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Macedonia Flag - Republic of
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The Macedonian flag was adopted on October 5, 1995, making it one of the world's newest flags. Macedonia was granted independence from Yugoslavia on September 8, 1991. When Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia, it flew a soviet style banner, which was red with a red star in the top left corner.
When granted independence, the new nation received objections from Greece who objected to the new republic calling itself Macedonia and to the design of the new national flag. Greece already had a province called Macedonia and feared Macedonia had intentions to extend its border to include Greek Macedonia.. Greece also objected to the use of Alexander the Great's Star of Vergina, which appeared on Macedonia's original flag (from 1991 to 95) as Greeks believed the symbol culturally belonged to Greece and wasn't Slavic. Macedonia then removed the star from their flag.
The Macedonian flag consists of a simplified version of the Star of Vergina, which appeared on Macedonia's former national flag. Red has been a significant color throughout the history of Macedonian flags. The sun also represents "the new sun of liberty", which is mentioned in the country's national anthem.
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