Macedonia reached an agreement with Greece to change its name on Tuesday, ending a 27-year dispute between the two countries.
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reached an agreement with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to change the country's name to the Republic of Northern Macedonia in acknowledgement of the Greek region of Macedonia across the border.
I assume West Macedonia was ruled out to avoid objections from everybody from Turkey to India.
I assume
Honestly, the Greeks embarrassed themselves over this, I think.