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  republic of macedonia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Republic of Macedonia is a portion of the geographical region of Macedonia, containing roughly 38 percent of the area and about 44 percent of the population of the wider region.
The territory of the modern Republic of Macedonia became the Province of Vardar (Vardarska banovina).
The republic renamed itself the Republic of Macedonia in 1991 and peacefully seceded from Yugoslavia.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Republic-of-Macedonia   (1487 words)

  
 macedonia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe with an area of around 67,000 square kilometres and a population of 4.65 million.
It became a republic of the new federal Yugoslavia (as the Socialist Republic of Macedonia) in 1946, with its capital at Skopje.
The publication in the Republic of Macedonia of the folk song collections 'Bulgarian Folk Songs' by the Miladinov Brothers and 'Songs of the Macedonian Bulgarians' by Serbian archaelogist Verkovic under the "politically correct" titles 'Collection' and 'Macedonian Folk Songs' are some of the examples quoted by the Bulgarians.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Macedonia   (4307 words)

  
 Consitution of the Republic of Macedonia
The sovereignty of the Republic of Macedonia is indivisible, inalienable and nontransferable.
The territory of the Republic of Macedonia is indivisible and inalienable.
The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is composed of 120 to 140 Representatives.
www.mymacedonia.net /history/constitution.htm   (8652 words)

  
 Republic of Macedonia
Redirected from F.Y.R.O.M. The Republic of Macedonia is an independent state on the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe, with an area of 25,713 sq.
As a result the United Nations recognised the state under the temporary reference of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the country's flag now represents an eight-ray sun and not the former star; and the reference in its constitution was changed so as not to reflect any territorial claims.
Macedonia remained at peace through the violent nationality conflicts which convulsed the former Yugoslavia's western republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in 1991-1995, but the influx of an estimated 360,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from neighbouring Kosovo in 1999 threatened to destabilise the republic.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/f/F.Y.R.O.M..html   (405 words)

  
 Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Macedonia became a member state of the United Nations on April 8, 1993, eighteen months after its independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The indeterminate status of the Republic of Macedonia's name arises from a long-running dispute with Greece, which criticizes the use of what is historically proven to be an Hellenic name and symbols.
The territory of the Republic of Macedonia was not called as such until 1944, when it was split off from Serbia and made into a separate republic, but it was called Vardarska.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia   (1851 words)

  
 Republic of Macedonia Encyclopedia @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Macedonia is among the countries with the most beautiful preserved Byzantine fresco painting, mainly from the period between the 11th and 16th centuries.
Galičnik (pronounced Galichnik, in Macedonian Галичник) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, on Mount Bistra, 10 km from Mavrovo.
The Republic of Macedonia remained at peace through the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s but was destabilized by the Kosovo War in 1999, when an estimated 360,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo took refuge in the country.
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Republic_of_Macedonia   (3862 words)

  
 CITIZENSIIIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ACT
Citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia by naturalization shall be acquired as from the date of conferral of the decision for admission to citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia.
Records of citizens of the Republic of Macedonia and foreign citizens born in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia shall be kept by the Ministry of the Interior.
on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia.
www.mlrc.org.mk /law/l001.htm   (2441 words)

  
 Macedonia (11/05)
Macedonia was the only republic of the former Yugoslavia whose secession in 1991 was not clouded by ethnic or other armed conflict, although the ethnic Albanian population declined to participate in the referendum on independence.
The Republic Judicial Council is composed of 7 members elected by parliament for a period of 6 years with the right to one re-election; it governs the ethical conduct of judges and recommends to parliament the election of judges.
Macedonia’s economy was hurt especially by a trade embargo imposed by Greece in February 1994 in a dispute over the country's name, flag, and constitution, and by international trade sanctions against Serbia that were not suspended until a month after conclusion of the Dayton Accords.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/26759.htm   (5290 words)

  
 Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Union of the Baptist Christians in the Republic of Macedonia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_Macedonia.svg   (462 words)

  
 NATO Partnerships
Lead-in Presentation by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Blagoij Handziski at the Spring Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Sintra, Portugal.
Presentation by Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Blagoj Handziski at the Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council on the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg.
Ljuben Paunoski, the Minister of Defence of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
www.nato.int /pfp/mk/fyrom.htm   (296 words)

