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Revision as of 06:41, 5 August 2005 by I sterbinski (talk | contribs) (→Social Impact)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia are mostly situated in the western half of the country. The largest Albanian communities live in Tetovo, Skopje, Gostivar, Dibra, Kërcova, Struga and Kumanovo. In 1944 the current western half of the Republic was part of Albania until it became part of Yugoslavia. Albanians are the second largest population group in the Republic of Macedonia and comprise 20 percent of the population, after the majority Macedonian Slavs, who comprise about 65 percent of the population. The remaining 15 percent of the population are a combination of Turks, Aromanians, Roma and Serbians. There is also a small minority of Macedonian Muslims, Slavs whose ancestors converted to Islam during Ottoman rule.
Social Impact
Although there are a few Christian Orthodox villages due to cultural diffusion between the Slavic Macedonian and Albanian populations, the Albanians of the Republic of Macedonia are overwhelmingly Muslim and do not have Macedonian as their mother tongue, some of them not even understanding Macedonian language. They retain both a cultural and economic identity with Albania. The agriculture sector of the economy is progressively developing for minority Albanians, little industrial infrastructure, and a serious lack of jobs. The current lack of job opportunities is said to have originated in 1981 when large scale dismissals by authorities ushered in a period in which only ethnic Macedonian Slavs were hired. Between 20-40 percent of Albanian workers are operating abroad as a result. The Albanian minority argued that the Macedonian Slav majority under the first constitution after the independence dominated the army, police, judiciary system, economy and the government despite provisions protecting minorities. The new constitution includes minimal percent of minority presence of 20% for all govermental and army institutions. They also complain of difficulty in obtaining jobs and licenses due to bias in government regulation.
Political Parties
The information in this section were atleast 10 years old. Everything written here was changed during that period.
History
I could not beleive the Bu**Shi* that I read here. Albanians in Macedonia have much bigger and more important sucesses than these lies written here. And again, at least 10 year-old information.
Current Issues
Again, VERY old information. Many things changed since then.
See also
- Human Rights in FYR Macedonia
- Human rights abuse
- Human rights violation
- Human rights in Europe
- European Convention on Human Rights