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US Lawmakers Get Involved in Macedonia/Greece Name Dispute

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U.S. lawmakers are weighing in on the decades-long dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Greece has objected to its neighbor calling itself Macedonia, arguing the name implies a territorial claim to a region in Northern Greece with the same name. Experts say this is the last obstacle to Macedonia joining NATO And with Russian influence growing in Europe, there's a new push to include the former Yugoslav republic in the alliance. VOA's Jane Bojadzievski has more.

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