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In antiquity, most of the territory that is now North Macedonia was included in the kingdom of Paeonia, which was populated by the Paeonians, a people of Thracian origins, [1] but also parts of ancient Illyria, [2] [3] Ancient Macedonians populated the area in the south, living among many other tribes and Dardania, [4] inhabited by various Illyrian peoples, [5] [6] and Lyncestis and Pelagonia ...
North Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə), [c] officially the Republic of North Macedonia, [d] is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo [e] to the northwest and Serbia to the north. [8]
Albanians in North Macedonia are of interest to Albania. [2] In the 1990s, issues revolving around the Albanian community fueled concerns in Albania of destabilisation in the new Macedonian state and possible Serbian intervention. [2] Albania, through President Sali Berisha became one of the early states to recognise Macedonia in April 1993. [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North Macedonia: North Macedonia is a landlocked sovereign country located on the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. [1] 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 is a country situated in southeastern Europe with geographic coordinates 41°50′N22°00′E / 41.833°N 22.000°E, bordering Kosovo and Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west. The country is part of the wider region of Macedonia and makes up most of Vardar Macedonia.
Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Croatia (yellow) joined the EU in 2013. The Western Balkans is a political neologism coined to refer to Albania and the territory of the former Yugoslavia, except Slovenia, since the early 1990s.
Today the region is considered to include parts of six Balkan countries: all of North Macedonia, large parts of Greece and Bulgaria, and smaller parts of Albania, Serbia, and Kosovo. It covers approximately 67,000 square kilometres (25,869 sq mi) and has a population of around five million. Greek Macedonia comprises about half of Macedonia's ...
Štip (Shtip in Albanian) is a city in eastern North Macedonia. It was known in antiquity as Astibo-s. [3] About the date of settlement of Proto-Albanians in eastern North Macedonia similar arguments as in the case of Nish have emerged. [4] [5] Ohrid (Ohër in Albanian) is a city in southwestern North Macedonia. It has been proposed that the ...