Welcome to North Macedonia!

[Second Summer]

A bit of what sounds like good news today:

Macedonia’s parliament has voted to start the process of renaming the country North Macedonia, a major step towards ending a decades-long stalemate with Greece and opening a door to NATO and the EU.

More:
Welcome to North Macedonia: parliament votes for name change (20. Oct. 2018)

The current official name is "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or something like that, which in addition to sounding a bit daft is not accepted by Greece because it sounds too much like 'Macedonia' which is a name they feel they have ownership of, which is why they've blocked the country from entering into the EU and NATO.

 

[Second Summer]

It's a silly dispute to start with, so it's good to hear they're actually going through with this!

Macedonia's parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia.

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev narrowly secured the two-thirds majority needed in the historic vote amid a boycott by opposition nationalists.

Source: Macedonia MPs agree country's name change (11. Jan. 2019)

 

[Blues]

Well, that was all rather interesting, I didn't even know there was a country called Macedonia, well now North Macedonia.

What a silly argument put forward by Greece to oppose the original name.

 

[Blues]

Anyway, they are all yelling about it in Greece.

Clashes in Greece over Macedonia name

 

[Mischief]

So, both North Macedonia and the area of Greece that'that's called Macedonia were once part of the original Macedonia?

What a kerfluffle over nothing. Good grief.