Skopje notifies UN of name change
8 years agoPeople are at work to change boards at the border between Macedonia and Greece near Gevgelija on February 13, 2019. - The deal between Skopje and Athens to rename Macedonia as North Macedonia came into force on February 12, 2019 after constitutional changes were published in the Official Gazette, the government said in a statement. Since 1991, Athens had objected to its neighbour being called Macedonia because Greece has a historic northern province of the same name. Greece has blocked Macedonia's NATO and EU integration until it changes the name. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)
The Macedonian government said Wednesday it had officially informed the United Nations of the country's new name following its historic agreement with neighbouring Greece.
