Macedonia, also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the southwest, Illyria to the northwest, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.
The North Macedonia national football team represents North Macedonia in men's international football, and is administered by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The team play their home matches at the Toše Proeski National Arena in Skopje.
Čoček is a musical genre and dance that emerged in the Balkans during the early 19th century. It features prominently in the repertoire of many Romani brass bands.
Philip IV was briefly king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 297 BC. He belonged to the Antipatrid dynasty and was the son of Thessalonike, daughter of Philip II, and Cassander, king of Macedonia.
Gjorče Petrov Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Skopje, Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov. The stadium seats 3,000 people.
The Diocese of Macedonia was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, forming part of the praetorian prefecture of Illyricum. Its administrative centre was Thessalonica.
The North Macedonia men's national tennis team represents North Macedonia in Davis Cup tennis competitions. It is governed by the Macedonian Tennis Federation. Its previous official appellation used by the International Tennis Federation was "FYR Macedonia".
The North Macedonia Billie Jean King Cup team represents North Macedonia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Macedonian Tennis Federation.
Thermaikos Thermis Football Club is a Greek football club based in Thermi, Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1949.
Cementarnica Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of FK Cementarnica 55 and FK Gorno Lisiče. The stadium holds 2,000 people.
Serbomans is a Bulgarian pejorative term used by Bulgarian nationalists for inhabitants in the region of Macedonia that claimed Serbian ethnicity and supported Serbian national ideals until the middle of the 20th century. They explained it as being imposed by Serbian propaganda promulgating a secondary identity, which resulted in a Bulgarian population that had lost its real nationality. It is also still used pejoratively by Bulgarians to refer to residents of North Macedonia who proclaimed a separate Macedonian identity and act to subdue Bulgarian nationalism in Macedonia. The term first appeared during the time of the Serbian-Bulgarian rivalry for present-day North Macedonia during the second half of the 19th century.
FK Madžari Solidarnost Junior is a football club from Madžari neighborhood, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. They currently competing in the OFS Gazi Baba league.
FK Balkan was a football club based in the city of Skopje, North Macedonia.
The Basketball Federation of North Macedonia is the governing body of basketball in North Macedonia. It was founded in 1948. The federation joined FIBA in 1993. It organizes the Macedonian premier league and runs the North Macedonia national basketball team.
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, 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 to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's population of 1.83 million. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Roma, Serbs, Bosniaks, Aromanians and a few other minorities.
Cifte hammam is a hammam in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia. It was built in the mid-15th century by Bosnian general Isa-Beg Ishaković in order to provide a regular source of income for his endowment.
Capital punishment in North Macedonia is prohibited by its Constitution.
The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the domestic counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia. Its headquarters are located in Skopje, and the agency is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
FK Ilinden Skopje is a football club based in the Ilinden neighbourhood of Skopje, North Macedonia. They were recently competed in the Macedonian Third League.
Cannabis in North Macedonia is legal for medical purposes, but illegal for recreational purposes.
