scholarly journals BRYLLUPPET I KRANI: Noter om rites de passage på Balkan

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Lake Region ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collapse Of Communism ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Prespa Lake

Jonathan Schwartz: Wedding in Krani: Notes on Balkan Rites of Passage This retrospective essay, inspired by the Biblical wedding in Kana, looks as well towards the future. Its topics are drawn from twenty years of periodic visits to and field work in the Prespa Lake region of Macedonia, bordering on Albania, Greece, and the Republic of Macedonia. Studies of labor migration (pechalba) are orchestrated by weddings, in which villagers are married away to spouses in the metropoles. This is a Virtual rite de passage, especially for the bride. Since the collapse of communism, the breakup of Yugoslavia, and the violence of ethnic cleansing, new imperatives for anthropology have appeared. If once we could direct our interest to the dramatic rites de passage, we now must pay attention to guarding the everyday rights of passage, especially in regions with several ethnic, religious, and linguistic communities. The Prespa Lake village of Krani, half Albanian and half Macedonian, with half its population abroad in diasporas, is an exemplary site for this sort of anthropology.

Optimal Values for Calculation of Premium in Life Insurance

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Cvetko Andreeski
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Mortality Trend ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Future ◽  
Optimal Values ◽  
Mortality Forecast ◽  
The Republic

Life insurance is very challenging sector in developing countries. Life insurance makes contribute at the investments in every country, so the more developed life insurance, more investments one should expect. One of the main aspects in calculation of risk in life insurance is using updated tables of mortality and forecast of the future values of mortality. There are many functions and models for mortality forecast calculation. Lee-Carter and Azbel Model for mortality trend calculation are used in this paper. In order to evaluate the results, data sets with the mortality in the Republic of Macedonia are used.

scholarly journals Is De Facto Partnership a Threat to Marriage? a Case Study from Macedonia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Irena Avirovic ◽  
Makedonka Radulovic
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Future Projections ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Republic

The subject of this work is to examine whether the increased number of de facto partnerships could jeopardize the future of the marital institution in the Republic of Macedonia. The paper will provide existing statistical data on the number of marriages, divorces, and de facto partnerships in the country. Furthermore, it will analyze possible factors which have influenced the increased number of extra-marital communities in Macedonia. For the purposes of this paper we conducted a quantitative research with a sample of 120 respondents aged 18 to 22 years. The questionnaire was outlined to measure the perceptions of young people on marriage and cohabitation. In conclusion, the results from the respondents’ answers were used as an inclusive consideration for future projections and possible major projects.

scholarly journals From the name dispute to the Prespa agreement: the relations between Greece and North Macedonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
S. Erdoğan
Keyword(s):  
Turning Points ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Republic ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
New Phase

Introduction: The name dispute dominated the relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia approximately three decades. It was coined as one of the world’s chronical unresolved issues. During the long lifespan of the conflict, there were some moments of hope for a solution, as well as disappointments stemming from the rising tension between the parties. Some of these developments bringing a new mentality to the dispute can be labelled as the turning points. In the current state of affairs, the dispute has been going through a new phase since the signature of the Prespa Agreement between Greece and North Macedonia in 2018.Materials and Methods: The article is providing a historical analysis of the name dispute. The development of the name dispute, from its beginning till its current state of affairs, is analysed under the guidance of the previous studies conducted on the subject and with references to the discourses of the leading political actors.Results: The name dispute is elaborated by focusing on the key turning points. After the emergence of the conflict, the interim accord of 1995 and 2008 NATO Bucharest meeting and the Prespa Agreement are determined as the turning points of the dispute.Discussions and Conclusions: The article concludes that it is too early to declare the final end of the name dispute by concentrating on the Prespa Agreement, symbolizing the final consensus between the parties of the dispute. Despite the rising hopes after the Prespa Agreement, the historical lifespan of the name dispute leads us to consider the fact that the willingness of the disputing parties to stay committed to the agreement will be definitive in terms of the future of the relations between Greece and Macedonia.

scholarly journals Long-term predictions of the energy development - possibilities and challenges

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Gligor Kanevce ◽  
Aleksandar Dedinec ◽  
Aleksandra Dedinec ◽  
Ljubica Kanevce
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Republic

In this paper the possibilities, disadvantages and benefits of long-term planning of energy development, are analysed. The factors influencing the development of energy and the factors influencing the accuracy of forecasting of the future development of energy are presented. The uncertainties that make the differences in modelling on a global scale, as well as the uncertainties that make the differences in modelling of the energy development of the Republic of Macedonia are also presented. Sensitivity analysis of the influence of different factors on the development of energy in the Republic of Macedonia was carried out. For those purposes the energy development of the Republic of Macedonia for the period up to 2035 year is calculated by using MARKAL model. The main features of the MARKAL model are also presented.

