{"id":77470,"date":"2025-03-27T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=77470"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:07:33","slug":"north-macedonia-marks-5-years-of-nato-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia-marks-5-years-of-nato-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"North Macedonia Marks 5 Years of NATO Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"395\">North Macedonia is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its NATO membership this month\u2014one of the country\u2019s most significant geopolitical achievements since gaining independence. On March 27, 2020, the national flag was raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels, officially placing the country under the Alliance&#8217;s collective defense umbrella.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"558\">Euronews Albania journalist Ferikan Iljazi provided a report on the journey that led to North Macedonia\u2019s NATO accession, following numerous political obstacles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"834\">&#8220;Membership came after a long period of negotiations and the resolution of various political disputes, particularly the name issue with Greece. The Prespa Agreement, reached in 2018, resolved this by officially changing the state\u2019s name to \u2018North Macedonia\u2019,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"1042\">In an increasingly tense geopolitical climate\u2014especially following Russia\u2019s aggression in Ukraine and unrest in the Balkan region\u2014NATO membership has gained even greater strategic value for North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1392\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">&#8220;The country\u2019s NATO accession was hailed as the greatest achievement in its modern history. It came after an attempted coup in April 2017. With North Macedonia\u2019s membership, the world\u2019s largest political-military alliance drew clearer lines in the region between military allies and threats to security, especially in the Balkans,\u201d Iljazi reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Macedonia is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its NATO membership this month\u2014one of the country\u2019s most significant geopolitical achievements since gaining independence. On March 27, 2020, the national flag was raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels, officially placing the country under the Alliance&#8217;s collective defense umbrella. 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