  
 Skopje - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Skopje is the political, economic and cultural centre of the Republic of Macedonia and a major centre for the metal-processing, chemical, timber, textile, leather and printing industries.
In 1913 the city fell to the Serbs during the Balkan War and was ceded to Serbia, which became the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 and Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929.
Greece objected to the use of the name Macedonia by the new state and imposed an economic blockade, which severely damaged Skopje's economy by closing its access to the sea through Thessaloniki.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Skopje   (705 words)

  
 Macedonian Spring: Can the Peace Hold?: Events: U.S. Institute of Peace
The earlier Macedonia that Casule remembers from his youth was not one in which war was used to obtain peace, extermination of an ethnic group was not a consideration, and rebellion was not the obvious recourse for crisis.
Macedonia was hit with chaos a time when Albania was overcoming civil war, the country was finally overcoming its differences with Greece and Serbia, and many states in the region were learning the importance of tolerance and integration.
Macedonia is training police professionals and he calls them "heroes." He stresses the need for independence and partnership, and characterizes as Frankenstein a Macedonia forced to be overseen by an international organization's mandate--a fragile and defective state which extremists will perceive to be vulnerable.
www.usip.org /events/2002/es20020212.html   (1240 words)

  
 NATO Colloquium 1997: Economic Reforms in the Republic Of Macedonia
The overall foreign debt of the Republic of Macedonia at 31 June 1996 was US$1,105m.
According to the Privatisation Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, a total of 1,216 enterprises have been privatised, 113 of which are large enterprises, 273 are medium-sized and 830 are small enterprises.
Macedonia should no longer be considered as a risk area, on the contrary, the internal situation is stable.
www.nato.int /docu/colloq/1997/97-4-7.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Foreign relations of the Republic of Turkey -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Foreign relations of the Republic of Turkey are primarily with the Western world.
In the beginning of 2006 Israel foreign ministry acclaimed their relationship with Turkey "perfect", however, in February 2006 a visit of the Hamas leader Khaled Meshal changed this status.
Currently, relations between Turkey and Armenia are strained due to Armenia's occupation of the mostly Armenian populated Azerbaijani enclave Nagorno-Karabakh.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Foreign_relations_of_Turkey   (1653 words)

  
 Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The territory of the Republic of Macedonia is indivisible and inviolable.
A subject of the Republic of Macedonia may either be deprived of citizenship, nor expelled or extradited to another state.
The Republic guarantees the protection of the ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of the nationalities Members of the nationalities have the right to establish institutions for culture and art, as well as scholarly and other associations for the expression, fostering and development of their identity.
www.izbori98.gov.mk /English/html/constitution.html   (8296 words)

  
 Macedonia
Macedonia is a landlocked state in the heart of the Balkans and is slightly smaller than the state of Vermont.
Historic Macedonia was defeated by Rome and became a Roman province in 148 B.C. After the Roman Empire was divided in A.D. 395, Macedonia was intermittently ruled by the Byzantine Empire until Turkey took possession of the land in 1371.
Macedonia, region, Europe - Macedonia, region, SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and the...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107738.html   (1005 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I told colleague De Gucht that reforms and obligations of the Republic of Macedonia on the road to the European Union are compatible with the objectives of OSCE.
Therefore, we appreciate the cooperation and support from the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Macedonia to the activities by the Government directed in such fields as judicial reforms, training or specialized training of police, decentralization process, as well as the reform of the public broadcasting sector.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia Dr. Ilinka Mitreva had meeting with European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom, and Security Franco Frattini to discuss the liberalization process of the visa regime.
www.mfa.gov.mk /default_en.asp   (527 words)

  
 Hearing: Business Meeting -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana
foreign.senate.gov /hearings/2005/hrg050726p.html   (126 words)

  
 Albanians in Macedonia: Info Regarding the Current Developments in Macedonia
The Ethnic Makeup of the Republic of Macedonia
The status of the Ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia
The terrorist attacks of the extreme Albanians in Republic of Macedonia escalate in the beginning of 2001, when NLA fully took responsibility for the brutal, cruel and horrifying murders and massacres committed against members of the security forces of Republic of Macedonia and against civilians.
www.macedonia.org /crisis   (1046 words)

