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The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia sign a historic preliminary agreement to end a 27-year bilateral row by renaming the small Balkan nation as 'The Republic of North Macedonia'. IMAGES
Greek lawmakers vote on landmark name change deal with neighbouring Macedonia. Since 1991, Athens has objected to its neighbour being called Macedonia because Greece has a northern province of the same name. IMAGES
About 50.000 people massed in the streets of northern Greece's biggest city Thessaloniki on Sunday in a protest over the Macedonia name dispute between Athens and Skopje, police said. IMAGES
Spain's King Felipe VI meets with the country's party leaders in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a ruling majority cannot easily be formed. While his Socialist party finished second behind the conservative Popular Party (PP), it is better positioned as it has more potential partners. IMAGES
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras votes at a polling station in Athens for the Greek general elections. Outgoing right-wing Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seen as the favourite but is unlikely to gain enough of a lead to avoid another vote. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, former left-wing Prime minister, is his main opponent and is seeking a comeback after his first term from 2015 to 2019. IMAGES
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis votes in the country's general election in a polling station in Athens. IMAGES
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