The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Area: 25 713 km²
Population: 2.0 million
Capital city: Skopje
Currency: 1 Macedonian denar = 100 deni, 1 euro = 61.15 Macedonian denar (MKD) (dec. 2005)
National day: 2 August (Ilinden) and 8 September (Independence Day)
EU membership: open

Head of State: President Branko Crvenkovski
Head of Government: Prime Minister Vlado Bučkovski
Foreign Minister: Ilinka Mitreva
Government: Coalition: Socijal-Demokratski Sojuz na Makedonija (SDSM, Social Democratic League of Macedonia, 48 seats), Liberalno-Demokratska Partija (LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, 10 seats), Bashkimi Demokratik për Integrim (BDI, Democratic Union for Integration, 15 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Sobranie, 120 members, Elections every 4 years, no threshold

GDP: €4 144 million (2003)
GDP per capita in PPS: €2 072 (2003)
Economic growth in real terms: + 2.5% (2004)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.gov.mk
Head of Government: http://www.vlada.mk
Foreign Minister: http://www.mnr.gov.mk
Parliament: http://www.sobranie.mk