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by Saska CVETKOVSKA Agence France Presse SKOPJE, Macedonia (AFP) — Macedonian lawmakers gather from Wednesday to vote on changing their country’s name to settle a decades-long dispute with Greece and open the way to NATO and EU membership. But the switch to “the Republic of North Macedonia” is an uphill task involving four constitutional amendments and the support of two thirds of the 120-member parliament. The Social Democrat-led ruling coalition does not itself have those […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — As Macedonian citizens vote Sunday on whether to rename their country “The Republic of North Macedonia”, here is a look at other nations that have changed their names. Many countries changed their names at independence, most often from ones imposed by their colonizers. At their independence, for example, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), Botswana (Bechuanaland), Ghana (Gold Coast), Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), Malawi (Nyasaland) and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) were created. The 1991 break-up […]
A new specie of moth discovered in southern California and Mexico was named after President Donald Trump due to its head scales being similar in appearance to Trump’s signature hairstyle. https://youtu.be/yREVFbj1cvk
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 25) – Every individual has given their own name when they were born. But sometimes some people are not content and still want to have a new one. At times, they just want to change their identity to start a new life and disregard their past or they want to change because of their religion and culture and a lot more. Changing names is not an easy thing to do, everyone who’s planning […]
