Agreement on name Macedonia: Northern Macedonia

prespes - The Foreign Ministers of Greece and Macedonia signed an agreement on Sunday to give the former Yugoslav Republic a new name: the Republic of Northern Macedonia.

The agreement signed on the Prespa lake in northern Greece on the border with Macedonia and Albania must put an end to nearly three decades of talks between the two countries on the name of the young Balkan state. After the ratification of Sunday, the parliaments still have to give their approval. Macedonia also wants to hold a plebiscite.