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The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Republika Makedonija

abbreviation: F.Y.R.O.M.


 
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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
408,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
12,362 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
410,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
510,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.mk
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)
Internet users:
100,000 (2001)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified)
note: a 56-km extension of the Kumanovo-Beljakovce line to the Bulgarian border at Gyueshevo is under construction (2001)
Highways:
total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,144 km (1997)
Waterways:
note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders
Pipelines:
10 km
Ports and harbors:
none
Airports:
17 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
under 914 m: 8 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
Army (ARM), Air and Air Defense Forces, Police Force
Military manpower - military age:
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 551,523 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 444,575 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 17,905 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$200 million (FY01/02 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6% (FY01/02 est.)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
dispute with Greece over country's name persists; 2001 FYROM-Yugoslavia boundary delimitation agreement, which adjusts former republic boundaries, was signed and ratified and awaits demarcation; ethnic Albanians in Kosovo dispute legitimacy of the agreement, which cedes small tracts of Kosovo lands to FYROM
Illicit drugs:
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; while money laundering is a problem on a local level due to organized crime activities, the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center
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