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Official Name of Macedonia: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Government type in Macedonia: parliamentary democracy
Capital of Macedonia: Skopje
Primary Language in Macedonia: Macedonian, Albanian
Currency in Macedonia: Macedonian denar

International recognition of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (F.Y.R.O.M.) independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols. Greece finally lifted its trade blockade in 1995, and the two countries agreed to normalize relations, despite continued disagreement over F.Y.R.O.M.'s use of "Macedonia." F.Y.R.O.M.'s large Albanian minority, an ethnic Albanian armed insurgency in F.Y.R.O.M. in 2001, and the status of neighboring Kosovo continue to be sources of ethnic tension. Landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe.

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