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Macedonia is not a member of the EU, but has applied to join.
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Which of the former Yugoslav republics have actually achieved membership in the EU?
Slovenia and Croatia
Should Macedonia join the EU?
Macedonia is already in the EU along with the rest of Greece.Regarding The Former Yugoslav Republic and why it cannot join the EU or any other international organization with the name "Macedonia":Historical Macedonia, was an ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsulaModern Macedonia, is a Greek province corresponding almost entirely to the ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula.There is an unbroken record of people identifying as Macedonians with a Greek ethnic linguistic and cultural identity, continuously inhabiting the land of historical Macedonia from the present to ancient times.Historical Macedonia, on the northern Greek peninsula was liberated from foreign Ottoman occupation in 1912.The Republic of Former Yugoslavia north of historical Macedonia, is a newly founded Slavic state with a mixed ethnic population, on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania, and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.The largest ethnic group in the Former Yugoslav Republic consist of Slavic and Turkic tribes of the Bulgarians, (People of the first Slavic and Bulgarian tribes) that began to slowly migrate into the area in the 6th century CE.The Former Yugoslav Republic north of the historical Macedonia, wants to self-identify as simply "Macedonia", a name given to it in 1946 by the communist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before its dissolution. This name represents no ethnic or political reality for the new Slavic Republic, and was given the name as part of an expansionist agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from northern Greece and forge for the communist Yugoslavia, a strategic pathway to the sea.FYRO"M"'s violation of the name "Macedonia"The use of simply "Macedonia" to describe the newly founded Slavic state is in violation of Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversitythat states that in the interest of harmonious interaction, one nation (The Former Yugoslav Republic) in exercising its right to self-determination, cannot diminish the equal right of another nation (Greece) to identify simply by its millennia old historical identity (Macedonia) which is historically, ethnically, culturally, geographically different to the new Slavic nation.The interim accord was signed under the auspices of the United Nations, with Greece compromising and agreeing to the temporary use of "Macedonia" with the qualifier "Former Yugoslav Republic by the new Slavic Republic, and the Republic of Former Yugoslavia agreeing to the name FYROM while it chooses a permanent name for itself that does not violate Greece's equal right to identify by its historical identity and that does not imply a territorial expansionist agenda on Greece's historical northern province.However, instead of honoring its agreements, the former Yugoslav Republic stalls on deciding on a name for itself, continues to violate the interim accord and Article 2 of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity by identifying itself only as "Macedonia", relentlessly creates a flood of propaganda, misappropriates Hellenic state symbols, and demonizes and distorts the history and historical perception of Greece. The government of FYROM, and its Diaspora continue to provoke Greece and meddle in Greece's domestic affairs.The Former Yugoslav Republic constantly makes territorial provocations on Greece's historical northern province and continues on unimpeded with its expansionist agenda to change peoples perceptions and validate a lie.The 'Greater Region' partition mythThe claim perpetuated as justification for the use of the historical Greek name "Macedonia" and at the heart of the expansionist plan is that Macedonia was a region that was "divided".FACT:There is no such thing as a Macedonian Greater Region and in particular one that was divided. This is propaganda spread across many platforms by the Former Yugoslav Republic whose aim is to distort historical reality and create a false narrative for all those readers not familiar with Balkan history.The illusion is that before the Balkan wars (1912-13) a sovereign state entity with the name Macedonia existed, inhabited by an alleged "Macedonian" ethnicity, that was attacked, defeated and consequently partitioned by the allied Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians.
Which countries have been added to the EU since April 2008?
No countries have been added to the European Union since April 2008. The last countries to be added to the EU were in January 2007, when Bulgaria and Romania joined. Their addition brought the total number of member states to 27. Three countries were considered as candidate countries: Croatia, Turkey, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Witch countries are not members of the EU?
Republic of Armenia, Ukrine, turkey, republic of georgia, Azerbijan, Moldova, Belarus, Albania, macedonia, serbia,
What is the difference between Macedonia in Greece and the homonymous Republic?
