The Prespes Agreement came into force on Tuesday evening and Greece's northern neighbour was officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.
The new name is already being used in official government and ministry websites, and the foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, changed his title in his social media profile to Foreign Minister of North Macedonia.
Referring to his country as “Macedonia” and not as “Northern Macedonia”, the FYROM’s Prime Minister today celebrated the ratification of the Prespes agreement by the Greece on Twitter saying “investors know that we are now a stable and safe country”.
The Prime Minister of FYROM, Zoran Zaev thanked his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras for the two countries reaching an understanding on the name dispute, during his speech before the European Parliament on Thursday. Mr Zaev said his country would be recognised as North Macedonia from now on with their identity and language also being recognised.