Macedonia leader vows to press on with name change despite referendum failure

The proposed name change is part of an agreement reached in June by pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with Greece to resolve the dispute over the country's name, which had prevented Macedonia from joining NATO or the EU. The people who did vote overwhelmingly backed the name change -- more than 90 percent voted yes with 63 percent of polling stations reporting. The nationalist opposition holds 49 seats in the 120-seat parliament, enough to block the two-thirds majority required to change the constitution.

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