Republic of Macedonia Gets First New Ruling Party in a Decade
- Zaev pledges to redouble efforts toward joining EU, NATO
- Government pledges to try to solve name dispute with Greece
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The Republic of Macedonia’s new prime minister took office, ushering in the country’s first change in leadership in more than a decade and ending a political standoff that threatened the country’s efforts to join NATO and the European Union.
Zoran Zaev took the post Thursday following his approval by lawmakers a day earlier. Joining forces with two parties representing ethnic Albanians, the Social Democratic Union assumed power for the first time in 11 years, pushing aside former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO-DPMNE party, which won snap elections last year but was unable to secure a majority.