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The former politician and banker says the North Macedonia government's focus on the deal with Greece does not excuse its failures to restore the rule of law and tackle corruption and inequality.

Byblos, a city on the coast of Lebanon, will host a Greek festival in June this year, the country's first such event, the festival organizer said on Tuesday.
"This is the first time that Lebanon hosts such a big event focusing on Greece after having launched a few small folkloric Greek events in the past," George Eid, director of the Greek festival in Lebanon, told Xinhua.

Byblos, a city on the coast of Lebanon, will host a Greek festival in June this year, the country's first such event, the festival organizer said on Tuesday.
"This is the first time that Lebanon hosts such a big event focusing on Greece after having launched a few small folkloric Greek events in the past," George Eid, director of the Greek festival in Lebanon, told Xinhua.

Four of Greece's 13 regional units are among the 20 poorest in the European Union according to GDP per capita, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday has shown.

Greece's Ambassador to the UK, Dimitris Karamitsos-Tziras, send a letter of complaint to the BBC on Monday, following a report which spoke of the existence of a "Macedonian minority" in the country.

Public opinion in North Macedonia is divided over the Prespes agreement with Greece, according to a recent survey in the neighboring country.

More specifically, the poll, conducted on behalf of the Sitel TV channel, showed that 44.6 percent said they felt positively about the accord against 45.6 percent who said they had negative feelings about it.

With their governments now on speaking terms, North Macedonia and Greece have promised to slash roaming charges for traveling cellphone users.

Digital policy ministers from the two countries on Tuesday said the measure, due to take effect before the summer, results from a landmark agreement between the neighboring countries that is ending a decades-old dispute.

Commentators have recently suggested that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may achieve a political legacy "unmatched" by any of his recent predecessors, or that he has achieved the status of "statesman," or that, along with Zoran Zaev, his counterpart in North Macedonia, he might be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

A woman walks between a Greek border landmark and a new signpost for North Macedonia at the Evzones border crossing on Wednesday. After the ratification of the Prespes deal and a NATO accession protocol, authorities in the Balkan country are now formally implementing the name change, and will be adjusting road signs, passports and car license plates over the coming months.

he government in Skopje says the country is now officially renamed North Macedonia, under an agreement to normalize relations with Greece that also allows the Balkan country to enter NATO.

A government press release says as of Tuesday, the country is officially called the Republic of North Macedonia.