  
 MAK-NEWS 26/10/95 (M.I.C.)
In adopting the two draft-laws, the Under Secretary in the Foreign Ministry Victor Gaber said that after Slovenia and Croatia, Macedonia has signed the most agreements with Turkey, and that the mutual protection of investments between the two countries actually regulates the land claims that Turkey had the former Socialist Republic of Macedonia, i.e.
It is unacceptable to involve third countries in the Australian-Macedonian relations, in this case - the Republic of Greece, with which the foundations of the future comprehensive cooperation are successfully being laid, is said in the announcement of the Foreign Ministry.
In general, that the non-residence is actually a cover for the nonresistance of a policy, moreover, a multicultural one in regard to the influence of a segment of the Australian society - the Greek community, and the resistance of another segment - the Macedonian.
www.hri.org /news/balkans/mic/1995/95-10-26.mic.html   (1128 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | US snubs Greece over Macedonia
Foreign ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos said US Secretary of State Colin Powell had telephoned to say "that the decision is not a turn against Greece and is not linked to the US elections".
The dispute began with the break-up of the former Yugoslavia in 1991.
Greece imposed an economic embargo on its neighbour until it agreed to be referred to as the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - a name which most of its inhabitants dislike.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3981499.stm   (444 words)

  
 Recognition of States: Annex 3
The Arbitration Commission proceeded to consider this application in accordance with the Declaration on Yugoslavia and the Guidelines on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union adopted by the Council on 16 December 1991 and the rules of procedure adopted by the Arbitration Commission on 22 December.
Following a request made by the Arbitration Commission on 10 January 1992 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia stated in a letter of 11 January that the Republic would refrain from any hostile propaganda against a neighbouring country which was a Member State of the European Community.
The borders of the Republic of Macedonia could be changed only in accordance with the Constitution, and based on the principle of voluntariness and generally accepted international norms.
www.ejil.org /journal/Vol4/No1/art8-02.html   (1563 words)

  
 Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Last week, Mitreva added, the platform of the Republic of Macedonia regarding the name was reiterated on several occasions.
Our advantage and what we consider to be a compromise from our side, since the issue is Macedonia's constitutional name, and not Greece's, is that we accept them not to address us with our constitutional name, but with a name that we will agree on in the upcoming period," Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski stressed.
Skopje, April 11 - Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Vlado Buckovski, at the beginning of the next week, will start the political consultations with leaders of parliamentary political parties regarding the submitted Government's initiative for amending the Constitution.
www.vlada.mk /english/News/April2005/ei11-4-2005.htm   (770 words)

  
 macedonia crisis
Macedonia's rival political leaders sign a peace accord to stop a six-month rebellion by minority ethnic Albanians.
With guests Ljubica Acevska, the republic of Macedonia's first ambassador to the United States, Ilir Zherka, President of the National Albanian American Council and Charles Kupchan, director of European affairs on the National Security Council during the first Clinton term.
He's now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University.
www.naac.org /macedoniacrisis.html   (170 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The undetermined status of neighboring Kosovo, implementation of the Framework Agreement - which ended the 2001 ethnic Albanian armed insurgency - and a weak economy continue to be challenges for Macedonia.
At independence in September 1991, Macedonia was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics, producing a mere 5% of the total federal output of goods and services.
Macedonia has an extensive grey market, estimated to be more than 20 percent of GDP, that falls outside official statistics.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/mk.html   (1061 words)

  
 EFA-Rainbow :: Macedonian Political Party in Greece
As you know the preparation of the Opinion on the application for membership submitted by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is under way.
As for the question of the use of the term Macedonia, this is, as you know, subject of negotiations within the framework of the United Nations.
In the meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs one of the subjects examined was the relation between the European Union and the Republic of Macedonia in combination with the issue of the name and the relation of Greece with the neighboring country...more
www.florina.org   (3077 words)

  
 Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Macedonia law resource page with links to the Macedonia constitution, Macedonia government, Macedonia law firms, Macedonia law, Macedonia legal research, Macedonia legislature, Macedonia foreign relations law, and Macedonia law guide.
From the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
“NATLEX, the database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department.
www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/macedoni.htm   (164 words)

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