1990
November 11
The first multi-party elections are held in the Socialist Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with the Internal Revolutionary Macedonian Organisation – Democratic Party of Macedonian National Unity (VRMO-DPMNE) emerging as the strongest party.

1991
December 02
The EC Ministerial Council decides not to apply economic sanctions towards Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia and Croatia. This decision in practice means that economic sanctions should refer only to Serbia and Montenegro.

1991
February 17
The Parliament in Skopje changes the name "Socialist Republic of Macedonia"
to "Republic of Macedonia".

1991
January 27
The Assembly of Macedonia elected Kiro Gligorov President of the SR Macedonia.

1991
June 06
Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina proposed a plan of compromise about the future Yugoslav State, but Slovenia and Croatia rejected it.

1991
September 08
The Yugoslav republic of Macedonia voted overwhelmingly to become an
independent state.

1991
November 21
The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia promulgated a new Constitution,
defining Macedonia as a democratic, sovereign, and independent state.

1992
January 06
The Republic of Macedonia's national assembly amends its constitution in
compliance with the requirements laid down by the EC for the recognition of
FYROM as an independent state.

1992
January 15
Bulgaria recognized the Republic of Macedonia.

1992
February 21
On a visit to Belgrade the President of FYROM Kiro Gligorov reaches an
agreementassent on the withdrawal of the federal Yugoslav army out of the
Republic of Macedonia.

1992
April 22
The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia introduces its own currncy - the
Macedonian "denar" - which is to replace the Yugoslav dinar.

1992
August 12
The Parliament of FYROM adopted a new national flag (a yellow sun with 16
rays on a red background).

1992
September 05
The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia elects the 31 year old Branko
Crvenkovski, chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance of Macedonia (SDSM,
former communists), as prime minister.

1993
January 07
Kiro Gligorov, president of the Republic of Macedonia, submits the formal
application of his country to become a member of the UN.

1993
March 05
A Fokker 100 airplane crashed at Macedonia’s capital Skopje, causing the
death of 81 passsengers.

1993
April 07
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia became a member of the U.N.

1993
April 08
Macedonia is admitted to the UN as a 181th member but under the provisional
name of "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) and without a
flag.

1993
May 14
The Council of Europe granted FYROM a "special guest" status, with no
voting rights.

1993
May 19
FYROM was granted CSCE observer status.

1993
December 16
Despite Greek protests, Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and
the Netherlands recognised Macedonia and established full diplomatic
relations with the new state.

1994
February 16
Despite sharp criticism from its EU partners, Greece closed its border with
Macedonia and imposes an economic blockade.

1994
June 27
In FYROM 10 ethnic albanians were sentenced to various terms in prison on
charges of organizing an "All Albanian" Army.

1994
October 16
In the first round of the presidential elections in FYROM Kiro Gligorov is
re-elected with 52.4% of the votes.

1995
March 31
The UN Security Council decided to replace UNPROFOR by three separate but
interlinked peacekeeping operations. Within the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, the Council decided, by adopting resolution 983(1995), that
UNPROFOR would be known as the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force
(UNPREDEP) with mandate, responsibilities and composition identical to
those of UNPROFOR.

1995
October 03
Kiro Gligorov, President of ther FYROM, survived an assassination attempt
as a car loaded with explosives explodes near him.

1995
September 13
An Interim Agreement between Greece and FYROM is signed in New York, which
settles the conflict over the national flag of FYROM.

1995
September 27
Macedonia becomes the 38th member of the Council of Europe under the name
"the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

1995
October 05
The Parliament of FYROM approved the change of the country's flag, as
stipulated in the Interim Agreement signed on 13 September 1995 in New York
by Greece and FYROM.

1995
October 12
FYROM becomes the 53rd member of the OSCE.

1995
October 13
Transport of people and goods between Greece and FYROM is restored as the
Greek government lifts the trade sanctions against Macedonia.

1995
November 09
FYROM becames a member of the Council of Europe.

1995
November 15
FYROM became the 27th member of the "Partnership for Peace" initiative.

1996
January 17
Greece and Macedonia opened liaison offices in each other's capitals, as
stipulated by the interim accord signed in September 1995.

1996
April 08
Yugoslavia (Serbia nad Montenegro) and FYROM signed a treaty to normalize
relations.

1996
May 20
FYROM applied for membership in NATO.

1996
June 21
A trade agreement was signed between FYROM and the European Union.

1996
July 04
More than 10,000 ethnic Albanians rally in Tetovo against the arrest of
Fadil Sulejmani, the dean of Tetovo University.

1996
17 November and 1 December
Two rounds of municipal elections were held in Macedonia.

1997
May 12
An international military exercise code-named "The Saviour" was held in the
south of Macedonia within the Partnership for Peace programme.

1997
July 09
At least 2 ethnic Albanians are killed, many more were wounded and around
300 were arrested following clashes between Macedonian police and hundreds
of Albanians in the town of Gostivar.

1998
February 04
The Prime Minister of FYROM Branko Crevenkovski visited NATO
Headquarters.

1998
June 15
84 aircraft from 13 NATO countries conducted token air manoeuvres over the
territory of Albania and Macedonia close to the Yugoslav border to warn the
Yugoslav government.

1998
November 30
The parliament of FYROM elected Ljubco Georgievski, the leader of the
VRMO-DPMNE, a Prime Minister. The Albanian Democratic Party (PDSh) is
given 5 ministerial posts in the new government.

1998
December 05
The Macedonian Government approved the stationing in Kumanovo of a
French-led NATO Extraction Force of 1700 personnel from several NATO
countries, dubbed "Operation Joint Guarantor" (XFOR).

