Macedonian parliament agrees to change country's name

Macedonia's parliament passed on Friday an amendment to the constitution to change the country's name to Republic of North Macedonia, as agreed with Greece to end a decades-long dispute.

Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favour. Representatives of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, who opposed the agreement with Greece, boycotted the vote. (Reporting by Kole Casule; writing by Ivana Sekularac; editing by John Stonestreet)

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