President Stevo Pendarovski ordered the renaming of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia into the “Army of the Republic of North Macedonia”.

The name of the army is the Army of the “Republic of North Macedonia” and that is now legally settled on my part, Pendarovski said during a visit to the soldiers deployed on the border with Greece.

His order means that the army will begin the process of ordering new uniforms and using its new name in all official communication. The Zaev Government ordered the renaming of a long list of public institutions in March, but the army was notably left out of the process.