Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Russia has questions about the legitimacy of the process to change the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

Greece's partners and allies regard the departure of Independent Greeks (ANEL) from the government coalition and the shake-up of the political landscape in this country in a positive light.

Α 62-year-old man who was arrested late Monday night for allegedly sending threatening messages to lawmakers who have said they will support the Prespes deal will appear before a prosecutor on Tuesday to face charges of attempted violence against a political body, the government or its members and incitement to commit a crime.

Moscow on Monday criticized a deal to resolve the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as a western plot to draw the Balkan country into the NATO security alliance.

Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), called on Greek lawmakers to ratify the Prespes accord during a press conference on Saturday, a day after his country's Parliament approved the constitutional amendments required under the deal with Greece.

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, one of the architects of the Prespes accord, welcomed the approval of the agreement by the Parliament in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Friday, saying "history should be a school and not a prison."

The foreign minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, said the Balkan country was "making history" after lawmakers on Friday ratified a name-change deal signed with Greece in June.

Lawmakers with the junior party in Greece's coalition government, Independent Greeks (ANEL), on Friday rejected a request by their chief, Panos Kammenos, to seek the withdrawal from cabinet of party officials.

Manfred Weber, the leader of the center-right European People's Party in the European Parliament, has denied that he gave an interview in which he expressed support for the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was struggling Thursday to get the required number of lawmakers to finalize constitutional changes that will rename the country "Republic of North Macedonia" and allow its NATO accession under a deal with neighboring Greece.