After the
name-change from the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia to North Macedonia ,
the Slavic state is applying for admission to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. The Greek Parliament has
approved its northern neighbor’s application, which had been the obstacle to
Macedonian membership. All member States
must agree to admission.
The name change
was necessary to mollify Greek concerns that the name “Republic of Macedonia”
could have led to succession of its homonymous northern province, where there
is some Slavic population. The dispute
over the name lasted over two decades since Macedonian independence from Yugoslavia and was a barrier for Macedonian
entry into NATO and the European Union, which is why Russian
Federation tyrant Vladimir Putin opposed the name-change
accord and fostered the protests that took place in Greece
before the approval by the Hellenic
Republic
Thailand’s
military junta has scheduled parliamentary elections for March, the first Thai
parliamentary elections in over five years, since the junta seized power
following a political impasse between the two main rival parties over mutual
allegations of corruption. The King’s
sister recently declared her intention to stand as a candidate for Prime
Minister for the party of a former controversial Premier, but the Princess has
withdrawn her candidacy because of the King’s concern about the monarchy not
being politically neutral.
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