Theme Week Macedonia

20 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  9 minutes

Ohrid and Lake Ohrid © flickr.com - Михал Орела/cc-by-2.0

Ohrid and Lake Ohrid © flickr.com – Михал Орела/cc-by-2.0

Macedonia is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. It became a member of the United Nations in 1993. Macedonia is a member of the Council of Europe. Since December 2005 it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership. The country has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants. It constitutes approximately the northwestern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia, which also comprises the neighbouring parts of northern Greece and a smaller portion in southwestern Bulgaria.   read more…

Skopje, capital of Macedonia

17 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

National Artgallery of Republic of Macedonia © Svilen Enev/GFDL

National Artgallery of Republic of Macedonia © Svilen Enev/GFDL

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country’s political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. It was known in the Roman period under the name Scupi.   read more…

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