The Czech Republic on Thursday said it was tired of its long and unwieldy name and would like to be called "Czechia" from now on.
"We recommend using the single-word name in foreign languages in situations when it's not necessary to use the country's formal name: sports events, marketing purposes etc.," the president, prime minister and other Czech officials said in a statement.
"The foreign ministry will ask the United Nations to include in its databases the correct equivalents of the country name in its official languages -- Czechia in English, la Tchequie in French etc."
Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek told reporters the government decided to take action because "there have been distortions and misspellings".
Here in Slovakia everybody calls it Czechia too
Actually now that I think about it It's almost the same like here... It's Slovak Republic or Slovakia....and many other countries of course...
