• North Macedonia is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
• Borders Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Serbia.
• Skopje is the capital and largest city with over 1.83 million population.

• Majority are ethnic Macedonians; significant Albanian minority at around 25%.
• Other minorities include Turks, Roma, Serbs, Bosniaks, and Aromanians.

• Ancient regions included Paeonia and Pelagonia.
• Subjugated by Persia, later part of the Macedonian and Roman provinces.
• Shifted from Byzantine to Serbian and then Ottoman control.

• Became part of Yugoslavia post-World War II and gained independence in 1991.
• Joined UN in 1993; member of NATO, WTO, and other organizations.
• Upper-middle-income country with an open economy and social security systems.

List of newspapers published in North Macedonia.