Republic of Macedonia

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Republic of Macedonia Anthem: Transliteration: English: Capital Skopje Largest city Skopje Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence from Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area  - Total 25,333 km² (148th) 9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ... Image File history File links Grb. ... Politics of the Republic of Macedonia: From the CIA World Factbook 2000/2001, partially updated Country name: conventional long form: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia conventional short form: none local long form: Republika Makedonija local short form: Makedonija abbreviation: F.Y.R.O.M. Data code: MK Government type...

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The Democratic Union for Integration (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim, BDI, Demokratska Unija za Integracija, DUI) is the largest political party in the Republic of Macedonia among ethnic Albanians, and the third largest political party in all of Macedonia. It was formed immediately after the war in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001 between the National Liberation Army (NLA) and the Macedonian Security Forces. The Macedonian Presidency began after the Macedonian declaration of independence on September 18, 1991, and its first president was Kiro Gligorov, the oldest president in the world up until his resignation as president in 1999. ... Missing image Image:.jpg Branko Crvenkovski in Macedonian Бранко Црвенковски is the President of the Republic of Macedonia. ... List of Prime Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia See also President of the Republic of Macedonia Categories: | ... Nikola Gruevski was the Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubco Georgievski until September 2002. ... The Parliament of the Macedonia, the Assembly (Sobranie), has 120 members, elected for a four year term, by proportional representation. ... Political parties in the Republic of Macedonia¤ lists political parties in the Republic of Macedonia. ... Elections in the Republic of Macedonia gives information on election and election results in the Republic of Macedonia. ... Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Macedonia in two phases during April 2004. ... The parliamentary election, 2006 in the Republic of Macedonia was held on 5 July 2006. ... The municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia are first-order administrative divisions. ... The Republic of Macedonia is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and the U.N. Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Convention against Torture, and the Macedonian Constitution guarantees basic human rights to all Macedonian citizens. ... The existence and distinctiveness of the Macedonian language is disputed among the politicians, linguists and common people from Macedonia and neighboring countries. ... // The Republic of Macedonia became a member state of the United Nations on April 8, 1993, eighteen months after its independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Official logo of the process for European integration of Republic of Macedonia The membership of the Republic of Macedonia in the European Union is the highest strategic interest and priority for the Republic of Macedonia (officially and unofficially referred to by the European Union as the former Yugoslav Republic of... // The Republic of Macedonia became a member state of the United Nations on April 8, 1993, eighteen months after its independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File links BDI.jpg‎ [edit] Summary Official emblem of a party www. ... Image File history File links BDI.jpg‎ [edit] Summary Official emblem of a party www. ... Anthem: Transliteration: English: Capital Skopje Largest city Skopje Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence from Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area  - Total 25,333 km² (148th) 9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ... Combatants Republic of Macedonia National Liberation Army Commanders Boris Trajkovski Unknown Casualties 63 (Macedonian sources) 64 (NLA sources) Civilian casualties: 70 dead (60 ethnic Albanian, 10 ethnic Macedonian) The 2001 Macedonia conflict was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian NLA separatist group attacked the security forces of... The National Liberation Army (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare - UÇK ; Macedonian: Ослободителна национална армија - ОНА), also known as the Macedonian UÇK, is a military organization that operated in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001. ...

DUI succeeded the NLA, after the war in Macedonia in 2001, when the latter was dismantled and disarmed. The NLA leader Ali Ahmeti became party president, while the para-militant wartime HQ was transformed and legalized as the party governing body. However, after the war, many Albanian intellectuals from Macedonia, that were not members of the NLA, joined the party. The political party it was formed in June 2002. Ali Ahmeti (born January 4, 1959) is the political leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim), a coalition partner in the Macedonian government, despite having once been charged with terrorism from the same government. ... HQ is an abbreviation for: Hardware qualification Headquarters Hero Quest (board game) Heros Quest (computer game) Hydro-Quebec This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

At the legislative elections, 15 September 2002, the party won 11.9% of the popular vote (70% of the Albanian vote) and 16 out of 120 seats. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of the Republic of Macedonia Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Macedonia ...

From 2002 to 2006 it was part of the ruling coalition along with the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia(SDUM) and the Liberal Democratic Party. The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалдемократски Сојуз на Македонија Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija, SDSM) is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Macedonian political parties ...

At the last legislative elections, held on July 5, 2006, the party’s size increased slightly. It received 12% of the vote and 18 seats. However, since their Macedonian governmental partner the SDUM lost the election, DUI were not invited by the new Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to participate in the new government, although it was again for the second time the largest party among the Albanian electorate in Macedonia. Their place was taken by the second largest Albanian political party, the Democratic Party of the Albanians. The party organized protest and tried to rally international support in order to join the new government, but all was in vain. Currently DUI is refusing to take part in the Macedonian Parliament, therefore blocking its effective functioning as the legislative body in the country. Nikola Gruevski was the Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubco Georgievski until September 2002. ... The Democratic Party of Albanians (Partia Demokratike Shqiptare/Demokratska Partija na Albancite) is a political party of the ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and red—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ...

The Symbol controversy

The party's flag and symbol show the first letter of every word of the party name in Albanian (BDI), topped by seven stars of which one is encircled in a white circled. It has been theorized that each star represents one part of Greater Albania: The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

• Republic of Albania
• Ulcinj municipality and other parts of south-eastern Montenegro
• Kosovo
• Preševo Valley in southern Serbia
• The western part of the Republic of Macedonia
• Chameria region in north-western Greece

The seventh encircled star is said to represent Greater Albania. Ulcinj (Serbian and Montenegrin: Ulcinj or Улцињ, Albanian: Ulqin, Italian: Dulcigno, Latin: Ulcinium or Olcinium) is a mainly Albanian inhabited coastal town and municipality of the Republic of Montenegro in Serbia and Montenegro. ... Motto: none Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Capital Podgorica Largest city Podgorica Serbian of the Ijekavian dialect1 Government Republic  - President Filip Vujanović  - Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence From Serbia and Montenegro   - Declared June 3, 2006   - Recognised June 8, 2006  Area  - Total 14,026 km² (159th) 5,414 sq mi   - Water... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... The PreÅ¡evo Valley is a geographical region in the far south of Serbia and Montenegro, in Serbias Pčinja District, at the eastern border crossing with the Republic of Macedonia, now commonly used to avoid entrance into Kosovo. ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... Anthem: Transliteration: English: Capital Skopje Largest city Skopje Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence from Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area  - Total 25,333 km² (148th) 9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ... Chameria (Albanian: Çamëri[a], Greek: Τσαμουριά Tsamouriá) is the Albanian name for the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and northwestern Greece. ...

This theory has never been confirmed by any party officials, and all allegations for their claims for a Greater Albania have been officilay denied. The stars are officially referring to the party's plea for Macedonia's future in the European Union.

External links

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