(REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA)
(WIPO code: MK) (last revised January 2023)
by BINPRO dooel Skopje, Skopje - Mrs. M. Kunoska Jovanovska and KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland
North Macedonia
General Information
Area
25,713 sq. km.
Population
2,130,936 (2022).
Capital
Skopje, with about 606,000 inhabitants (2022).
Language
Macedonian.
Currency
Macedonian denar.
General Remarks
North Macedonia (previously known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) used to be a part of former Yugoslavia. The Republic declared its independence on September 8, 1991. On February 12, 2019 the country officially changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia or "North Macedonia" for short, following an amendment to the Constitution.
The former Yugoslav rights granted before July 15, 1993, could be re-registered in Macedonia until July 15, 1995. The first national law came into force on July 15, 1993.