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European Nation Profile toc = **Macedonia** =

Macedonia is a very important country to Europe. Macedonia can produce many things in their country, like, citrus fruits, grapes, hazelnuts, tobacco, rice, and mountain teas. Macedonia is also known for competing in the Olympics in 1991. There are many famous musicians in Macedonia too. Macedonia is known for many things.

Recreation
People in Macedonia do many things for fun. Macedonians play many sports. Some of the popular sports are, basketball, handball, and soccer. Soccer is actually the most popular sport in Macedonia. In 1991, Macedonia went to the Olympics and got 11 medals. Two of them were gold, fi ve were silver, and five were bronze. There are over 1,000 places in Macedonia for sporting needs. There are forty nine sport halls, with a dozen of them being used to host big international sports, one hundred fifty six are used for school sporting events, twenty open pools, and five pools that are closed, thirty five soccer stadiums, two hundred ninety two soccer fields, five running tracks, three spots for aircraft sports, a kayak trail, a hippodrome, and more.

Many famous people are from Macedonia. Some of these people's professions are, hockey, football, boxing, basketball, singers, in bands, revolutionaries, politicians, painters, musicians, bands, filmmakers, authors, fashion models, designers, composers, actors/ actresses, business, and academics. A famous soccer player, Darko Panchev, was the MVP for soccer in Europe in 1991. Two famous musicians that are still alive today and from Macedonia are, Simon Trpceski and Vlatko Stefanoski.

Food
In Macedonia, food is very important to culture. Some of the ways we eat, are the same to the way Macedonians eat. Macedonia has breakfast in the morning around 9 o'clock A.M., just like we do, but after breakfast, instead of having lunch after dinner like we do, Macedonians have what they call, dinner at around 2 o'clock P.M. Then after Macedonians have dinner, they have supper around maybe around six or seven o'clock P.M. In Macedonia, Macedonians eat special type of food on special occasions. On Christmas, it is traditional to eat a bird and traditional to eat a lamb on Easter. At Christmas Eve dinner, it also traditional to serve a cake with a coin inside of it.

There are a few various options on what Macedonians eat for breakfast, dinner, and supper. For breakfast Macedonians will eat, cheese and bread, and sometimes even eggs. For other meals, Macedonians will eat appetizers served with fruit. Macedonians national dish, bean casserole is popular. The most common dish in Macedonia is bread. Pizza is a very popular food, but is only popular in restaurants. I have not eaten any food from nation, but i would like to try the stuffed peppers because I love peppers.

Economy
Macedonia's original economy was agricultural and pastoral. Then Macedonia got industrialized and has been brought into international trade. Macedonia's major industries are furniture making, steel, cement, mining, textiles, and more. Macedonia produces many things. But, Macedonia mostly produces food. Macedonia is big part of producing fruits because Macedonia can produce most of the citrus fruits.

Macedonia produces many agricultural products. Macedonia produces products like, rice, beef, wheat, tobacco, corn, and more. Even thought Macedonia is good at producing, unemployment in Macedonia is very high. Most Macedonians have to grow their own food to support their families. Macedonia needs to help to start to raising employment.

Works Citied
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"Sports in the Republic of Macedonia." // Macedonia FAQ //. Web. 25 Mar. 2011. .

"Culture of Macedonia - Traditional, History, People, Clothing, Women, Beliefs, Food, Customs, Family." // Countries and Their Cultures //. Web. 25 Mar. 2011. .

// CultureGrams Online Database: Subscriber Area Only //. Web. 25 Mar. 2011. .