Politics in North Macedonia occur within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated North Macedonia a "flawed democracy" in 2022.
The flag of North Macedonia depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field,with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field. It was created by Miroslav Grčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995.
"Denes nad Makedonija" is the national anthem of North Macedonia. Todor Skalovski composed the music and Vlado Maleski wrote the lyrics of the song in the early 1940s. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1992,almost a year after the state's independence from Yugoslavia. Before its adoption as a national anthem,it was used as the regional anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia,a constituent state of Yugoslavia,before it became the national anthem of the Republic of North Macedonia.
The Liberal Party of Macedonia was a conservative-liberal political party in North Macedonia. The party was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. Its last chairman was Ivon Velichkovski.
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia,or SR Macedonia,commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia,Yugoslav Macedonia or simply Macedonia,was one of the six constituent republics of the post-World War II Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,and a nation state of the Macedonians. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990,the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991,and with the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia,it declared itself an independent country and held a referendum on 8 September 1991 on which a sovereign and independent state of Macedonia,with a right to enter into any alliance with sovereign states of Yugoslavia was approved.
The president of the Republic of North Macedonia is the head of state of North Macedonia.
North Macedonia elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia has 120-123 members,elected for a four-year term,by proportional representation. North Macedonia has a multi-party system,with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone,and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The prime minister of North Macedonia,officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia,is the head of government of North Macedonia.
The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia,Sobranie,or Kuvendi is the unicameral legislature of North Macedonia. According to the Constitution,the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs,elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts,each contributing 20 MPs,and there are also 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora which are awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient. MPs are elected for a term of four years and cannot be recalled during their term. The Sobranie is presided over by a President. Its organization and functioning are regulated by the Constitution and Rules of Procedure. The Assembly's seat is in the Sobranie Palace in country's capital Skopje.
Stojan Andov was a Macedonian politician,a founding member of the Liberal Party of Macedonia,and a president of Assembly.
The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia between 1991 and 2019. The dispute was a source of instability in the Western Balkans for 25 years. It was resolved through negotiations between the two countries,mediated by the United Nations,resulting in the Prespa Agreement,which was signed on 17 June 2018. Pertinent to its background is an early 20th-century multifaceted dispute and armed conflict that formed part of the background to the Balkan Wars. The specific naming dispute,although an existing issue in Yugoslav–Greek relations since World War II,was reignited after the breakup of Yugoslavia and the newly-gained independence of the former Socialist Republic of Macedonia in 1991. Since then,it was an ongoing issue in bilateral and international relations until it was settled with the Prespa agreement in June 2018,the subsequent ratification by the Macedonian and Greek parliaments in late 2018 and early 2019 respectively,and the official renaming of Macedonia to North Macedonia in February 2019.
The Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia is a codified constitution outlining North Macedonia's system of government and basic human rights. It was adopted in the Parliament of the then-Republic of Macedonia on 17 November 1991.
Macedonians in Serbia are a recognized national minority in Serbia. According to the 2022 census,the population of ethnic Macedonians in Serbia is 14,767,constituting 0.2% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in Belgrade and Pančevo.
The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005,when it became an official candidate for accession. The then Republic of Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004,thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia. It is one of nine current EU candidate countries,together with Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Georgia,Moldova,Montenegro,Serbia,Turkey and Ukraine.
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.
Independence Day in North Macedonia is celebrated on 8 September. It has been a national holiday since 1991,when,following a referendum for Independence,SR Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia,where it was a federal state,and became a sovereign parliamentary democracy.
Czech Republic–North Macedonia relations refers to the bilateral political relations between the Czech Republic and the Republic of North Macedonia. North Macedonia has an embassy in Prague,whilst the Czech Republic has a consular agency in Skopje. Both countries are members of the Council of Europe,and NATO. Also Czech Republic is an EU member and North Macedonia is an EU candidate.
The Intelligence Agency of Republic of North Macedonia was set up as a separate body of state administration under the Law on the Intelligence Agency adopted in April 1995.
India–North Macedonia relations are the bilateral relations between India and North Macedonia.
Nash Vesnik was a local regional newspaper in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later the Republic of Macedonia,now known as North Macedonia. First it was a monthly newspaper. Because of a great interest,it started to be published twice a month. Since April 1970,it was published weekly every Friday and since 1971,it became an official newspaper of the local government in Kumanovo. In 1989,the responsibility of the newspaper went to the Assembly of Macedonia.
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