Eyeing EU, NATO, Macedonians set for referendum on changing state's name

FILE PHOTO: People hold placards reading ÔYes for European MacedoniaÕ during a march in support of a referendum on changing the country's name and its NATO and EU membership bids in Skopje, Macedonia September 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Fed up with Macedonia's economic woes, Solomon Bicakcic will vote "yes" in a referendum on Sunday on whether to change the country's name to qualify for European Union membership and - many hope - usher in prosperity.

"Something has to change, we cannot continue like this," Bicakcic, a 52-year-old pensioner, told Reuters.