North Macedonia became the 30th member of the NATO alliance in 2020

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North Macedonia became the 30th member of the NATO alliance in 2020

After decades of diplomatic hurdles and a significant name change, North Macedonia officially joined the NATO alliance in 2020, fundamentally shifting the geopolitical landscape of the Balkan Peninsula.

North Macedonia made history in 2020 by officially becoming the 30th member of NATO. This milestone was the culmination of a nearly thirty-year journey fraught with diplomatic tension. For years, Greece blocked the nation's entry due to a dispute over the name 'Macedonia', which Greece claimed for its own northern province.

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