The Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia

is an independent landlocked country located on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe . Its northern border with Serbia

to the east by Bulgaria, Greece to the south and west by Albania. Its name comes from the homonymous historical region and includes the northwestern region of the Greek province of the same name, the historic Macedonia , birthplace of Philip II and Alexander the Great . Its capital is Skopje , with 700,000 inhabitants.

In 1991 , the former Socialist Republic of Macedonia , which was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , declared independence under the official name of Republic of Macedonia. The use of the term " Macedonia " was rejected by Greece emerged a dispute over the name of this country that continues today. The country is sometimes referred to simply as Macedonia , while following a compromise between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia in 1993 is used provisional reference the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or FYR of Macedonia