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Border guards closed the frontier with Macedonia to most goods Thursday, beginning Greece’s escalated campaign to pressure the former Yugoslav republic to change its name, flag and constitution. Angered by Western diplomatic recognition for Macedonia, Greece announced Wednesday it was closing its consulate in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, and cutting off its northern neighbor’s main trade route. The action by Greece, a member of the European Union, drew a sharp response Thursday from EU headquarters in Brussels, where officials said Athens may have acted illegally by closing an external EU border without consulting its 11 partners.
