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Prespa (Macedonian: Преспа, Greek: Πρέσπα) is a region shared between North Macedonia, Greece and Albania. [1] It shares the same name with the two Prespa lakes which are situated in the middle of the region.
The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus : the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greece.
The Prespa Agreement, [a] also known as the Treaty of Prespa, the Prespes deal or the Prespa accord, is an agreement reached in 2018 between Greece and the then-Republic of Macedonia, under the auspices of the United Nations, resolving a long-standing naming dispute between the two countries. Apart from resolving the terminological differences ...
The contemporary region of Macedonia is a wider region in the Balkan peninsula that spans across several modern states, mainly Greece (Greek Macedonia), Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad province), the Republic of Macedonia, and Albania (around the Ohrid and Prespa lakes).
North Macedonia is a landlocked country but has three major natural lakes: Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa and Lake Dojran. It has a water area of 857 km 2, while its land area is 24,856 km 2. Phytogeographically, Macedonia belongs to the Illyrian province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom.
Prespa National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar i Prespës) is a national park situated in southeastern Albania on the border triangle shared with Greece and North Macedonia. At approximately 277.5 km 2 (107.1 sq mi), the park encompasses the country's sections of the Great and Small Prespa Lake .
This is a list of settlements located on the coastlines of the two Prespa Lakes: Great Prespa Lake (also known simply as Prespa Lake) and Small Prespa Lake. The Prespa Lakes are both freshwater lakes, located between the countries of the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Albania. Settlements are automatically listed for Great Prespa Lake from ...
A referendum was held in the Republic of Macedonia on 30 September 2018, with voters asked whether they supported EU and NATO membership by accepting the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece, signed in June 2018, which aimed to settle the 27-year naming dispute, [1] [2] which had prevented Macedonia from joining both the European Union and NATO. [3]