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9 unusual facts about Republic of Macedonia


Bač Municipality

Bač Municipality, former municipality in the Republic of Macedonia.

Brvenica Municipality

Brvenica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.

Gradsko Municipality

Gradsko is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.

Macedonia in the Middle Ages

Republic of Macedonia, a country composed of Bulgaria (theme) and the Slavic states in the Middle Ages

Macedonian anthem

Today over Macedonia (Denes nad Makedonija) - the national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia

Motorways in the Republic of Macedonia

The first motorway runs from the Tabanovce border crossing with Serbia (for Preševo), passing Kumanovo (A2 junction), Petrovec (Skopje Airport) near Skopje (A3 junction), Veles, Gradsko (A5 junction) Negotino (A7 junction), and continuing onto the main border crossing with Greece, Bogorodica-Evzoni near Gevgelija.

Novaci Municipality

Novaci is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.

Rankovce Municipality

Rankovce is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found.

Vasilevo Municipality

Vasilevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.


1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament

There were six teams representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, one team representing the autonomous region within Serbia, Vojvodina, and the final team being the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija) football team.

1986 Vrancea earthquake

In addition, intensities of V (rather strong) were recorded in Skopje (now the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, suggesting the earthquake was widespread.

4th Land Force Brigade

It is covering the territory of southern Serbia, from the border with the Republic of Macedonia in the south to the border with Bulgaria in the east and the administrative border with Kosovo in the west to the area around the city of Leskovac in the north.

Albanian iso-polyphony

Among Albanians a related form of polyphonic singing is also found in northern Albania in the area of Peshkopi, the Albanian communities of Kačanik in Kosovo, the areas of Polog, Tetovo, Kičevo and Gostivar in Macedonia and the region of Malësia in northern Albania and southern Montenegro.

Aleksandar Protogerov

Alexandar Protogerov (1867 Ohrid, Ottoman Empire, today Republic of Macedonia - 1928, Sofia) was a Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary as well as a member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Thrace and Pomoravlje.

Ancient Greek sculpture

The territories of ancient Greece, except for Sicily and southern Italy, contained abundant supplies of fine marble, with Pentelic and Parian marble the most highly prized, along with that from modern Prilep in Macedonia, and various sources in modern Turkey.

Andrej Žernovski

Andrej Žernovski (Macedonian Cyrillic: Андреј Жерновски) (born 26 November 1968 in Skopje) is a Macedonian politician, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the current mayor of the Centar Municipality of Skopje.

Bogomilism

The Secret Book is a Macedonian feature film combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, based on a fictional story of the quest for the original Slavic language "Secret Book", written by the Bogomils in Bulgaria and carried to Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

Boris Trajkovski Stadium

Boris Trajkovski Stadium (Macedonian Cyrillic: Стадион Борис Трајковски) is a football stadium in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Chromatography in blood processing

The Institute of Transfusion Medicine in Skopje, Macedonia is a plasma fractionation center in the Balkans.

Church of St Nicholas, Sapareva Banya

In terms of design and decoration, Mavrodinov likens the church to the Church of St Pantaleon in Gorno Nerezi near Skopje, today in the Republic of Macedonia.

Derrones

The first theory claims that they should be placed in the central Balkans, in the northern part of the Republic of Macedonia (at the Upper Strymon valley), while the second theory considers that this tribe, at least at the time of the striking of the inscribed coins (i.e. early 5th century), was based in an area further to the south.

Dinaric race

According to the Dinaric model, Dinarics were to be found in the mountainous areas of Southeast Europe: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Slovenia, Austria, part of northwestern Bulgaria, and northwestern Republic of Macedonia.

Douglas Haskell

The son of American missionaries, Haskell was born in the Ottoman Empire, in the Balkan city of Monastir, now Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia.

Duvalo

Duvalo is an active geothermal surface feature situated close to the village of Kosel, near Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

Ferid Murad

He was born in Whiting, Indiana to Jabir Murat Ejupi, an Albanian immigrant from Gostivar, Macedonia, and Henrietta Bowman, an American Christian, Ferid Murad was raised as a Christian.

