Skopje

Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје, Albanian: Shkupi, Serbian/Croatian: Skoplje, Bulgarian: Скопие; Ottoman Turkish: Üsküb, Greek: Σκόπια);see also different names; is the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia. It has approx. 650,000 inhabitants (2000 estimate) and is located on the upper Vardar river. Skopje is located at 42°0′N 21°26′E. Skopje is the political, economic, and cultural centre of the modern Republic of Macedonia. It is a major centre for the metal-processing, chemical, timber, textile, leat ...

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• Skopje - History
• Skopje - Classical era
• Skopje - Medieval era
• Skopje - The Ottoman city
• Skopje - In the 20th century
• Skopje - Buildings
• Skopje - Trivia

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Skopje - Classical era. The site of modern Skopje has been inhabited since at least 3500 BC; remains of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale fortress that overlooks the modern city centre. Skopje was known to the ancient Greeks as Skupi, a name given to a settlement to the northwest of the city centre in the area of the modern suburb of Zlokučani. The settlement appears to have been founded around the 3rd century BC by the Dardanians, a people on the ...

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Skopje, Skopje - History, Skopje - Classical era, Skopje - Medieval era, Skopje - The Ottoman city, Skopje - In the 20th century, Skopje - Buildings, Skopje - Trivia

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Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, OM (August 27, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Indian Catholic nun of Albanian origin who founded the Missionaries of Charity. Her work among the poverty-stricken of Kolkata (Calcutta) made her one of the world's most famous people, and it is widely thought that she will be canonized shortly. Teresa was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1973, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1980. She was made an Honorary Citizen of the United States in 199 ...

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• Mother Teresa - Early life and work
• Mother Teresa - Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity
• Mother Teresa - International fame
• Mother Teresa - Deteriorating health and death
• Mother Teresa - Miracle and beatification
• Mother Teresa - Political and social views
• Mother Teresa - Criticism
• Mother Teresa - Baptisms of the dying
• Mother Teresa - Motivation of charitable activities
• Mother Teresa - Quality of medical care
• Mother Teresa - Destination of donations
• Mother Teresa - Notes

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Adria Airways is an airline based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the national airline of Slovenia and a regional member of the Star Alliance. As of 2005 it operates scheduled and charter flights to 43 destinations in 23 countries, mostly in Europe. Its main base and hub is Brnik Airport, Ljubljana. Adria Airways - History. The airline was established and started operations in 1961 as a charter company with a Douglas DC-6 under the name of Adria Aviopromet (Adria Airways). Later, extra DC-6s were bough ...

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• Adria Airways - History
• Adria Airways - Owners
• Adria Airways - Destinations
• Adria Airways - Fleet

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The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place every second year. Prior to World War II the event was occasionally held annually. There was also an "unofficial" series of Chess Olympiads which ended in 1976. Chess is not included as one of the recognised Olympic sports, however FIDE is now a member of the International Olympic Committee, adhering to its rules, which means it may become an Olympic event some day in the future. The trophy for the w ...

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• Chess Olympiad - Men's olympiads

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1346 - Births. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (died 1397) Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1361) Eustache Deschamps, French poet (died 1405) John I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1390) 1346 - Deaths. August 26 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy: Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297) Louis I of Flanders (born 1304) John I, Count of Luxemburg (born 1296) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320) Including:

• 1346 - Events
• 1346 - Births
• 1346 - Deaths

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Aircraft hijacking (also known as Skyjacking) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. Unlike the hijacking of land vehicles, it is usually not perpetrated in order to rob the cargo. Rather, most aircraft hijackings are committed to use the passengers as hostages in an effort to obtain transportation to a given location, to hold them for ransom, or, as in the case of the American planes that were hijacked to Cuba during the 1970s, the release of comrades being held in prison. Another common motive i ...

