Athens, Jun 12 (AFP) Athens and Skopje have agreed on a new name for Macedonia to end a 27-year dispute, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said today.

"We have reached an accord, a good accord that covers all the conditions set by Greece," Tsipras said in televised comments.

He said Macedonia would take a new "compound name with a geographical denominator". (AFP) KIS

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