Fustanella

In the Republic of Macedonia, the fustanella was worn in the regions of Azat, Babune, Gevgelija Municipality, the southern area of the Great Morava, Ovče Pole, Lake Prespa, Skopska Blatija, and Tikvesh.

HMH-464

In 1999, the HMH-464 detachment assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), participated in a 45 day TRAP standby during Operation Allied Force, a non-combatant evacuation operation in Albania in support of Operation Shining Hope, peace enforcement operations in Macedonia and Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian and humanitarian assistance in Turkey in support of Operation Avid Response.

Hristofor Zhefarovich

Born at the end of the 17th century, Zhefarovich descended from a priestly family from Dojran in Ottoman Empire, (present-day Republic of Macedonia) and became a monk himself.

Hungary national cricket team

In 2010, the team won the 2010 European Twenty20 Championship which was held in Skopje, Macedonia beating a strong Russian side in the final off the last ball.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The Air Campaign refers to any flight operations which are performed in the land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, provided such flight operations are in direct support of Kosovo peacekeeping actions.

Kuklis

Kuklis (Kukliš) is a city in the Strumica Municipality of Macedonia.

Leb i sol

The influence of ethnic music and folk music of Republic of Macedonia are recognizable in the use of odd meters (5/4, 7/8) and non-traditional scales (e.g. the Phrygian dominant scale).

Lino Červar

Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950 in Delići near Vrsar) is a Croatian-Macedonian handball coach who is currently coaching the Macedonian handball team RK Metalurg Skopje and a politician, and former member of the Croatian Parliament.

Mali i Thatë

It is found within Albania, close to the Macedonian border and from this high peak, among several mountains of Albania, both Ohrid Lake and Prespa Lake can be seen, as well as the third highest peak in the Republic of Macedonia, Baba Mountain or Pelister Mountain (2601 m).

Marius Kurkinski

He won the award Europe's Actor in the International Monodrama Festival in Oteševo, Republic of Macedonia for his performance of "The Dream" by Julian Barnes in 2003.

Medžitlija-Níki

The Medžitlija-Níki border crossing linking the Republic of Macedonia with Greece is one of the three transit points for road vehicles between the two states.

Meseista

Meseista is a city in the Debarca Municipality of Macedonia.

Murtino

Murtino is a city of Macedonia that lies on the border between the Strumica Municipality and the Bosilovo Municipality, with a majority of its area in the Strumica Municipality.

Music of Old Serbia

Traces of his existence are found in the monastery in Kumanovo, in today's Macedonia, in a monastery in Romania, but also in the court of despot Lazar Branković in Smederevo.

Pelince

This decision was brought due to the countinious refusals by the Serbian Orthodox Church authorities to allow Macedonian delegations to visit and celebrate the holiday in the actual venue of ASNOM, the Prohor Pčinjski monastery which is on Serbian territory near the Macedonian border and near the village of Pelince.

Ramonda nathaliae

The flower is well known on the Nidze mountain near Bitola in Macedonia, where at Kajmakchalan peak, in the World War I battle of Kajmakchalan, the Serbian Army suffered a loss of nearly 5,000 soldiers before they were victorious against the Bulgarian Army.

Republic of Macedonia–Montenegro relations

The last census carried out in 2003 showed that 819 persons declared themselves to be Macedonian, which is 0,13% of the total population of Montenegro.

Reshat Bardhi

He was heartily welcomed to this conference and received there by Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia.

Sabjen Lilaj

He was picked in the 23 man squad that would be travelling to Macedonia for the friendly along with 2 other KF Tirana players, Enri Tafaj and Migen Metani.

Samokov, Macedonia

Samokov is a city in the Makedonski Brod Municipality of Macedonia.

Stefan Filipović

The winning song was titled "Zauvijek volim te" (I love you for eternity), and was made by a team of Macedonian musicians - Grigor Koprov (author), Ognen Nedelkovski (composer) and Vladimir Dojčinovski (arranger), the same trio that created the Macedonian entry in 2007 - Mojot Svet.

Thessaloniki–Bitola railway

The railway from Thessaloniki to Bitola is a 219-kilometre long railway line, that connects the port city Thessaloniki in Greece with Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia, via Veroia, Edessa, Amyntaio and Florina.

