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  Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were part of a number of ancient states and former empires; Paionia, the ancient Macedon (which established the name of the whole Macedonian region), the Roman and Byzantine empires as well as medieval Bulgarian and Serbian states.
The Republic of Macedonia remained at peace through the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s but was significantly disrupted by the Kosovo War in 1999, when an estimated 360,000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo took refuge in the country.
The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislature (Собрание, Sobranie), and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
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 Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 1 (http://img56.echo.cx/img56/4300/banove4ae.jpg)).
The republic renamed itself as the Republic of Macedonia in 1991 and peacefully seceded from Yugoslavia.
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 Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Between 1945 and 1991, the Republic of Macedonia was one of the six constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were known as the Vardarska banovina between 1929 and 1945, and as Socialist Republic of Macedonia between 1963 and 1991.
The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislative (Собрание, Sobranje), and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
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 Republic of Macedonia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Banate of Vardar was divided between (A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe) Bulgaria and (A native or inhabitant of Italy) Italian-occupied (A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula) Albania.
The "Republic of Macedonia"/FYROM is a (A democracy having a parliament) parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislature (Собрание, Sobranie), and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
The Republic's biggest city by far is (Capital of modern Macedonia) Skopje, the capital, with an estimated 600,000 inhabitants.
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 Macedonia-the First Neighboar of the SOG 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Republic of Yugoslavia survived the war, and in 1946, Macedonia became an autonomous region.
The territory of the Republic of Macedonia distinguishes between the following homogenous climate regions: the sub-Mediterranean region (from 50 meters to 500 meters above sea level), the moderate continental sub-Mediterranean region (up to 600 meters); the warm continental region (from 600 to 900 meters above the sea level); the cold continental region (from 900m.
In the past five decades of organized protection of natural rarities in the Republic of Macedonia, 74 objects of nature have been included in the protected areas network, with a total area of 187,895 ha, or 7,30% of the national territory.
www.athens2004-mk.gov.mk /Macedonia.htm   (922 words)

  
 Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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 Broadmining: Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
The quantitative revolution was geography's attempt to redefine itself as a science, in the wake of the revival of interest in science following the launch of Sputnik.
During the time of environmental determinism, geography was defined not as the study of spatial relationships, but as the study of how humans and the natural environment interact.
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 Republic of Macedonia
Between 1945 and 1991, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was one of the six constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The constitution: a reference in Article 49 to the Republic caring "for the status and rights of those persons belonging to the Macedonian people in neighboring countries, as well as Macedonian expatriates, assist[ing] their cultural development and promot[ing] links with them," which Greece interpreted as encouraging separatism among its own Macedonian Slav minority.
The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislature (Собрание, Sobranje), and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
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 World InfoZone - Macedonia Information - Page 1
The Republic of Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) is a small country in South Eastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula and is bordered by Greece, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro and Bulgaria.
Macedonia's climate is Continental in the north and Mediterranean in the south.
Macedonia's population was estimated at 2,045,262 in 2005.
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 Geography of the Republic of Macedonia
The Republic of Macedonia is located on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe.
The territory of republic is located between 40 deg 50' and 42 deg 20' north latitude and 20 deg 27'30'' and 23 deg 05', east longitude.
The capital of the republic is the city of Skopje in the Northern part of the country, on Vardar river.
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 What Is Macedonia?
Macedonia, or more fully, the Republic of Macedonia, is a country with a population of 2,000,000 and an area of 9600 square miles, about the size of Vermont, with its capital at Skopje.
The Republic of Macedonia is sometimes called FYROM, an acronym for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Macedonia is also the name of a much larger geographical region, 26,000 square miles, that includes not only the Republic of Macedonia, but also three peripheries (political subdivisions) in Greece, called West, Central and East Macedonia, as well as a part of Bulgaria.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As part of an agreement the Republic changed its flag to an eight-ray sun and amended its constitution to avoid the impression of territorial ambitions, Greece lifted the embargo in September 1995.
The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were part of a number of ancient states and former empires, most notably ancient Macedon (which established the name of the whole Macedonian region), the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
The Republic remained at peace through the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s, but the influx of an estimated 360,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from neighbouring Kosovo in 1999 threatened to destabilize it.
www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=FYR_Macedonia   (1295 words)

  
 List of World Wide Web and other Internet Resources in and about Macedonia
MACEDONIA, the land of myths and legends, lakes, valleys and mountains, sunshine and grapes, wine, dance and song, is situated in the central part of the Balkan peninsula.
The Republic of Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkans, bounded on the north by Yugoslavia, on the east by Bulgaria, on the south by Greece, and on the west by Albania.
A landlocked republic of the central Balkans, Macedonia borders Yugoslavia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west.
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 'Macedonia'
It borders the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the north, the Republic of Bulgaria to the east, the Republic of Greece to the south and the Republic of Albania to the west.
The Republic of Macedonia belongs to the group of small continental states, because it occupies an area of 25,713 km2 and has a population of 1,945,932 inhabitants (according to the 1994 Census).
Republic of Macedonia became a full member country of the NATO initiative - the Partnership for Peace.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/fyrm/macaf1.htm   (788 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...
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 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of - FYROM Europe
Mogila, Murtino, Negotino Trevel Eirope Kavadarci, Kicevo, Kisela Voda (Skopje), Klecevce, Kocani, Konce, Kondovo, Konopiste, Kosel, Kratovo, Kriva Palanka, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of - FYROM Europe.
International recognition of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (F.Y.R.O.M.) independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols.
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.
fyrom.europe-countries.com   (1438 words)