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• Aircraft hijacking - Background
• Aircraft hijacking - Partial list of hijackings
• Aircraft hijacking - Prevention
• Aircraft hijacking - International law issues
• Aircraft hijacking - Tokyo Convention
• Aircraft hijacking - Hague Aircraft Hijacking Convention
• Aircraft hijacking - Montreal Convention

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1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1963 - Events. 1963 - January. January 1 - CSIRO scientist Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler are found dead, believed to have been poisoned, in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney. Known as the Bogle-Chandler case. January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes ...

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• 1963 - Events
• 1963 - January
• 1963 - February
• 1963 - March
• 1963 - April
• 1963 - May
• 1963 - June
• 1963 - July
• 1963 - August
• 1963 - September
• 1963 - October
• 1963 - November
• 1963 - December
• 1963 - Unknown date
• 1963 - Births
• 1963 - January
• 1963 - February
• 1963 - March
• 1963 - April
• 1963 - May
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• 1963 - December
• 1963 - Unknown date
• 1963 - Deaths
• 1963 - January
• 1963 - February
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• 1963 - April
• 1963 - May
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• 1963 - August
• 1963 - September
• 1963 - October
• 1963 - November
• 1963 - December
• 1963 - Nobel Prizes

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The Bulgarian Exarchate was an independent Bulgarian ecclesiastical organisation established on February 28, 1870 by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. The foundation of the Exarchate was the direct result of the Bulgarian Church Struggle against the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the 1850s and 1860s. Until the Balkan Wars 1912/1913, the Bulgarian Exarchate disposed of a total of 23 bishoprics in Bulgaria and Macedonia (Vidin, Vratsa, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Silistra, Varna, Preslav, Sliven, Stara Zago ...

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Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from August 1, 527 until his death. One of the most important rulers of Late Antiquity, he is best remembered for his reform of the legal code through the commission of Tribonian, and the military expansion of imperial territory that was achieved during his reign, primarily through the campaigns of Belisarius. He is also known as "The last Roman Emperor." He is considered a saint in the Orthodox Church, commemorate ...

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• Justinian I - Life
• Justinian I - Legal activities
• Justinian I - Military activities and the campaigns of Belisarius
• Justinian I - Suppression of non-Christian religions
• Justinian I - Ecclesiastical policy
• Justinian I - Ecclesiastical Relations with Rome
• Justinian I - Bibliography

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1356 - Events. January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of Raška Stefan Dušan is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a large Balkan Serbian Empire September 19 - Battle of Poitiers The English defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process. D ...

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• 1356 - Events
• 1356 - Births
• 1356 - Deaths

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The Athens News Agency (ANA) is one of the two major news agencies in Greece. The other one is the Macedonian Press Agency. Athens News Agency - History. The Athens News Agency (ANA) is the national news agency of Greece. Founded in 1895 as a private company, the Stefanopoli Telegraphic Agency, the Greek State assumed its subsidisation in 1905, at which time it acquired its present name. In 1994 the ANA became a Societe Anonyme with a 7-member Board of Directors, three of whom are appo ...

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• Athens News Agency - History
• Athens News Agency - External link

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Croatia Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Croatia, based in Zagreb. It operates services to domestic and international destinations. Its main base is Zagreb Airport (ZAG). Croatia Airlines - History. The airline was established on 20 July 1989 as Zagal - Zagreb Airlines, and started operations using Cessna 402 aircraft on cargo services for the UPS. The company used the name Zagal for short. After the first democratic elections held in Croatia, Zagal changed i ...

