I have to agree with you there: It's the name of a locality, nothing more. I'm German, but wouldn't expect anyone to refer to Germany as Deutschland; and Köln i

I have to agree with you there: It's the name of a locality, nothing more. I'm German, but wouldn't expect anyone to refer to Germany as Deutschland; and Köln is called Cologne in English, no idea why that would be bad. Don't get me starterd on Trier, which once went by Augusta Treverorum... If the country renames itself, they're free to do that. But if the international name will probably stay the same for a long while, one has to live with that, or start some campaign to make the altered name better known (mind, the intentionally used name will eventually converge with the self-choosen name).