Macedonia-third albanian state on the balkans?

[Albobalboa]

Why didn't this bump the thread smh.

[Sekarotuinen]

In Macedonia, the population is falling, and as such, Albanians, who are themselves just barely growing in number, are becoming more prominent.

[Albobalboa]

In Macedonia, the population is falling, and as such, Albanians, who are themselves just barely growing in number, are becoming more prominent.

Is that what you got out of that? Explain, are majority Albanian or majority Macedonian areas having the most births? Is it similar to last year? Any differences, where? Etc etc..

[Sekarotuinen]

Is that what you got out of that? Explain, are majority Albanian or majority Macedonian areas having the most births? Is it similar to last year? Any differences, where? Etc etc..

Just google it. The overal Macedonian population is declining, but the Albanian population is slightly growing.

[Albobalboa]

Just google it. The overal Macedonian population is declining, but the Albanian population is slightly growing.

I don't wanna do my own research on it, I want someone with more knowledge on it to present their analysis.

MKLion usually delivers, but I think he's stopped posting here.

[Ujku]

Is it official that Albanian will become the second language of FYROM ? And if yes , that means that Fyromians have to learn Albanian?

[Albobalboa]

Is it official that Albanian will become the second language of FYROM ? And if yes , that means that Fyromians have to learn Albanian?

If it happens then yeah. The problem for the Macedonians is then that Albanians are already bilingual, so it would mean Albanians would get jobs further east in Macedonia since all state workers need to be bilingual etc.

In the coming months we'll see if Zaev really is willing to implement what was agreed on in the platform signed by his Albanian partners. Otherwise a re-election is coming.

[Ujku]

If it happens then yeah. The problem for the Macedonians is then that Albanians are already bilingual, so it would mean Albanians would get jobs further east in Macedonia since all state workers need to be bilingual etc.

In the coming months we'll see if Zaev really is willing to implement what was agreed on in the platform signed by his Albanian partners. Otherwise a re-election is coming.

If Macedonia splits is not in the interest of the Albanians , because everyone will jump to get a piece (Greece,Serbia and Bulgaria) but if we make it a bilingual state we Albanise them and keep the whole country for ourselves.

[Albobalboa]

If Macedonia splits is not in the interest of the Albanians , because everyone will jump to get a piece (Greece,Serbia and Bulgaria) but if we make it a bilingual state we Albanise them and keep the whole country for ourselves.

Depends on how much we'd get from the split. But yeah I'd rather have the whole thing than just a piece on the northwest. We saw what happened in Ukraine when the Russians went in to split it, they ended up with just a small piece considering how many are either fully or partially of Russian heritage there.

The Macedonian identity is fragile, as Albanians would take more public space in the country, more popular Albanians there etc, it'd be quite easy to re-Albanize those Macedonians who have some Albanian heritage.

The way things are going, Macedonia will end up changing name. That will lead many of the Macedonians in the long term to revert back to Bulgars (Example: Moldova), which will make the country even more of a clusterfuck. But as Albanians are relatively stable, they could then become the main ethnic group.

[Albobalboa]

Are there any statistics on the average age of the ethnicities in Macedonia?

Something very noticeable from http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2017/2.1.17.16.pdf is that shitloads of people seem to be dying in Macedonian-majority areas relative to Albanian/Turkish/Roma majority areas.