1999
February 22
The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and FYROM, Ivan Kostov and Ljubco
Georgievski, sign a joint declaration designed to improve relations between
the two countries.

1999
December 15
Boris Trajkovski was elected President of Macedonia.

2001
January 02
One policeman was killed, three were injured in grenade attack on
Macedonian police station in the predominantly ethnic Albanian village of
Tearce.

2001
22 February
Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia, and Vojislav
Kostunica, President of the FR Yugoslavia signed a Macedonian-FRY Border
Demarcation Agreement.

2001
March 22
President Boris Trajkovski announced a tough course of action against
rebels.

2001
April 03
George Robertson, accompanied by 19 NATO Ambassadors, paid a one-day visit
to Macedonia.

2001
April 09
Following the successful conclusion of the negotiations at the Zagreb
Summit of 24 November 2000, a Stabilisation and Association Agreement was
signed in Luxembourg between Macedonia and the EU.

2001
May 13
The four major political parties in Macedonia formed a ‘National Unity
Government’.

2001
June 15-20
Negotiations between Macedonian and Albanian political parties failed.

2001
June 24
The EU security chief Javier Solana negotiatred a cease-fire; NATO
evacuated rebels from Aracinovo without disarming them.

2001
June 28
The EU appointed Francois Leotard as Macedonia envoy; he joined U.S. envoy
James Pardew at peace talks.

2001
August 08
Ten Macedonian soldiers were killed in an ambush just outside Skopje.

2001
August 13
The Ohrid peace agreement, which granted Macedonia's Albanian minority
greater rights, was signed by the leaders of key political ethnic
Macedonian and ethnic Albanian parties, ending the conflict between the
ethnic Albanian rebels of the National Liberation Army (UCK) and the
Macedonian security forces.

2001
August 22
The NATO Council officially approved operation "Essential Harvest" aimed to
disarm UCK rebels.

2001
August 24
NATO signed an agreement with the UCK under which 3300 weapons will be
collected from them

2001
October 29
Alain Le Roy, a new EU Special Representative, arrived in Macedonia.

2002
March 12
A Donors’ Meeting for FYROM was held in Brussels.

2002
May 08
One NATO soldier was killed and another received severe injuries when their
vehicle hit a mine not far from Tetovo in the north-west of the country.

2002
November 02
Branko Crvenkovski (SDSM) was elected Prime Minister of Macedonia.

2002
December 10
in Washington D.C. U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Foreign Minister, Ilinka Mitreva, signed an
Agreement on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural
Properties between the U.S. and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2003
January 9
Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva visited Albania.

2003
January 14
Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva visited Russia.
The Chief of the Macedonian Army Staff visited Albania.

2003
January 15
Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski visited Brussels.

2003
January 17
Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski visited Yugoslavia.

2003
January 31
Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski met Admiral Reiner Feist,
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

2003
February 07
Macedonia and Romania signad a free trade agreement.

2003
February 12
President Boris Trajkovski met his Croatian and Albanian counterparts Stipe
Mesic and Alfred Moisiu.

2003
February 18
Serbia/Montenegro Defense Minister Velimir Radoevic visited Macedonia

2003
February 18
The Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, visited Macedonia.

2003
February 20
European Commission President Romano Prodi visited Macedonia.

2003
February 27
Serbia/Montenegro Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic visited Macedonia.

2003
March 07
Macedonian, Croatian and Albanian Foreign Ministers Ilinka Mitreva, Tonino
Picula and Ilir Meta met in Dubrovnik.

2003
March 31
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana,
French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Greek Foreign Minister
George Papandreou visited Macedonia.

2003
March 31
EU took over the international military presence in FYR of Macedonia from
NATO.

2003
April 8
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski delivered a speech at the European
Parliament.

2003
April 16
Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski visited Turkey.

2003
April 18
Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha visited Macedonia.

2003
May 21
Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski and his Albanian counterpart
Fatos Nano met in Ohrid.

2003
June 05
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana visited
Macedonia. Greek Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou visited Macedonia.

2003
June 10
Montenegrin Interior Minister Milan Filipovic visited Macedonia.

2003
June 12
Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski met Commander in Chief of
Allied Forces Southern Europe Gregory Johnson.

2003
June 22
Macedonian prime minister Branko Crvenkovski visited Bulgaria.

2004
June 24
A Meeting of Skopje, Nis and Sofia Mayors took place.

2003
July 11
A Meeting of Macedonian, Bulgarian and Albanian Presidents took place.

2003
July 16
Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva visited Belgrade.

2003
July 17
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski paid an official visit to Croatia.

2003
September 1
A Macedonian Army unit took part in a military exercise in Bulgaria within
the NATO Partnership for peace program.

2003
September 12
Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski visited Albania.

2003
September 22
Meeting of the Balkan Ministers of Justice took place in the Romanian town
of Sinaya.

2003
September 30
The Chairman of the European Parliament Pat Cox visited Macedonia.

2003
October 02
NATO Secretary General George Robertson visited Macedonia.

2003
October 14
Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic visited Macedonia.

2003
October 16
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski visited Serbia/Montenegro.

2004
November 04
Romanian Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu visited Macedonia.

2003
November 12
Macedonian PM Branko Crvenkovski visited Romania.

2003
November 24
Macedonian Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski visited the United States.

2003
November 27
Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski visits Kosovo.

2003
December 1
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski visited Montenegro.

2003
December 15
Start of the EU police mission "Proxima" in Macedonia.

2003
December 15
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov visited Macedonia

2003
December 17
Stability Pact Special Coordinator Erhard Busek visited Macedonia