Policy and economy in Macedonia

The present-day Republic of Macedonia, with its two million inhabitants, is a small country still striving for international recognition. The 1.3 million Macedonians who live in this country, together with about 430,000 Albanians, nearly 100,000 Turks and other minorities, are anxious not only about their difficult economic problems. There is also a traditional fear of the ‘four wolves’ surrounding this country — Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia.1