a flat economy ravaged by emigration.

Source: Pakistan Today September 28, 2018 10:07 UTC