'I Am Muslim but I Am the European One'

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zadrozna
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Muslim Identity ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
The Republic

Muslims have been present in the Republic of Macedonia for more than five hundred years, yet they remain constantly under discussion. Contemporary Muslims negotiate various ethnic or national identifications and differently evaluate their past. Moreover, while many Macedonian Muslims migrate to Western Europe and thus engage in transnational practices, many of them are trying to place themselves between what they conceive of as 'modern-European' and 'religious-traditional'. In this essay I present some of the everyday practices and narratives in which Muslims from the western part of the Republic of Macedonia discuss their religious identities. Based on my ethnographic fieldwork, I describe vernacular perspectives on 'Muslim identity' in relation to nationality, ethnicity, gender and local tradition, and I analyse the ways in which different modes of identifications are being performed and presented. By illustrating various contexts in which Muslim belonging is being emphasised and labelled by social actors, I envisage its symbolic meanings in perspective of local and global hegemonies.

scholarly journals ТHE AGREEMENT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF GREECE ON RESOLUTION THE DISPUTE OF NAME AND MACEDONIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Temelko Risteski ◽  
Sejdefa Dzhafche ◽  
Vesna Sijic
Keyword(s):  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Official Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Final Agreement ◽  
The Village ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Prespa Lake

On 17.6.2018, in the village of Nivitsi on the Greek coast of Prespa Lake, the heads of diplomacy of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kodzias, signed the "Final Agreement for Disputes described in Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993) of the United Nations Security Council to cease the validity of the 1995 Interim Accord and to establish a strategic partnership between the parties."According to the Agreement, the new name the Republic of Macedonia is "Republic of North Macedonia". It will be used erga omnes, that is, at every opportunity both in the country and abroad. The terms "Macedonia" and "Macedonian" in relation to the Republic of North Macedonia denote its territory, language, people and their characteristics, with their own history, culture, and heritage. The official language of the country is Macedonian, while citizenship is "Macedonian / Citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia". The agreement was also signed by UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. This agreement, also known in the public, as the Prespa Treaty, ended the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece.Following the ratification of the Agreement by the parliaments of the two countries, it commenced its implementation. In the procedure for its implementation, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia adopted four amendments at its session on 11 January 2019: amending the constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia in the Republic of North Macedonia, amending the preamble to the Constitution of the Republic, amending Article 3 and replacement of Article 49 of the Constitution (Amendments XXXIII to XXXXVI).The signing of the Agreement divided the Macedonian public. Some (the majority) supported and still support the Agreement, some strongly opposed it. The opposition has regularly been followed by criticism on the Agreement. The criticisms often contained two theses: the first of them was that by the implementation of the Agreement the identity of the Macedonian people would be lost, and the second, always related to the first, that the identity of the Macedonian state would be lost. In this paper we have made an effort to prove the inaccuracy of those theses by applying the method of content analysis based on the principles of formal logic and the dialectical method.

Introduction

Slavic Review ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-815
Author(s):  
Victor A. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Complexity ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Ethnic Heritage ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Specific Part ◽  
East West ◽  
Center Periphery

Almost every country in Eurasia and Africa has been labeled a "cross-roads" at one time or another. In the Balkans, every country on the Via Egnatia and the Via Militaris was a crossroads simply by virtue of being on the route. In fact, when applied metaphorically, a crossroads need only involve two directions rather than the literal four, and the metaphor often invokes problematic dichotomies—for example, Christian/Muslim, east/west, center/periphery, tradition/modernity—rather than enlight-ening complexities. Still, as crossroads go, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has seen quite a bit of traffic over the millennia, and the presence of seven different language groups with eight centuries or more residence—Slavic, Romance, Albanian, Hellenic, Indie, Armenian, and Turkic—gives it the same linguistic complexity as Greece, although the latter country pays considerably less attention to its multilingual and multi-ethnic heritage. The illustration on the cover of this issue, with signs in two alphabets and four languages (Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, and English), taken in a busy commercial district in the capital, Skopje, is intended both to illustrate the everyday nature of this complexity in Mace-donia and to acknowledge the global processes of which Macedonia is now a specific part.

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