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• Croatia Airlines - History
• Croatia Airlines - Services
• Croatia Airlines - Fleet

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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia. The recognition of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 927 AD makes the Bulgarian Orthodox Church the oldest autocephalous Orthodox Church in the world after the four Eastern Patriarchates: those of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem. Including:

• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Canonical status and organisation
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Dioceses
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Early Christianity
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Establishment of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Autocephaly of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Ohrid Archbishopric
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Turnovo Patriarchate
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Ottoman rule
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Bulgarian Exarchate
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Second restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate

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Nuremberg - Middle Ages. From 1050 to 1571, the city was a regular stop on the progression of the Holy Roman Emperor, particularly because Reichstage (Imperial Diets) and courts met at Nuremberg Castle. The Diets of Nuremberg were an important part of the administrative structure of the empire. In 1219 Nuremberg became an Imperial Free City under Emperor Frederick II. Nuremberg soon became, with Augsburg, one of the two great trade centers on the route from Italy to Northern Europe. Nuremberg is notorious for owning the first (and only during Medieval ...

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Nuremberg, Nuremberg - History, Nuremberg - Middle Ages, Nuremberg - Early Modern, Nuremberg - 20th century, Nuremberg - Economy, Nuremberg - Culture, Nuremberg - Arts and Architecture, Nuremberg - Sister cities, Nuremberg - Nuremberg Districts, Nuremberg - Famous denizens

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As of 2005, the Macedonian Orthodox Church is headed by Archbishop Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia. He presides over the Holy Synod of Hierarchs of the MOC, consisting of 9 metropolitans and titular bishops. Dioceses on the territory of Republic of Macedonia: Diocese of Skopje, headed by His Beatitude Archbishop Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia; Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo, headed by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Cyril; Diocese of Debar and Kičevo, headed by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Timothy; ...

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Macedonian Orthodox Church, Macedonian Orthodox Church - Organization [10], Macedonian Orthodox Church - Decision For The Proclamation of the Autocephality of the Macedonia Orthodox Church [11]

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He was the oldest son of Stefan of Decani and Theodora, daughter of Bulgarian tsar Smilets. Early in his life he visited Constantinople, in which as a child he spent around seven years (1314–1320). There he learned Greek, gained an understanding of Greek life and culture, and got a clear sense of the Greek empire. He himself was more a soldier than a diplomat: as a youngster he excelled in two battles: in 1329 he beat Bosnian ban Stjepan Kotromanić, and in 1330 Bulga ...

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Stefan Dušan, Stefan Dušan - Biography, Stefan Dušan - Reference, Stefan Dušan - Sources

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Husein Gradaščević - Background and youth. The most widely accepted theory about the origin of the Gradaščević family is that they came to Bosnia from Buda. There they were said to be high-ranking Ottoman officials and soldiers, and even upon their arrival they were already known as wealthy aristocrats. They settled in Bosnian Posavina, as evidenced by an imperial decree that gave them land and military responsibilities in the region. The local peasantry knew them as beys and sepahis, and even ...

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Husein Gradaščević, Husein Gradaščević - Biography, Husein Gradaščević - Background and youth, Husein Gradaščević - Gradačac captaincy, Husein Gradaščević - Movement for Bosnian autonomy, Husein Gradaščević - Exile and death, Husein Gradaščević - Legacy, Husein Gradaščević - Notes

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List of countries by continent - Asia.  Afghanistan - Kabul  Armenia - Yerevan  Azerbaijan - Baku  Bahrain - Manama  Bangladesh - Dhaka  Bhutan - Thimphu  British Indian Ocean Territory (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)  Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan  Cambodia - Phnom Penh  China, People's Republic of ...

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List of countries by continent, List of countries by continent - Africa, List of countries by continent - Eurasia, List of countries by continent - Asia, List of countries by continent - Europe, List of countries by continent - America, List of countries by continent - North America, List of countries by continent - South America, List of countries by continent - Oceania, List of countries by continent - Antarctica

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The organization was founded in 1893 most likely in Ottoman-occupied Thessaloniki (according to other sources, in Resen or Stip) by a group of Bulgarian revolutionaries led by Hristo Tatarchev and Dame Gruev under the name Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee (BMARC). BMARC later changed its name to Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (1902) and to Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (1906). After disbanding itself during the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia (1915 - 1918), the organization was revived in 192 ...

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Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Origins and struggle against the Ottomans, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - The interwar years, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - The modern IMRO

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