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On 29 November 2015, the Macedonian army began erecting fences on the Greek border. [2] A Moroccan man was injured in an accident that led to clashes between police and migrants that injured 18. [3] In the early stage of the construction of the barrier, Macedonian police were attacked by the migrants, according to The Guardian. [4]
Flag of the 41st Macedonia Division (WW2) A horizontal triband of blue, white, and red with a gold-bordered red star in the center. 1944: Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade (WW2) Red flag and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters. 1992–present: Emblem of the Army of North Macedonia
The former and current flags of Macedonia and North Macedonia in front of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena in Skopje. The Vergina Sun was regarded by Greece as a symbol of continuity between ancient Macedonia and modern Greek culture, and in particular as a symbol of the Argead dynasty of Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great ...
The Vardar Statistical Region (Macedonian: Вардарски Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Vardar, located in the central part of North Macedonia, borders Greece to the south. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Southwestern, Skopje, Southeastern, and Eastern.
Greek is the majority language throughout Greece today, with an estimated 5% of the population speaking a language other than Greek, [119] and is the only language of administration and education in the region. Greek is spoken universally in Greek Macedonia, even in the border regions where there is a strong presence of languages other than ...
North Macedonia is bordered by Serbia and Kosovo to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south, and Bulgaria to the east. North Macedonia forms approximately 35.8% of the land and 40.9% of the population of the wider geographical region of Macedonia, as it was defined in the late 19th century.
According to statements of the Macedonian government, 134 foreign nations had recognized the country under the name of "Republic of Macedonia" as of January 2017. [1] Some had used this name from the outset, others switched their stance after originally using the UN reference "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (notably the United States under George W. Bush's administration), while ...
The Vardar basin includes two-thirds of the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia. For that the area is called "Vardar Macedonia" after the river, to distinguish it from "Aegean Macedonia" (in Greece) and "Pirin Macedonia" (in Bulgaria). The valley comprises fertile lands in Polog, Gevgelija and other parts. The river is surrounded by ...