Increased Pressure To Resolve Name Dispute

International pressure to resolve the name dispute with Greece will increase again ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. Local press suggest that UN mediator Matthew Nimitz will soon propose the next step in negotiations between Skopje and Athens, with hope still lingering that a compromise can be found before November's NATO summit (when Macedonia's membership application will be reviewed). If entry is postponed again, the government could suffer a loss in support, particularly from its ethnic-Albanian coalition partners.

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