Kiro Gligorov was a Macedonian politician who served as the first president of the Republic of Macedonia from 1991 to 1999. He was born and raised in Štip,where he was also educated. He continued his education in Skopje and graduated in law in Belgrade. During World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia,he worked as a lawyer and participated in the partisan resistance. By the end of the war,he was an organiser of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia,the predecessor of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia as a federal Yugoslav state.
Albanians in North Macedonia are the second largest ethnic group in North Macedonia,forming 446,245 individuals or 24.3% of the resident population. Of the 2,097,319 total population in the 2021 census,619,187 or 29.52% are Albanians.
Cumhuriyet is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the Freedom of Press Prize by Reporters Without Borders in 2015 and the Alternative Nobel Prize in 2016. It is considered Turkey's newspaper of record. It has been known for its stance of publishing anti-Islamist titles and news at least since the 1960s.
The Saints Cyril and Methodius University is a public research university in Skopje,North Macedonia. It is the oldest and largest public university in the country. It is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyril and Methodius. As of 2018–19 school year,a total of 25,220 students are enrolled at the university. Furthermore,the teaching and research staff number 2,390 people;this is further supported by over 300 members in the university's institutions.
Nikola Gruevski is a former Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation,which was caused by the 2016 Macedonian protests,and led the VMRO-DPMNE party from 2004 to 2017.
The history of the Jews in North Macedonia stretches back two thousand years,beginning during Roman antiquity,when Jews first arrived in the region. Today,following the Holocaust and emigration,especially to Israel,around 200 Jews remain in North Macedonia,mostly in the capital,Skopje and a few in Štip and Bitola.
Nikola Kljusev was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from January 27,1991,until August 17,1992,following the country's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Stephen is the fifth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia,metropolitan of Skopje,primate and spiritual leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Zoran Jolevski is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense,he served as Macedonia's Ambassador to the United States of America. In November 2008,he was appointed chief negotiator to the Macedonia naming dispute,and in 2011 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Mexican States and as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. He served as Secretary General of the late Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski from 2000–2004. He holds a Ph.D. in International Economy from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He is married to Suzana Jolevska,and together they have two sons,Pero (1988) and Filip (1992).
The Gülen or Hizmet movement is an Islamist fraternal movement. It is a sub-sect of Sunni Islam based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Gülen's religious discourse (oration). It is referred to by its members as the "service" or "community",in which originated from Turkey around late 1950s and institutionalized in 180 countries in that addition to educational institutions owns media,finance,for-profit health clinics,and affiliated foundations that reached a net worth in the range of $20-to-$50 billion in 2015. Both the movement and its organizations led by the Islamic preacher Hoca Fethullah Gülen,who left Turkey under the cloud of the lawsuits and settled in Saylorsburg,Pennsylvania in 1999. The members of the organization who were directly involved at 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt were put in prison and the members who worked for Turkey’s governmental agencies were dismissed. The movement is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey,Pakistan,Northern Cyprus,and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Gjorge Ivanov is a Macedonian politician,who served as the 4th President of North Macedonia from 2009 to 2019.
Georgi Konstantinovski was a Macedonian architect,writer and educator. He graduated from the SS Cyril and Methodius University,Faculty of Architecture in Skopje in 1956 and received his Master of Architecture Degree from Yale University,under the mentorship of Paul Rudolph and Serge Chermayeff,in 1965. His early works are stylistically considered Brutalist. In New York City,he worked and collaborated with I. M. Pei,Henry Cobb Jr.,and Araldo Cossutta.
İzmir University was a university in the Üçkuyular neighborhood of Karabağlar,a metropolitan district of İzmir,Turkey. It was established in 2007 by the Doğanata Education and Culture Foundation,which opened in 2008. On 23 July 2016,in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges,the university was closed by the Turkish government due to its alleged ties with the Gülen movement. The staff of the university rejected the accusations.
The Daily Sabah is a Turkish pro-government daily newspaper,published in Turkey. Available in English and owned by Turkuvaz Media Group,Daily Sabah published its first issue on 24 February 2014. The editor-in-chief is Ibrahim Altay.
Petar Zdravkovski –Penko(November 4,1912,Prilep,Ottoman Empire –July 26,1967 Beirut,Lebanon) was a Yugoslav educator,statesman,diplomat.
Enes Ibrahim (Macedonian:ЕнесИбрахимis a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia,a Turkish political figure.
The COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached North Macedonia in February 2020. The initial contagion in the country was mainly connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy as there are circa 70,000 residents of Italy from North Macedonia and resulted in many people returning to North Macedonia,bringing the virus with them. As of 9 July,over 7,000 cases have been confirmed in the country,due to its second wave caused by family reunions during Eid al-Fitr among the Muslim minority and the overall re-opening of the country to organize the parliamentary elections.
Dimitar Kovačevski is a Macedonian politician and economist who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from January 2022 to January 2024.
Emanuel Hristov Čučkov also known as Mane Čučkov was a Macedonian statesman,partisan,author and professor.
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