  
 THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
On September 17, 1991, the Macedonian republic declared independence from Yugoslavia as the Republic of Macedonia.
From 1945 until its proclaimation of independence on September 17, 1991, the Republic of Macedonia was one of the six constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the others being Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia).
As part of an agreement to lift this embargo in September 1995, the Republic of Macedonia's flag was changed to 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.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/THE+REPUBLIC+OF+MACEDONIA   (1025 words)

  
 Geography of the Republic of Macedonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Geography of the Republic of Macedonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The use of the term Republic of Macedonia throughout this article is not meant to imply an official position on the naming dispute between Athens and Skopje.
Geography of the Republic of Macedonia, See also and Note.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Geography_of_FYR_Macedonia   (244 words)

  
 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Wikitravel
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (abbreviated: F.Y.R.O.M.) is a landlocked country in the Balkans, in Mediterranean Europe.
The UN recognized the Republic of Macedonia on April 8, 1993, under the temporary name the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
At independence in November 1991, Macedonia was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics, producing a mere 5% of the total federal output of goods and services.
wikitravel.org /en/Macedonia   (1683 words)

  
 Detailed Country Profile: none
Macedonia (Internationally recognized as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Poranesna Jugoslovenska Republika Makedonija) is a country in South East Europe.
International recognition of Macedonia's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols.
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.
www.nationmaster.com /country/mk   (398 words)

  
 INOGATE - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
INOGATE - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)
Macedonia is undertaking substantial reforms in its economic and political systems, making it ripe for increased levels of foreign investment.
Economic Chamber of the Republic of Macedonia - www.mchamber.org.mk
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 Republic of Macedonia
Officially Republic of Macedonia, also known under the temporary UN reference of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)
The name Macedonia comes from the fact the Republic occupies roughly 38% of the area and nearly 44% of the population of the historical region known as Macedonia.
The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislative (Sobranje), and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/republic_of_macedonia   (786 words)

  
 Education in Macedonia
The President of the Republic is the head of state elected by direct multi-party elections.
Geographically the territory of the Republic of Macedonia (25,333 sq.
Overall, looking at this normative level of the general guidelines for primary and secondary education it is obvious that the reformed educational sub-systems of the Republic of Macedonia have incorporated directly and indirectly the ideas and values of peace, stability and democracy.
www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at /csbsc/country_reports/Education_Macedonia.htm   (3959 words)

  
 Macedonian Geography
Due to the geographical position and relief, the territory of Macedonia is under the strong influence of several types of climate: the Mediteranian climate penetrates from the South and West, the western winds pervade from the West, while the continental climate enters from the North and North-east.
As a result, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has three different types of climate: altered Mediteranian, Mountain and moderate-continental climate.
Macedonia is a real crossroads of borders of many different kinds of plants.
www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/077/geografija2_eng.htm   (395 words)

  
 Republic of Macedonia : The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Republic of Macedonia : The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Current city Street: Republic of Macedonia : The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia <
In heart; and it was nothing against this that she had abandoned herself a bondage, of her years of starved sympathy and unquickened motherhood.
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 The State of the Environment of the Republic of Macedonia
The State of the Environment of the Republic of Macedonia
The Republic of Macedonia has a population of about 2 million, 58% of which live in towns, while 42% in rural areas.
There are 29 towns in the Republic of Macedonia.
www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/077/eko-sostojba_eng.htm   (474 words)

  
 Reisenett: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Macedonia (Shaded Relief) From Former Yugoslavia: A Map Folio 1992 (292K)
Macedonia (tactical pilotage chart) 1:500,000 Portion of Defense Mapping Agency TPC F-3D 1993 (1 MB) Not for navigational use
Macedonia 4 Brigade and NSE Support to Refugees (U.K. Ministry of Defence)
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 The Republic of Macedonia
Moreover, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's geographical isolation, technological underdevelopment, and potential political instability place it far down the list of countries of interest to Western investors.
The denar, which was adopted by the Macedonian legislature 26 April 1992, was initially issued in the form of a coupon pegged to the German mark; subsequently repegged to a basket of seven currencies.
Macedonia currency is represented with 6 paper bills of 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 denars and coins of 1, 2, 3, denears and 50 denies.
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 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Profile: Geography
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Profile: Geography
Europe: Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: Geography
More facts and figures on Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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