The Flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a rising yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field. It represents "the new sun of Liberty", evoked in the national anthem of the Republic of MacedoniaDenes nad Makedonija (Today Over Macedonia):
From 1991 until 1995, the flag used the Vergina Sun, which led to protests from neighboring Greece due to an ongoing dispute over the name and symbols of the country.
In July 1995, Greece lodged a request with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for exclusive copyright to the Vergina Sun.[1] The dispute was partially resolved in October 1995 under a compromise brokered by the United Nations. The symbol was removed from the flag of the Republic of Macedonia as part of an agreement to establish diplomatic and economic relations between the two sides. It was replaced by an eight-pointed sun, which is displayed in the flag since 1995.
Flag of the (Socialist) Republic of Macedonia as part of Yugoslavia
