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8 hours agoNorthern Macedonia today celebrates 28th anniversary of independence
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Northern Macedonia today marks the 28th anniversary of its independence from the former Yugoslav federation. Independence occurred through a popular referendum, which declared it an independent and sovereign state. This referendum was boycotted by Albanians, who demanded autonomy status and were not satisfied with the position achieved in the new Constitution of this [...]
Independence occurred through a popular referendum, which declared it an independent and sovereign state. This referendum was boycotted by Albanians, who demanded autonomy status and were not satisfied with the position achieved in the new Constitution of this country.
According to state estimates of the time, over 95 percent of citizens who appeared in the September 8th 1991 referendum responded positively to the referendum question “A are for independent Macedonia to enter into force in the future coalition of sovereign states of Yugoslavia”.
Referendum preceded the Declaration of Independence, which Macedonia's first multiparty Parliament approved on January 25th 1991.
Formally, the people's will for independent states was found with the Declaration of Accepting the results of the referendum on September 18th 1991 in the Republic of Macedonia's Parliament.
The next important step in reinforcement of the state was the adoption of the new Constitution on November 17th 1991.
Shadows in events with which the foundations of independent Macedonia were laid down threw out the boycott of the referendum on the part of a part of the ethnic Albanian community and the failure to support the new Constitution by Albanian MPs.
Ten years later the Constitution was fulfilled after the 2001 conflict and the signing of the Ohrid Agreement.
The first Macedonia recognised the Republic of Bulgaria, after what followed the recognitions from Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and others.
The state was independent monetaryally with the deployment of the denarius on April 26, 1992, and then won its army, which celebrates on August 18th.
International administrative subject of the state was definitely confirmed on April 8, 1993, when, with advertising at the United Nations General Assembly, Macedonia was accepted as an 181st member of the World Organisation.
However, due to Greece's objections and pressures, which do not accept Macedonia's constitutional name, UN membership took place under the provisional reference to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
But from last year, the two countries agreed that this state would be called Northern Macedonia, paving the way for the country to join NATO and begin the EU membership process.
