Macedonia Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on Macedonia. For related web links, see Regional Resources: Europe, particularly those for Kosovo and Southeastern Europe. For links related to NATO expansion, see NATO at Fifty: Web Links.
These links complement four Institute Special Reports:
- Macedonia: Prevention Can Work
- The Future of Macedonia: a Balkan Survivor Now Needs Reform
- Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond
- Putting Peace into Practice: Can Macedonia's New Government Meet the Challenge?
These web links also support USIP's Balkans Initiative, particularly regarding Macedonia.
General Resources
- CEESource:
Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics
WWW Resources: Macedonia
From Gonzaga University School of Law, "with an emphasis on English-language
links from government, academic, NGO, and news agency sources."
- Eastern
Europe Links: Macedonia
From Texas Tech University's International Cultural Center (ICC)
Library, annotated links to government, internet search tools (with
automatic searches from three search engines), omnibus links sites,
language and ethnic minority information.
- INCORE
guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Macedonia
A selective collection of annotated links to sources for news, articles
and documents, NGOs, maps, etc. from the Initiative on Conflict
Resolution & Ethnicity.
- ISN:
Information Services: Crisis in Macedonia
Extensive annotated links to documents, government agencies, organizations,
and news sources organized by the International Relations and Security
Network in Zurich.
- .mk-The Macedonian
Directory
Extensive directory of Macedonian-related resources with categories
covering news and media, government and politics, organizations,
arts and humanities, etc.
- REENIC:
Russian and East European Network Information Center: Macedonia
(Univ. of Texas)
"REENIC is a collection of links to websites with information about
East and Central Europe, Russia, and the newly independent countries
of the former Soviet Union." Includes a site search engine. Information
is organized by type of resource and by country.
- REESWeb: East European
Studies Virtual Library (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
REESWeb has a comprehensive database of annotated electronic resources
for Russia and Eastern Europe which can be browsed
by subject, culture, region (including Macedonia) or time period.
A keyword
search is also available.
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Government Agencies and International Organizations
European Union (EU)
- Europa, the European Union
On-line
Europa contains substantive material on the European Union, its
institutions and policies, official documents, publications, news
and other information resources.
- The
EU and South-Eastern Europe: External Relations
The European Commission's comprehensive approach to southeastern
Europe, with links to documents and speeches, council meetings and
conclusions, and related links. Includes a section on the EU's relations
with the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- The
EU and South-Eastern Europe: Stablisation and Association Process
for the countries of South-Eastern Europe
Description of the Stabilisation and Association process, contractual
relations in the form of Stabilisation and Association Agreements
(SAAs), and links to related documents.
International Crisis Group (ICG)
Republic of Macedonia
- Republic of
Macedonia: Agency of Information
The Agency of Information web site has current news releases (archive
from 1997), press conferences, statements, general information about
Macedonia, statistical information. A section on the Presidential
Elections 99 includes ballots and results, election regulations,
the Law of Presidential Election, State Election Commission news,
and press coverage. Also inks to the government
web site, other official web sites and related web sites.
- Ministry of Defence
of the Republic of Macedonia
The Ministry of Defence web site has information on events, speeches,
publications, documents detailing defense strategy. Also includes
a document
on The Republic of Macedonia and its relationship to NATO and the
Partnership for Peace, a description of PfP/NATO
exercises and links
to foreign defense and military sites. Also includes a link from
the main page to a list of
news items on activities
at the border area with Kosovo.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
United Nations (UN)
- ReliefWeb:
Balkans The Latest
ReliefWeb, a project
of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), has a database of the latest news and reports on
the humanitarian crisis in Macedonia and the Balkans. The database
can be searched by month going back to December 1997, by source
(organization name), by format or type of report, or by the latest
news first. Keyword search capability is available, as are links
to related reports. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: The Latest country information has additional material and links. Within country listing, related links include background information and topics such as refugees
and IDPs with a link to IDPs
in Macedonia from the Global
IDP Project on internally displaced persons. ReliefWeb also
includes a map
center, site map and search capability.
- UNHCR: Country
of Origin and Legal Information
The web site for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) has databases for country of origin and legal information
documents and reports. Pull-down menus allow selection by country
and/or subject and a specific search engine feature is also provided.
Each country compilation includes links to country reports, legal
documents, news and maps.
- United
Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (UNPREDEP)
The web site describing the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission
in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Nations Preventive
Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) March 1995 - February 1999.
United States
World Bank
- Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe
A joint web site of the European Commission and the World Bank created "as part of the international community's reponse to the Kosovo crisis," it contains a calendar of events/conferences, news releases, speeches and statements, documents issued by the EU, UN, IMF and IMF/WB, including the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe dated June 10, 1999, links to related sites, with other sections of the web site under construction. The announcement of the launching of the joint web site describes the scope and types of information that will be covered, including assessment of the economic impacts and costs of the Kosovo crisis, reconstruction needs, and register of donor assistance.
Maps and Guides
- BBC
NEWS | History File | Yugoslavia & the Balkans | 1900-1998
Clicking on the dates of the timeline gives a picture of the Balkan
borders over time and a brief historical overview.
- CIA
World Factbook: Macedonia
Country information, including a map, flag and discussion of geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
- The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Maps
Maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin. These maps were produced by the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency. The PCL map collection includes related, regional
maps and links to maps on other web sites.
- ReliefWeb
Map Centre: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Maps from ReliefWeb of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
feature a general map, the border with Kosovo, hot spots in northern
FYR Macedonia, and other maps.
Media and News Sources
- Institute for War and Peace
Reporting
"An independent publishing and media group" based in London, the
web site of the IPWR contains several special reports on the conflict in the region, such as the Balkan Crisis Reports and Tribunal
Update, which reports on the International War Crimes Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia. Balkans Crisis Report no. 228, March
21 2001, covers the situation in Macedonia on issues of NLA autonomy,
western support for Macedonia, ending the violence, Albanian perspectives,
etc.
- OK.mk
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported, with donations of computer equipment, the development of this web site
which is the product of FORUM Centre for Strategic Research and
Documentation, a Macedonian non-governmental organization. The web
site contains news reports on Macedonia from a variety of sources,
news analyses, maps, photos and links to several other web sites.
- OneWorld.net: Macedonia
Current news stories and analysis on Macedonia from OneWorld partners.
Also includes a special report on Macedonia with the latest news, comments and analysis.
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
The Newsline daily reports cover developments in the region: RFE/RL Newsline for Southeastern Europe contains news from Macedonia. Related reports include the REF/RL Balkan Report and RFE/RL Newsline for Central and Eastern Europe with links to news broadcasts in four languages, as well as a list of links to related web sites for Macedonia. Archives of past issues and subscription by e-mail are also available.
- Search for Common
Ground in Macedonia (SCGM)
Web site describes the partnership of Search for Common Ground and
European Centre for Common Ground in creating SCGM and the resultant
media projects: a children's television series, a documentary series,
an interethnic radio journalism program, etc.
- Yahoo!
News: Full Coverage: Macedonia
Numerous links to news sources, stories from various wire services,
reports in audio and video, and related web sites.
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