From today on, FYR Macedonia is now officially called Northern Macedonia.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/12/nato-flag-raised-ahead-of-north-macedonias-prospective-accession

After 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.
Addressing assembled dignitaries in front of the building where workers were poised to replace a Republic of Macedonia sign removed earlier in the week with the state’s new name, prime minister Zoran Zaev luxuriated in the moment, saying a “historic goal” had been achieved.
“Long live the Republic of North Macedonia,” the social democrat leader tweeted.
As a result of its new name, North Macedonia could finally join Nato – a long-held dream for the small, multi-ethnic country which only narrowly escaped civil war in 2001.

Glad to see this shitshow of a chapter over.

In other news: Cartographers all over the world groan as they need to do recent changes to their maps.

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Unrelated but the NATO flag is so fucking cool from a graphics design perspective.

https://i.imgur.com/D4kvJO8.png

On the contrary, they're quite happy that they get to stay relevant so they can keep their jobs.