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  History of the Republic of Macedonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
For history of the wider Macedonian region, roughly 38% of which is in the present day Republic of Macedonia, about 51% in Greece, with some 11% in Bulgaria, see Macedonia, other small areas of the historical region are currently in Albania and Serbia and Montenegro.
The Macedonian language was codified in 1944 (Keith 2003), from the language spoken by the majority of the population in the Republic of Macedonia.
The sanctions were lifted in September 1995 after the Republic of Macedonia changed its flag and apects of its constitution that were perceived as granting it the right to intervene in the affaires of third countries.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia   (1351 words)

  
 macedonia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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.
The republic contains roughly 38% of the area and nearly 44% of the population of the geographical region known as Macedonia, the remainder of which is divided between neighbouring Greece (with about half of the total) and Bulgaria (with under a tenth).
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)

  
 republic of macedonia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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.
Main article: History of the Republic of Macedonia The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were part of a number of ancient states and former empires; ancient Macedon (which established the name of the whole Macedonian region), the Roman and Byzantine empires as well as medieval Serbian and Bulgarian 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 were took refuge in the country.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Republic-of-Macedonia   (1487 words)

  
 Music of the Republic of Macedonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Republic of Macedonia is a diverse country, with a Macedonian majority (65%) and a large Albanian minority (25%), and Turks, Cincars, Gypsies, Greeks and Serbs.
Macedonia has a large Roma (gypsy) minority, many of whom are professional musicians.
Macedonia - Romania - Serbia and Montenegro - Republic of Macedonia - Roma - Thrace - Turkey
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Music_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia   (541 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were known as the Province of Vardar before 1945 [1].
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).
The republic 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.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Republic_of_Macedonia   (670 words)

  
 The history of the Republic of Macedonia (after September 1991)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The retrospective history of the Republic of Macedonia
The economic history of the Republic of Macedonia
The culture history of the Republic of Macedonia
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/62/index-m.html   (107 words)

  
 Timeline of the History of Macedonia
Macedonia is located in the center of the Southern Balkans, north of ancient Hellas (Greece), east of Illyria, and west of Thrace.
Macedonia is denied independence and the Treaty of Bucharest (August 1913) partitions the country between Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
New constitution is adopted, declaring the Republic of Macedonia a sovereign, independent, civil, and democratic state, and recognizing complete equality of the Macedonians and the ethnic minorities in the country.
www.historyofmacedonia.org /ConciseMacedonia/timeline.html   (2473 words)

  
 History of the Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This article is about the history of the (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia.
After the First Balkan War of 1912-13, Vardar Macedonia was made part of Serbia as Vardarska banovina and subsequently the Yugoslav kingdom.
In 1946, Vardar Macedonia was given status as an independent "Yugoslav Socialist People's Republic of Macedonia" in the new Socialist Federation of Yugoslavia.
usapedia.com /h/history-of-the-republic-of-macedonia.html   (361 words)

  
 Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were part of a number of ancient states and former empires; Paionia, the kingdom of ancient Macedon (which gave its name to the whole Macedonian region), the Roman and Byzantine empires, and the medieval Bulgarian and Serbian states.
The Republic of Macedonia remained at peace through the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s but was destabilised by the Kosovo War in 1999, when an estimated 360,000 ethnic Albanian refugees 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, and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court.
www.naturemagics.com /world-guide/macedonia.shtm   (3083 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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 History of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Serbs, Bulgarians, and Byzantines fought for control of Macedonia until the late 14th century, when the territory was conquered by the Ottoman Turks; it remained under Turkish rule until 1912.
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles sanctioned partitioning Macedonia between The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Bulgaria, and Greece.
Macedonia was the only republic of the former Yugoslavia whose secession in 1991 was not clouded by ethnic or other armed conflict.
www.historyofnations.net /europe/macedonia.html   (1567 words)

  
 NATO Speech: by The President of The Republic of Macedonoia H.E. Boris Trajkovski -Atlantic Partnership Council - ...
The Republic of Macedonia is ready to participate In this transformation and to engage in sub-specialization in order to contribute to the overall strength of the Alliance.
The course of history in the last ten years unfortunately was not always favorable towards Macedonia, Nevertheless, we emerged from it without severely harming the multiethnic tolerance and democracy and co-existence of various ethnic and religious communities in the country.
We, the people of the Republic of Macedonia are convinced that through our model of functional multiethnic democracy, good neighborly relations and a long standing partnership with NATO we are acting actually for the whole time as a de-facto full fledged member of the Alliance.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2002/s021122k.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Albanians
Among the poorest of the Continent's nationalities, in the latter half of the 20th century Albanians experienced the highest rate of natural population growth of any of Europe's major indigenous ethnic groups, increasing their numbers from 1.5 million around 1900 and fewer than 2.5 million in 1950.
The fate of Kosovo remains uncertain owing to the reluctance of the Albanian majority to contemplate a restoration of effective Serbian sovereignty and of the United Nations and NATO to separate the territory definitively from the Serbian Republic in contravention of statements made at the time of the 1999 intervention.
The situation in Macedonia seems to have been resolved by giving the Albanians living there greater autonomy and the right to use the Albanian language in education and government.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Albanians.html   (254 words)

