Republic of North Macedonia - a triumph according to Zaev and a defeat according to Mickoski

“Republic of North Macedonia” for overall use, and “the Macedonian language” without а footnote - that is the political agreement that Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev struck with his Greek counterpart Alexis Cipras, over the name issue. The opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski called the solution “a surrender and defeat”, and said that his party will vote against it in the parliament.

Both Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers called the agreement a historic triumph Source: AAP