This paper examines the contribution of family and peer interaction in explaining the self-esteem of adolescents from three different cultural environments. For this purpose, we conducted a survey on a sample of 1,033 adolescents from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia using the following scales: the Family Satisfaction Scale, the Scale of Loneliness in the Family, the Friendship Qua...

The Balkan Wars of 1991–2002 were the deadliest confl icts in Europe since the Second World War – one dominated by ethnic cleansing resulting in over 100,000 deaths, many non-combatant civilians, with over a million people displaced from their traditional homes. The major parties in the 1991–1996 war were ethnic Croatians (Roman Catholic), Bosniacs (Muslims), and ethnic Serbs (Orthodox Christia...

As part of wider reforms within the pharmaceutical sector, the pharmaceutical care concept has been introduced in the Republic of Macedonia. This article provides discussion on current opportunities and challenges which pharmacy practice face in Macedonia. The emphasis is on three prerequisites for the implementation of pharmaceutical care including: organization of pharmaceutical services, leg...

This investigation was undertaken to determine the atmospheric pollution with heavy metals due to copper mining Bucim near Radovis, the Republic of Macedonia. Moss samples (Hyloconium splendens and Pleurozium schrebery) were used for biomonitoring the possible atmospheric pollution with heavy metals in mine vicinity. Sixteen elements (Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Sr, a...

(Full text is available at http://www.manu.edu.mk/prilozi).Under the auspices of the European Academy of Paediatrics, the first Rare Disease in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) meeting was held on November 15-17 2012, at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje (MASA). This was a manifestation in honour of the 45 years since its establishment, under the guidance of the G.D. Efremov Researc...

Quill mite species Picobia caudati Skoracki and Hebda, 2004 collected from its type host Aegithalos caudatus (L.) is recorded from seven new localities in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Macedonia) and Asia (China, Russia, Japan).

Review of the results of complementary use of vibrational spectroscopy (infrared and Raman) and X-ray powder diffraction in the process of detection and identification of the silicate minerals from the Republic of Macedonia is presented.

Abstract What happens if historical daydreams derail the vector of European integration? The latest round in dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia provides an insight. This analysis discusses Bulgaria’s veto on Union (EU) accession talks with Macedonia, first declared 2019, its manifold consequences. tied consent to Macedonia’s EU country capitulating Bulgarian demands concerning history...

Every European region and country has some specific heraldry. In this paper, we will consider heraldry in the People’s/Socialist Republic of Macedonia, understood by multitude coats arms, armorial knowledge art. Due to historical, as well geographical factors, there is only a small number arms developing art, which make paper’s aim feasible. This paper covers earliest preserved heraldic motifs ...

Main objective of the study was to assess the nutritional status of school age Roma children in Macedonia in order to detect precursors of possible health risks at an early age. The study was designed as a comparative case control study. Study group consisted of 229 Roma school children from the 1st and 272 from the 5th grade residing in different towns in Macedonia. The control group was recru...