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First multiparty elections in the Socialist Republic of ‘Macedonia’. Nationalist VMRO wins relative majority.
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The Parliament of FYROM issues a ‘Declaration of Sovereignty’.
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Kiro Gligorov is formally elected President of the Republic Lupce Georgievski, leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation - Democratic Party of Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNU), is elected Vice President.
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The Parliament in Skopje changes the name ‘Socialist Republic of Macedonia’ to ‘Republic of Macedonia’.
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Nicolae Kljushev is appointed Prime Minister in Skopje.
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Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev declares that his country intends to recognise the ‘Republic of Macedonia’ under its constitutional name, though Bulgaria does not accept the existence of a ‘Macedonian’ nation.
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Referendum on the future status of the ‘Republic of Macedonia’: Voters were asked whether they were ‘in favour a sovereign Macedonian state, with the right to participate in a future union of Yugoslav states’. Turnout was 71.85% and 95.05% voted YES.
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Referendum results confirmed by Skopje parliament, which votes the laws of the Yugoslav Federation no longer applicable in the ‘Republic of Macedonia’.
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The Greek government spokesman states that ‘Greece does not intend to recognise an independent state with the historically Greek name of Macedonia’.
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The constitution of the ‘Republic of Macedonia’ is adopted.
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The Greek Council of Ministers deals with the issue of the ‘Republic of Macedonia’ in view of the European Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels and concludes on the following three terms:
The new state must change the name ‘Macedonia’;
It must declare that it has no aspirations nor claims against Greece;
It must acknowledge that there exists no ‘Macedonian’ minority in Greece. -
An extraordinary EU Council of Foreign Ministers meets in Brussels. It accepts the disintegration of Yugoslavia as a fait accompli and decides to recognise the independence of former Yugoslav republics subject to the following three terms:
‘to commit itself, prior to recognition, adopt constitutional and political guarantees ensuring that it has no territorial claims towards a neighbouring Community state,’
‘that it will conduct no hostile propaganda activities versus a neighbouring Community st
