Croats in the Republic of Macedonia

Part of a series on
Croats

Ethnic Croats form a small minority in the Republic of Macedonia. As of 2002, there were 2,686 declared Croats living in the country . They mostly live in the capital city Skopje, the second largest city Bitola and around Lake Ohrid. In 2006, Croatian President Stjepan Mesić and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski announced that the Croats would receive national minority status in Macedonia.

The population is represented by the Union of Croats of Macedonia.

See also

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 21, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.