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Macedonia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Macedonia mas&180;edo´nee , Macedonian Makedonija, officially Republic of Macedonia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,045,000), 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km), SE Europe. It is bordered by Serbia on the north, Albania on the west, Greece on the south, and Bulgaria on the east. The capital and largest city is Skopje . The other main cities are Tetovo, Bitola (Bitolj), and Prilep. The United Nations and many nations recognize the country as the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) because of Greek objections to the name Macedonia (see below). Land and People... Read more

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Macedonia (Makedonija), and Greece, USA 1. The Republic of Macedonia (Republika Makedonija) since June 1991, five months before...declared; this is the name used officially by the state of Macedonia for itself. Greece protested that the name Macedonia... Read more

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MACEDONIA The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Major Cities: Skopje, Ohrid Other Cities: Bitola, Kumanovu, Prilep INTRODUCTION On November 20, 1991, MACEDONIA declared its independence from Yugoslavia. This declaration... Read more

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	Macedonia may be on the brink of civil war. ; SKOPJE, Macedonia _ When Slobodan Casule drives the streets...veteran war correspondent who is one of Macedonia's best-known political commentators...prophets of doom, whose ranks are growing, Macedonia has all the necessary combustible ingredients... Read more
	Macedonia reeling as economy falters A bloodless outpost tries to avoid Bosnia strife ; SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Bloodshed has yet to come to this...the tiny former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia has been struggling on the path toward...the border over the use of the name Macedonia, that of a Greek province. Its security... Read more
	Crisis in Macedonia escalates.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; SKOPJE, Macedonia _ The crisis in Macedonia escalated Sunday as ethnic Albanian nationalists launched a...guerrilla group that has seized a swath of territory along Macedonia's border with the overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian province of... Read more
	In Macedonia ; In Macedonia, threat contrasts with Kosovo peril By...of spiraling into war. This time, it's Macedonia that is threatening to explode into a...Organization peacekeepers to quell. In Macedonia, which abuts Kosovo and Serbia to the... Read more
	A new nation has agonizing beginnings Macedonia's foes are close to home ; SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The fragrance of flowers and the smell of trouble mingle on the breezes of Macedonia's spring. This small, new country, whose...Bulgarians all are pushing and pulling Macedonia, the only segment of the former Yugoslavia... Read more
	Next on the list: Macedonia. ; THE name Macedonia conjures up images of Alexander the...life difficult for the new state of Macedonia, which detached itself in January from...territorial claim on its own province of Macedonia. The Greeks want independent) Macedonia... Read more
	Macedonia leader missing, presumed dead in crash President's small plane thought to have gone down in Bosnia ; BITONJA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Macedonia state radio switched to classical music...contrary to a report by Bosnian police, and Macedonia's government said the 47-year-old president...chances of anyone surviving are minimal," Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski said... Read more
	Macedonia mourns president ; BITONJA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Macedonia state radio switched to classical music...to a report by Bosnian police. , and Macedonia's government said the 47-year-old president...chances of anyone surviving are minimal," Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski said... Read more
	Macedonia may be a `second front'.(A)(World)(Briefing/Europe) ; Byline: Jury Sigov SKOPJE, Macedonia - Islamic fighters like those trained...another terrorist threat? No, this is Macedonia, a mountainous, land-locked country...by Greece, which feared the name Macedonia could imply territorial claims on... Read more
	Macedonia on cusp of violent outbreak _ as is Kosovo.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; RAMNO, Macedonia _ The village of Brest, a smattering...police post atop a windy peak just outside Macedonia's capital, Skopje. But an unknown number...dug into Brest and Malino Mala, near Macedonia's border with Kosovo. And their appearance... Read more

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