  
 Macedonian National History
In 148 BC Macedonia was given the status of a province, (with a Roman army and administration).
The partitioning of Macedonia was sanctioned, in the course of which the geographic, natural and ethnic unity of Macedonia was partitioned by the Balkan countries: The Kingdom of SHS (SHS-Serbs, Croats and Slovenians), Bulgaria, Greece and Albania.
In the meantime, the destabilising effect of the escalating conflict on Macedonia and surrounding countries forced NATO to broker a ceasefire and political settlement.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/fyrm/mac-national-history.htm   (1208 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.
balkansnet.org /macedonia.html   (1300 words)

  
 Macedonian Flag
The Coat is bounded with wheat and poppy plant laterally, and on the basis with a Macedonian national motif, often found on the Macedonian national outfits (dresses).
The flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a golden sun on a red surface.
Macedonia (Peoples Republic of, until 1963, Socialsit Republic until 1991) used a red flag with a yellow outlined star in upper hoist corner.This flag was adopted on 31 December 1946, and replaced with the Vergina sun flag in 1991.
www.mymacedonia.net /links/flag.htm   (240 words)

  
 History of Macedonia
Macedonia and Greece (analysis of the Macedonian-Greek conflict) by John Shea
Macedonia from the Settlement of the Slavs to the Ottoman Empire
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Macedonians in Greece
www.historyofmacedonia.org /index1.html   (693 words)

  
 Macedonian History Books: Facts and Arguments 
These shifts of population and changes of the borders are historical facts that neither can be changed, nor should be hidden from the view of history and students.
Also, there are no texts suggesting the existence of a "Greater Macedonia", or texts that could be considered nationalist or hostile toward Greece.
On the contrary, throughout the entire educational system, the good-neighborly policy and cooperation are presented as one of the basic principles and values of the Republic of Macedonia.
www.maknews.com /html/articles/koloski/facts_macedonia.html   (894 words)

  
 Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The first flag dates back to 1945 and the People's Republic of Macedonia, part of the People's Federative Republic of Yugoslavia; it is red with a red five-pointed star outlined in yellow in the canton.
The flag of the Republic of Macedonia is red with a golden-yellow sun.
The design illustration of the flag of the Republic of Macedonia is a constitutent part of this Act.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mk.html   (1984 words)

  
 The history of Southern Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
The history of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (to Feb. 2003)
The history of the Republic of Macedonia after September 1991
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/62/index.html   (90 words)

  
 Travel to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tourism
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (abbreviated: F.Y.R.O.M.) is a landlocked country in the Balkans, in Southeastern 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 November 1991, Macedonia was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics, producing a mere 5% of the total federal output of goods and services.
www.atraveldirectory.com /F/Former_Yugoslav_Republic_of_Macedonia.html   (1015 words)

  
 Political Parties in the Republic of Macedonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It is also the only organised political structure to seem out of place of this series on political parties, as it has ceased to exist more than a year ago.
On June 8, the same year, the party was formally registered, it held its first congress on November 21, 1992, and ceased to exist in May, 1993.
Its goals and behaviour are in fact the unbreakable history tie with the long past beginnings of democracy in Macedonia.
www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/partiesLoD.shtml   (836 words)

  
 Culture - Republic of Мacedonia
It is a project that Blazev realized traveling through Macedonia in the last two years, resulting in 58 fl and white photographs.
The display has a humane aspect, because it is intended for blind and persons with poor vision, who will be able to touch the exhibited sculptures and relief.
The display is organized by the Hungarian Embassy, Association of Hungarians in Macedonia and the Cultural-Information Center.
www.culture.in.mk /default.asp   (1414 words)

  
 Macedonia - Wikitravel
Macedonia (Republic) - a former republic of Yugoslavia in the Balkans.
Macedonia (Greece) - a region consisting of three peripheries in the north of Greece.
If you arrived here by following a link from another page you can help by correcting it, so that it points to the appropriate disambiguated page.
wikitravel.org /en/Macedonia   (79 words)

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