The Republic of Macedonia, a small country located in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 8th September 1991. The Republic of Macedonia now shares its borders with five neighboring countries (alphabetically as follows): Albania (Western Neighbor), Bulgaria (Eastern Neighbor), Greece (Southern Neighbor), Kosovo and Serbia (Northern Neighbors). The population of Macedonia is approximately two million people, out of which 64% are native Macedonians, and the
Albania: The Development of a Developing Country Albania, a small country located in Southeastern Europe, is a nation that does not have a true identity – its people are Muslim and Christian, it is a country that is both and poor, it is as much urban as it is rural, and has evolved from monarchy to socialism and now to fledgling democracy. In other words, Albania and its people have seen it all. The extremes of Albanian society are vivid, and underlying tensions are evident. But Albania is not “another
Illegal war in Kosovo President Clinton addressed the people of the United States on June 10, 1999 over the United States’ mission in Kosovo. Kosovo is a province of Serbia, which makes this war a civil war. Highlights of his speech outline the goals that he wanted to obtain in this Humanitarian intervention, as he called it. The mission had flaws innate to it from the beginning. The three-tiered goal of the President was clearly stated. The first is to allow the Kosovar people back into their
that the fall of communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union as power is produced. It is a permanent state of tension and confrontation that pits the two superpowers who are winners of the Second World War: America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. They compete at the global level, representing two different societies, ideologies, political systems and different and conflicting economy. After the war of 1945 there was no real peace. Unlike what happened in the First World War, the countries
Transition from Communism to Democracy: A Case Study of Russia’s Democratic Transition Communism is a political system that has been used time and time again, where all property is publicly owned and people are paid according to their needs and abilities. Many countries used this political system in the years following 1917–such as Croatia and Russia–and is still used today. The ideology of Communism or more specifically Marxism is shown in the book The Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx, writer of The
Peace Conference,and suffered significant losses. The ideology of fascism occurred when the power of Italy was shrinking and the idea of being a pacifist became weak. Benito Mussolini created a group of fascists to represent a means to stop the socialists and the communists coming into his nation. The Italian economy was underdeveloped going into World War I. unlike other nations, Italy was a All were to work for the common good, and trade unions or strikes were forbidden. Every profession had its
world economic situation. This is different from soviet economic practice which fully control by their great leader. Means countries in west iron curtain aligned themselves with US except several countries which are Austria, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Republic of Ireland and
Berlin (Haglund, 2014) .The first NATO secretary general was Lord Isamay and presently this appointment is held by Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Member countries of NATO are : a. Belgium b. Portugal c. Spain d. United Kingdom e. Hungary f. Albania g. Turkey h. Czech Republic i. Bulgaria j. Canada k. Latvia l. United States m. Romania n. Iceland o. Lithuania p. Netherland q. Italy r. Slovenia s. Norway t. Luxembourg u. Slovakia v. Estonia w. Poland x. France y. Greece z. Croatia aa. Denmark bb
freedom of consciousness, thought and religion and the ability to express oneself as they wish. Essentially, people’s rights were being restricted within the Iron Curtain, many of them uncovering their voices and pleeing for change at once, but instead they encountered armed forces prepared to erase anyone in defense of the status quo. Even though there were not many alternations in the socialist regime of the Soviet Union, there were plenty after World War II. The Big Three, U.S President Franklin D