Tifozat Kuq e Zi

In this sense, TKZ is joined by different supporters' associations throughout Albanian-speaking regions mainly in Kosovo (Plisat of Pristina, Torcida of Mitrovica, etc.), Republic of Macedonia (Ballistët of Tetovo, Ilirët of Kumanovo, Shvercerat of Skopje, etc.) and in Albania itself.

Undermain Theatre

In 1995, Undermain Theatre traveled to the Republic of Macedonia to perform Goran Stefanvovski's Sarajevo in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

Vasil Adzhalarski

He received his nickname after this village, that is now in the Republic of Macedonia and known as Miladinovtsi.

Viničko Kale

Viničko Kale is an ancient ruin located on the hill above the town of Vinica, Republic of Macedonia.


see also

Bajrami

Muharem Bajrami (born 1985), footballer from the Republic of Macedonia of Albanian descent

Belasica

Two football teams are named after the mountain range, PFC Belasitsa from the nearby Bulgarian town of Petrich and FC Belasica from Strumica in the Republic of Macedonia.

Brod

Makedonski Brod, a town and municipality in the Republic of Macedonia

Bucin

Bučin, a village in the Kruševo district of the Republic of Macedonia

Čelopek, Brvenica

Ljube Boškoski - former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia

Crvenkovski

Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), President of the Republic of Macedonia

Dračevica

Dračevica, Demir Kapija, a village in the municipality of Demir Kapija, Republic of Macedonia

Drita

FK Drita, a football club based in the village of Bogovinje near Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia

Elpida Karamandi

Her mother emigrates to Republic of Macedonia (then part of kingdome of Yugoslavia) in Bitola, to her relatives and there marries for the second time.

Grigor Koprov

In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski represented the Republic of Macedonia (as FYR Macedonia) at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, the first contest for the Republic.

Hitar Petar

In the Republic of Macedonia, it is thought that Hitar Petar (Itar Pejo) is a native of the region of Mariovo, an opinion not popular elsewhere, and a monument to the character was built in Prilep.

Ivan Mihailov

The Constitutional court of the Republic of Macedonia banned a pro-Bulgarian organization bearing the name of Ivan Mihailov as separatist.

Kamenica

Makedonska Kamenica, a town and municipality in the Republic of Macedonia

Lou Naumovski

Finally, Naumovski is together with the Macedonian ambassador to US Zoran Jolevski and entrepreneur Susan Niczowski an Honorary member of the Board of Directors of „Macedonia 2025", a non-profit international association of Macedonians in the Diaspora dedicated to supporting the economic and social development of the Republic of Macedonia.

Macedon, New York

The Town of Macedon is named after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, the Republic of Macedonia (Located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe).

Macedonia at the Olympics

The country participates officially under its provisional UN appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" due to the dispute that has arisen over its name.

Makedonia

FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, a football (soccer) club in the Republic of Macedonia

Nova Makedonija, or "New Macedonia", a newspaper from the Republic of Macedonia

Ottoman Macedonia

Ottoman Vardar Macedonia, the territory covered by today's Republic of Macedonia

Pelister National Park

Pelister is the oldest and second largest national park in Republic of Macedonia after Mavrovo.

Roxolani

Similary, two villages in the Republic of Macedonia are called Ros and Rosoman, indicating that the Roxolani also influenced the South Slavs.

Selnik

Selnik, Macedonia, a village in the Delčevo municipality in the Republic of Macedonia

Sharri

Šar Mountains - mountain range in Albania and the Republic of Macedonia.

Todor Aleksandrov

This incident caused Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov to call upon Republic of Macedonia to review the history of Alexandrov's deeds on his meeting with Branko Crvenkovski in the town of Sandanski.

Aleksandrov was born in the Novo Selo suburb of Štip, present day Republic of Macedonia, to Aleksandar Poporushev and Marija Aleksandrova.

Trebishte

Trebište, a village in the Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality of western Republic of Macedonia.

Vraca

Big Vraca, a mountain in Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia, part of the Šar Mountains.

Small Vraca, a peak in Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia, part of the Šar Mountains.