Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Police
Force
Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 532,578 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 429,419 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 16,468 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: 7 billion denars (1993 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: dispute with Greece over name; in September 1995, Skopje and Athens signed an interim accord resolving their dispute over symbols and certain constitutional provisions; Athens also lifted its economic embargo on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Albanians in Macedonia claim discrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs and representation in government