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Pace of Talks with FYROM Slows as Athens Waits
After a strong start, talks between government officials of both countries over the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have slowed down significantly as Athens awaits significant concessions from Skopje on Greece's key demand for changes to FYROM's constitution, Ekathimerini writes.
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