Macedonia officially changes its name to North Macedonia
(The Guardian Greece)

Freshly named country has flag-raising ceremony, marking prospective accession to NatoAfter almost three decades of diplomatic dispute, punctuated by high drama with Greece, a new state called North Macedonia has finally assumed its place on the map of western Balkan nations.The freshly named country celebrated the event with a flag-raising ceremony marking its prospective - and long-awaited - accession to Nato. Under cloudy skies, the military alliance´s distinctive flag was hoisted outside the main government building in Skopje, the former Yugoslav republic´s capital.