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Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. Bulgarians from the geographic region of Macedonia Not to be confused with Bulgarians in North Macedonia, Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia, or Ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria. The Bitola inscription is a marble slab with Cyrillic letters of Ivan Vladislav from 1016. The text reports ...
The contemporary geographical region of Macedonia is not officially defined by any international organisation or state. In some contexts it appears to span five (six counting Kosovo, disputed with Serbia) current sovereign countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia.
Bulgaria and the lands under Bulgarian rule during World War II. The Bulgarian rule in Macedonia, Morava Valley and Western Thrace (Bulgarian: Българско управление в Македония, Поморавието и Западна Тракия) refers to the administration of the newly annexed areas of the Kingdom of Bulgaria during the country's participation in World War II ...
North Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə), [c] officially the Republic of North Macedonia, [d] 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 [e] to the northwest and Serbia to the north. [8]
Aegean Macedonia, a geographic region equivalent to modern Greek Macedonia; Vardar Macedonia, a geographic region corresponding roughly to the territory of North Macedonia; Pirin Macedonia, a geographic region of southwestern Bulgaria; Central Macedonia, a province in northern Greece; Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, a province in northern Greece
According to the Bulgarian co-chairman of the common Bulgarian-Macedonian historical commission Angel Dimitrov, the arguments for these changes remind him of the Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour, which allowed the sentencing of Yugoslav citizens from SR Macedonia for pro-Bulgarian leanings. Per Dimitrov, this shows that the ...
The red and black flag used by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and more broadly by supporters of an autonomous or independent Macedonia. The Independent State of Macedonia [a] was a proposed puppet state of Nazi Germany during the Second World War in the territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that had been occupied by the Tsardom of Bulgaria following the invasion of ...