The flag of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Знаме на Северна Македонија; Albanian: Flamuri i Maqedonisë së Veriut) depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field.

Greece imposed a year-long economic embargo in order to persuade the country to remove it from its flag, resulting in the current design.

[7] On 11 August 1992, the newly independent Republic of Macedonia adopted the new flag to replace the old Communist "red star" insignia.

[8] The flag, the new state's constitution and its name all became the focus of a dispute between the two countries, during which Greece imposed an economic blockade on the Republic from February 1994.

In July 1995, Greece lodged a request with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for exclusive trademark protection to the Vergina Sun.

[9] Greek objections also prevented the flag from being flown at the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City.

The blockade was lifted in October 1995 when an agreement was reached to change the flag, modify the constitution and resolve the naming dispute through United Nations-sponsored negotiations.

Eventually, Grčev's last proposal was accepted - the design where the sun rays are on the entire surface of the flag.