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Where is Macedonia? |
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| The complete official name is the Former Yugoslavian
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). It is a small landlocked
country that shares a border with Greece and gained its
independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. There is a dispute
with Greece over the name Macedonia and they have been using
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Ancient Macedonia |
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| The study of ancient Macedonia is
bedeviled by the Macedonian question. Scholars from modern
Greece and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia have
made bold statements on the nature of ancient Macedonia,
which in their more extreme variants can be summarized as
"the ancient Macedonians spoke a Slavic language" and
"Macedonia has been Greek for at least 3,000 years".
Unfortunately, politicians in both nations argue...
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Albanians in the Republic of
Macedonia, According to the 2002 Census |
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Albanians (Shqiptarë in Albanian, Албанци/Albanci in Macedonian)
are the largest ethnic minority in the Republic of Macedonia.
The largest Albanian communities live in the regions of Tetovo (Tetova),
Skopje (Shkupi), Gostivar (Gostivari), Debar (Dibra), Kicevo (Kërçova),
Struga and Kumanovo (Kumanova)...
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Albanian
Second Largest City in Macedonia Tetovo Tetovo is located at the foothills of the
Shar Mountain in north-western Macedonia, 468 m above the
sea level, on the edge of the Polog Valley. The city is
separated by the river Pena, which flows from the Shar
mountain.
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Educational
and Cultural Genocid Against Albanians in Macedonia (1991 - 2001) |
The
History of Albanians in the republic of Macedonia |
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Macedonian People |
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| The Macedonians[1] (Macedonian: Македонци,
Latinic:Makedonci) - also referred to as Macedonian Slavs
[2] - are a South Slavic ethnic group who are primarily
associated with the Republic of Macedonia. They speak the
Macedonian language, a South Slavic language. The
overwhelming majority of ethnic Macedonians live in the
Republic of Macedonia, although there are also minority
communities in neighboring Serbia, Greece, Albania and
Bulgaria, as well as in diaspora communities...
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Macedonian
Orthodox Church |
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| The Church is one. The Lord has not
established many churches, but one. And this one Church is
identified with the one Body of the one Christ. Still, since
this one Church actualises, manifests and iconically
portrays herself in the eucharistic community she, in the
nature of things, appears as many Churches, because it is
inconceivable that there should exist a single eucharistic
community for the whole world.
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Politics of the Republic of Macedonia |
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Politics of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
occurs within the framework of a parliamentary
representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime
Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform
multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the
government. Legislative power is vested in both the
government and parliament. The Judiciary is independent of
the executive and the legislature.
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Capital of Macedonia / SKOPJE |
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| Skopje is the capital of the Republic of
Macedonia. As largest city in the country, it is a
political, economic, and cultural center of Macedonia. It
lies on the upper course of the Vardar River and is located
on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and
Athens.
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