First of all, Macedonia has a relatively recent history since its independence and recognition as an autonomous nation-state in late 1991. It has been one of the former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was formally dissolved in 1992. Macedonia, on its part, has followed after the example of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina after holding a national referendum...

The theme of this paper is an exhibition of prototypical interactive systems with subjects drawn from ancient Macedonia, named "Macedonia from fragments to pixels". Since 2010, the exhibition is hosted by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and is open daily to the general public. Up to now, more than 165.000 people have visited it. The exhibition comprises 7 interactive systems which are...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem. It is a leading cause of chronic liver disease and the most common indication for liver transplantation. The therapy for eradication of HCV infection is successful in only 50.0-80.0% of patients and is highly dependent on the HCV genotype. Molecular detection and characterization of HCV in the Republic of Macedonia started in 1990. Since...

Macedonia is a small country, and the current state has been independent for only 22 years. Medical research, which requires an extensive infrastructure, has been limited. We describe our experience in developing Macedonian research through a mutually beneficial collaboration between institutions in Macedonia and the United States.

1University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopedic disease, Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency department, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, R. Macedonia 2Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, R. Macedonia 3Acibadem Sistina Hospital fo...

a Faculty of Agriculture, University “Goce Delčev”, Štip, Krste Misirkov bb, 2000 Štip, Republic of Macedonia b Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. “Cyril and Methodius” University, Arhimedova 5, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia c Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Stremayrgasse 9/II, A8010 Graz,...

Genetics in Macedonia-Following the international trends.

A West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance network including sentinel chickens was deployed in Thessaloniki county, Greece, from May to July 2011. For the first time in summer 2011, a chicken WNV isolate from 6 July was molecularly identified. The partial NS3 sequence was identical to that of the Nea Santa-Greece-2010 WNV lineage 2, detected in central Macedonia in 2010. This suggests that WNV is act...

RESEARCH ARTICLE In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Two Essential Oils and Eugenol from Flower Buds of Eugenia caryophyllata Natalija Atanasova-Pancevska, Jane Bogdanov and Dzoko Kungulovski Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Arhimedova 3, 1000 S...

This paper gives an overview of the development of health insurance and some aspects of the oral health care in the Republic of Macedonia since it became independent in 1991. First, it describes the provision of oral health care and treatments funded by the public health care system. The dental educational system and available epidemiological data are then described. Generally, few data are ava...