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Sunday's referendum on the name change in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia turned out to be a fiasco, both for Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greece's Alexis Tsipras. The two leaders who signed the Prespa agreement in June expected...

The United States, the European Union and NATO reacted to Sunday's referendum for the name change in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that would open the Balkan country's path to accession to NATO and the EU. The U.S. Department...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday congratulated his FYROM counterpart Zoran Zaev for the results of the referendum over the Prespa agreement, the Athens - Macedonian News Agency says. Tsipras spoke on the phone with the Former Yugoslav Republic...

The turnout in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia referendum on the country's name change has been low six hours before polls close, an Associated Press report says. According to AP, a FYROM official said that turnout in the polls...

FYROM's President Gjorge Ivanov has called for voters to boycott an upcoming referendum on the country's name change, saying the country was being asked to commit "historical suicide." "Voting in a referendum is a right, not an obligation," Ivanov said...

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the main opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, speaking with journalists of broadcaster TV21, said that "we will respect the decision," referring to a possible positive outcome in the upcoming...

Support for a "yes" vote in FYROM on the upcoming referendum regarding the name issue is over 40 percent, according to a poll. The survey showed that 41.5 percent of respondents intend to say "yes" in the referendum that will...

The parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) set Sept. 30 as the date for a referendum on the country's NATO and EU membership bids and on its agreement with Greece on the country's name. On Monday, sixty-eight...

Defense Minister and leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos has demanded that a referendum should take place after an agreement is struck between Athens and Skopje on the name of the former Yugoslav Republic. "The Greek people should be able...

The Greek government is against the idea of a referendum on the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Monday evening. Speaking on ANT1 television, Kotzias said that Athens will propose a composite...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has some tough words for American Assistant Secretary of State John Sullivan, the ministry accused the United States of anti-Russian rhetoric. Sullivan visited Skopje on December 18 and said Russia tried to intervene in the domestic...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West interfered in the domestic affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), bribing and blackmailing lawmakers to approve the Prespa accord with Greece. In an interview with the Greek daily Efimerida...

The Greek government reacted strongly to Defense Minister Panos Kammenos' proposal to his U.S. counterpart for a Balkan defense zone as a Plan B to FYROM's accession to NATO. While in Washington for an official visit, Kammenos proposed to U.S....

Both Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will benefit if the name deal agreed between the two countries is implemented as soon as possible, the Balkan country’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said. In an interview with Euronews published...

Russia is implicitly threatening that it may block the Prespa agreement at the UN Security Council. In a statement on Monday, following the referendum in FYROM, the Russian foreign ministry says that the low turnout "means that the referendum cannot...