SKOPJE – Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has vowed to follow through with a change to the Balkan state’s name as part of a deal to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece after a Sept. 30 referendum on the move failed to secure a turnout of 50 percent, required to make the nonbinding vote valid.
RFE/RL: Macedonian PM pledges to forge ahead on name change, despite referendum failure on turnout
Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev gives a press conference on the referendum to re-name Macedonia in Skopje, on Sept. 30.