In order to answer to this question we have to take a look at the ancient Greek history. In ancient times Macedonia was a large Greek kingdom -Ancient Greece was not a single country, not even a federation, as a single city could be a different state (Athens, Sparta, Corinth), but there were also some territories that had a larger type of state as we know it today (Macedonia, Epirus, Acarnania). The main point is that despite they were not unified Macedonians, Epirotes, Athenians, etc they were the same nation. The region of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon was consisted by the Greek prefecture of Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Homonymous Republic and insignificant small parts in today Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria. The Greek part, known as well as Aegean Macedonia is today Greece's biggest prefecture and the largest part of the geographical region of Macedonia (52%). That part became a part of Greece in 1913 and Greeks named it Macedonia, due to the fact that there have been long-lasting and terrible wars between Greeks with Ottomans and Bulgarians and Serbs, who wanted access to the Aegean Sea through Macedonia, due to the fact they wanted to include this historically Greek region to their state. The Greek part is named Macedonia, but the part of today's homonymous Republic was taken by Serbia and became its southern territory under the name Vardarska Banovina, which means "the land of Vardar''. It was only in 1948 that Tito turned the southern part of Serbia into a Federal Republic within Yugoslavia, under the name "Socialist Republic of Macedonia". During those years there was acted a propaganda in the people's knowledge about the history of Macedonia. When Yugoslavia was dissolved the country declared its independence under the name "Republic of Macedonia", but Greece asked the UN not to recognise this state as "Macedonia", due to differences between the prefecture and the Republic in name of the Republic's nation, language and history, as the Republic declares that the Ancient Macedonians were not Greeks, but a different nation of which they are descendants. Greeks on the other side claim the "Greekness" of Macedonia in language and history, as the Republic's people came to the Balkan peninsula a thousand years after the conquer of Greece, including Macedonia, by the Romans and its language cannot be called Macedonian, as Macedonian was a Greek dialect and their language is Slavic, an impurity of Serbian and Bulgarian. In order to give a solution the two countries agreed that the the new state was going to be globally recognised temporarilly as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" or "FYROM" till the FYROM and Greece would come to an agreement about the Republic's name. Though it is recognise by most of global organisations as the FYROM (UN, EU, Olympic Games etc.), the country has as a constitutional name the term "Republic of Macedonia" a name that most UN countries have recognised, but Greece says will never accept, as it is deception with ultimate goal the steal of a large part of its history and the expansionist ambition in the Aegean Macedonia. In short Macedonia today is a prefecture in Northern Greece and the self-proclaimed Republic of Macedonia, more accurately: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or the FYROM, is an independent country bordering Greece in the Prefecture of Macedonia. Both territories are parts of Ancient Macedonia, but each of them has different history and relation with the ancient kingdom.
You live in Serbia will you need visa before or after June 20th?
Serbs do not need visas for EU countries, some other European countries, and former Yugoslav countries.
When did Macedonia join the EU?
Macedonia joined along with the rest of Greece in 1981.
Where is Yugoslavia?
Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990's following a harsh Civil War during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Today the states that make up the former Yugoslavia continue to fight with one another whilst the EU(European Union) continues to try to make peace in the area and incorporate them into the expanding trade partnership between currently 27 European countries.
What are three countries that applied for a EU?
The three countries are Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey are official candidates to join the EU. Two did get their candidacy accepted. Macedonia is waiting for acceptance.
Which former republic of Yugoslavia is the only member of EU?
There are 28 countries in the European Union of which two, Croatia and Slovenia, were part of Yugoslavia.
What countries are applying for the EU?
The countries that have applied for membership in the European Union include Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, and Iceland. There are really three major levels in this process. The first level is sending in an application, in which Serbia and Albania have just done. These countries will have to have their application reviewed and accepted to move on. The next major step is approval of this application and a candidacy spot. This is where the countries of Iceland, Turkey, Montenegro, and Macedonia are currently at. Right now, the EU is negotiating as to allow Turkey and/or Iceland to become members and it looks like Macedonia and Montenegro will have no problem with gaining membership. The final level is acceptance, and this is where Croatia is. Croatia has been accepted for membership to the European Union and will officially join on July 1, 2013. Also, additional information for possible candidates. The European Union is seeking Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to join.
Which country isn't in the EU but wants in?
At the moment (September 2008) countries trying to join the EU include: * Turkey * Croatia * Serbia * Macedonia * Albania
