Serbian-Macedonian relation and the minority issue in the process of european integration Cover Image

Srpsko-makedonski odnosi i manjinsko pitanje u procesu evropskih integracija
Serbian-Macedonian relation and the minority issue in the process of european integration

Author(s): Nada Raduški
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: new minorities; Serbian minority; Macedonian minority; status; rights; identity; bilateral agreements; Serbia; Nort Macedonia; European integration processes;

Summary/Abstract: The disintegration of the multinational SRF Yugoslavia and the constitution of new states also resulted in the creation of the so-called new minorities. New national minorities arose from members of ethnic communities who, after the seccession, remained separated from their native peoples, and from the constituent people bacem a minority in the newly formed states. This paper analyses the status of the Macedonian minority in Serbia and the Serb minority in North Macedonia, exercising of their basic human and minority rights, as well as population development and socio-demographic structure based on official census data. Special attention is paid to bilateral cooperation between Serbia and North Macedonia and bialteral agreements in which an important place is occupied by minority rights, integration of national minorities into all segments of society, and the preservation of ethnic, religioous, linguistic and cultural characteristics, which is also an important factor in European integration processes for both countries.

  • Issue Year: 72/2021
  • Issue No: 1181
  • Page Range: 51-70
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian