Greece vote settles 27-year Macedonia row

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Greek MPs have voted narrowly to back a historic agreement with Macedonia, bringing to an end a 27-year dispute over its northern neighbour's name.

The parliament in Athens agreed by 153 votes to 146 to approve the name Republic of North Macedonia, despite widespread opposition from the public.
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Greeks have rejected Macedonia's name since its independence in 1991, as they have a region of the same name.

Opposition to the deal is strongest in the northern Greek region of Macedonia, but polls suggest more than 60% of Greeks dislike it.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47002865

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The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn thugs hated it the most, so by principle this is a Good Thing.

[nycbos]

1. All it took to end at 27 year dispute was adding the word North?

[Glorfindel]

2. Good. Surely this has been one of the silliest disputes in history

It has always reminded me of the war in "Gulliver's Travels" between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscuans, as to whether one's egg should be cracked on the large end ["Big-Endians"] or the small end ["Little-Endians"]. Maybe the Greeks and Northern Macedonians can now turn their attention to more important things, but, sadly, I doubt that they will.

Thanks for posting this, muriel_volestrangler. A very interesting tidbit, indeed!