1997)
Television broadcast stations:
31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
510,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.mk
Internet hosts:
3,738 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)
Internet users:
100,000 (2002)
Transportation Macedonia
Railways:
total: 699 km
standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (233 km electrified) (2004)
Highways:
total: 8,684 km
paved: 5,540 km (including 133 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,144 km (1999 est.)
Pipelines:
gas 268 km; oil 120 km (2004)
Airports:
17 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
Military Macedonia
Military branches:
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM; includes Air and Air
Defense Command)
Military service age and obligation:
conscription to be phased out by 2007; current tour of conscript
duty is 6 months; 18 years of age for voluntary military service
(January 2005)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 498,259 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 411,156 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 16,686 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$200 million (FY01/02 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6% (FY01/02 est.)
Transnational Issues Macedonia
Disputes - international:
ethnic Albanians in Kosovo object to demarcation of the boundary
with Macedonia in accordance with the 2000 Macedonia-Serbia and
Montenegro delimitation agreement; Greece continues to reject the
use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 2,678 (ethnic conflict in 2001; most IDPs have returned)
(2004)
Illicit drugs:
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish;
minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe;
although most criminal activity is thought to be domestic and not a
financial center, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly
cash-based economy and weak enforcement (no arrests or prosecutions
for money laundering to date)
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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