The Republic of Macedonia, a small country located in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 8th September 1991. The Republic of Macedonia now shares its borders with five neighboring countries (alphabetically as follows): Albania (Western Neighbor), Bulgaria (Eastern Neighbor), Greece (Southern Neighbor), Kosovo and Serbia (Northern Neighbors). The population of Macedonia is approximately two million people, out of which 64% are native Macedonians, and the other minority and/or ethnic groups include: 25% Albanians, 4% Turks, 3% Romani, 2% Serbs and 2% other population. The capital city of Macedonia is Skopje and the official language that is spoken in the Republic of Macedonia is the Macedonian language …show more content…
The so-called “name dispute” does not have its roots from neither the EU nor NATO, however, the issue lies on bilateral basis – between Macedonia and its southern neighbor Greece. In terms of such bilateral relations, the issue emphasizes two broad conflicting stand-points: the Greek, which does not recognize Macedonia as an independent nation and uses FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) in whatsoever issues related to the Republic of Macedonia; and the Macedonian, which claims that Macedonian culture, language and nation is purely Macedonian, and as such unique nation, should be recognized elsewhere under its constitutional name. This serious and much sensitive issue for the Macedonian nation, has many points of views, and by such, is a very much complex issue that cannot be explained within the facts that are in possession of either Macedonia or Greece, but there is a need to go back to history, cultural features, ethnical issues, linguistic matters, and of course, data that is based on
It was created out of the Austria-Hungary empire that lost the war and lost its land. Serbians, Croatians, Slovenes, and Bosnians and Muslims lived all in one country. The problem was the people didn't get along and each republic wanted to take control of the country. This went on until after WWII, when the Soviet Union took power and control over the country. Joseph Broz (Tito) was leader of Yugoslavia until the 6 republics separated.
opposed to those who saw themselves as Bosnian Serbs or Bosnian Croats. These nations were members of Yugoslavia, later to become the independent states of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Macedonia and Serbia. The participants were all members of the Yugoslav state and gained recognition as states later, after its. collapse. Then the sand is broken.
Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the break-up of Yugoslavia, a multicultural country created after World War I by the Western Allies. Yugoslavia was composed of ethnic and religious groups that had been historical rivals, even bitter enemies, including the Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics) and ethnic Albanians (Muslims).
The book written by Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, contains two controversial debates between distinguished speakers of Athens. The two corresponding sides produce convincing arguments which can be taken as if produced as an honest opinion or out of self-interest. The two debates must be analyzed separately in order to conclude which one and which side was speaking out of honest opinion or self-interest, as well as which speakers are similar to each other in their approach to the situation.
Yugoslavia was one of the countries within a group of nations called the Balkans. In the Balkans were Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Albania, Hungary, and of course, Yugoslavia. Most of the nations in this hub were under the rule of the Ottoman Turkish empire. The geography of the Balkans was mostly characterized by mountains, rivers, and the fact that it was a peninsula. Yugoslavia sat on the west side of the peninsula, alongside the Adriatic Sea. Different groups of settlers arrived in the Balkans at different
The Balkan Peninsula has many physical features, but there are three main ones, they are the fact that it is a peninsula, its mountains, and its rivers. Within the Balkan Peninsula there are a good majority of ethnicities. There will be a majority of instances that the geography has helped or hindered certain peoples in the Balkans history.
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Part of many empires and republics in the past, Montenegro declared independence from former Yugoslavia to become a sovereign state on 3 June 2006. Montenegro classifies as a developed country on the Human Development Index and is a member of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. It is an official candidate for membership in the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). There are many languages, faiths, and ethnicities within the borders of Montenegro, providing a potential backdrop for ethnic clashes similar to those of the Yugoslav Wars. However, ethical ideals of humanity and gallantry bond all Montenegrins, uniting the country.
My research will focus on two important topics related to each other. I am going to discuss the “Delimitation of maritime border and continental shelf” pact between Albania and Greece, an agreement that was later revoked by the Constitutional Court of Albania, because it was investigated and proved the wrong division of the maritime border based on the “equidistant” principle. After that I am going to confront the injustice done to Albania reflected in the International Right with the Law of Seas. This paper will argue in favor of the decision of the Albanian Constitutional Court for rejecting the nautical pact between Greece and Albania as the most reasonable and fair decision, because it is directly connected not only to geographical and legal reasons, based on the United Nations Convention on Law of the sea (1982), but also to economic and touristic issues.
Day to day life in ancient Macedonia was significantly more difficult in comparison to life in the rest of Greece. Located in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula Macedonia was comprised of mountainous land and lowland valleys to compliment them, making it notably colder than the rest of Greece which created complications in communication and travel. Macedonians were known to be barbaric, making hunting, fighting and drinking their most famous attributes. The people of Macedonia were looked down upon by the other Greeks because of their considerably different way of life in comparison. Despite their abundant natural resources such as silver, gold, copper, iron and timber their economy was prohibitively weak. The government was a monarchy
It’s a warm summer day in Macedonia you’re family is all packed on the couch to watch the national team play. There is 1 minute left and the ball is whipped into the penalty box, and the Macedonian legend Aleksandar Trajkovski scores you’re whole family then starts screaming. Well that’s what you would do if you lived in Macedonia. Macedonia is one of the newest countries in the world but it has still been a very ancient civilization. It is located in the Southeast of Europe and its capital city is Skopje. Macedonia has unique qualities such as its geography, history, culture, economy, and its current events.
In the battles before the Macedonian military revolution we see that most of the battles did not end decisively. This can be seen all
The 20th century was accompanied by the dissolution of several countries in Europe due to the fall of Communism. In particular, the Yugoslavian and Czechoslovakian breakups were widely controversial due to the violence throughout the duration of separation in Yugoslavia versus the peaceful separation in Czechoslovakia. During the Czechoslovakian breakup in 1993 the state was only compromised of two main ethnic groups, the Czechs and the Slovaks. However, in the 1990s during the separation in Yugoslavia there were several ethnicities: the Albanians, Bosnians, Macedonians, Croats, Hungarians, Montenegrins, Serbs, and Slovenes. The purpose of this essay is to access as to why Czechoslovakia was able to split up into different states relatively
... and higher education and for the right to be named as a co-nation of Macedonia, together with the Macedonians and not as an ethnic minority.