REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

About:

• Location: The Republic of Macedonia is a country in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.
  
  
• Neighbours: A landlocked country, it has borders with Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west
  
  
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• Membership of International Organizations: it is a member of the UN and of the Council of Europe. Since 2005 it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership.
  
  

Naming dispute:

• When Macedonia peacefully gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece objected at the name, saying it implied territorial ambitions toward Greece.
  
  
• Greece also has a region called Macedonia. It's in the northern, mountainous part of the country and includes Greece's second-largest city, Thessaloniki, and ancient Philippi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  
  
• The United Nations has been calling it the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
  
  
• In addition to causing confusion, the similar names have been a stumbling block for the nation of Macedonia to join the European Union and NATO because of Greece's objections.
  
  
• In June 2018, Greece and Macedonia signed an the “PRESPA AGREEMENT”, to rename the latter the Republic of North Macedonia.