Members of parliament in FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) today (January 11, 2019) voted to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia to end more than a decade-long dispute with its neighbor, Greece, according to the Euro News website.
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who worked zealously with Greece to determine an acceptable new name for FYROM, said the move would "open the doors to the future, Macedonia's European future." Greece has blocked FYROM from becoming a member of NATO and the EU because of its name.
Zaev secured the required two-thirds parliamentary majority to push the constitutional change through.
Greece has been opposed to the FYROM name because there is a province that borders it in northern Greece by the name of Macedonia. It has existed in northern Greece for more than 2,000 years, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
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