Macedonia MPs to vote on name change in key moment for Balkans
(The Guardian Greece)

Stakes are high with Nato and EU membership and prime minister´s future in balanceIn a vote with repercussions for the stability of one of Europe´s most conflict-prone regions, MPs in Macedonia are poised to decide on Monday whether to accept changing the Balkan country´s name.The country´s prime minister, Zoran Zaev, is locked in battle to secure the requisite support, and the MPs´ ballot will be knife-edge. `It is going to be decisive for him,` said Branko Geroski, a prominent political commentator speaking from Skopje, the former Yugoslav republic´s capital. `Either he wins the two-thirds majority needed to ratify the Prespa agreement with Greece or he calls early elections.` Related: Result of Macedonia`s referendum is another victory for Russia | Simon Tisdall Continue reading...