Country Information

North Macedonia officially the Republic of North Macedonia is a landlocked country situated in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.  North Macedonia has a total area of 25,713 km2. It is one of the successor states of Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in September 1991. The capital is Skopje - a political, commercial and cultural centre with a population of over 600.000 citizens. The total population in the Republic is slightly over 2 million. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Romani, Serbs, Bosniaks, and Aromanians.

North Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislature and an independent judicial branch with a constitutional court. Parliament is the country's legislative body. Executive power in North Macedonia is exercised by the Government. The members of the government are chosen by the Prime Minister and there are ministers for each branch of the society. Judiciary power is exercised by courts, with the court system being headed by Judicial Supreme court, Constitutional Court and Republican Judicial Council.