Macedonia is not prepared to give in to Greece in the name dispute, Zagreb daily Vecernji List reports, citing Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU Integration Ivica Bocevski from Brussels. Bocevski rejected Greece's call to the Macedonians to choose between Upper Macedonia and North Macedonia as the name of their country so as to erase all suspicion that Macedonia has territorial claims against the Greek province Macedonia.

"It is crazy for Macedonia to have such claims. Macedonia is a Balkan country that has never provoked any security-related problem. But we have a fundamental right to express our identity," Bocevski said.