That's right, it's a momentous time for the country who now go by the name of Czechia.
In April 2016, the Czech Republic's government approved the use of Czechia as the English-language country name.
The state title of the country, adopted as the official name following the split of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in 1993, until now remained as Česká republika (Czech Republic).
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A document from gov.uk states: "No English-language short form name, as a simpler counterpart to the official country name, was ever officially standardised."
Basically, the government has clearly had more pressing things to focus on but has finally caught up with history, making things politically correct considering it stopped being a republic nation in 1993.
Yes, that's right, it has taken the government this long to think up an alternative.
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The shortened name for the Czech language is Česko, of which Czechia is felt to be the most faithful translation.
So, going forward that's what we'll use should we ever decide to cover a story on Czechia. Okay, lads, as long as we are on the same page.
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