Macedonian Independence Day

Macedonia became independent in 1991 on the 8th of September and with the celebrations to honor this day approaching soon we want to give the curious people reading our blog a small insight about the meaning of this day.

The first question you might be asking right now is: Why did Yugoslavia breakup?

First, you should know that with the death of the leader, Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia suffered a major political crisis during the 80's and tensions between the different ethnicities in Yugoslavia continued to rise. This led to what is known as the Yugoslavian wars in the early 90's. Every country that wanted independence had to fight for their it. Every one, except Macedonia. Macedonia was the only country to declare independence from Yugoslavia without a war. 

The people living in the territory had to vote on a referendum. An amazing 95% of the people voted FOR. That is 1.079.308 people. Kiro Gligorov was the first president of the now independent Macedonia.