After the latter had been crushed, Philip planned to settle Bastarnae families in Dardania ( southern Kosovo / Skopje region ), to ensure that the region was permanently subdued.

In 1345, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan proclaimed himself Emperor ( Tsar ) and was crowned as such at Skopje on Easter 1346 by the newly created Patriarch of Serbia, and by the Patriarch of Bulgaria and the autocephalous Archbishop of Ohrid.

The UN mediator Matthew Nimetz proposed another form several months afterward, proposing that the name “ Republika Makedonija ” should be used by the countries that have recognized the country under that name and that Greece should use the formula “ Republika Makedonija – Skopje ”, while the international institutions and organizations should use the name “ Republika Makedonia ” in Latin alphabet transcription, but this form was rejected by Greece.

Macedonia's economy has almost always been completely agricultural in nature from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire when it was part of the District of Skopje and Province of Salonika.

Previously, Skopje was the only industrial center in Macedonia, this expanded to several other cities during Socialist Yugoslavia.

Later the area was populated by the Paionians, but in the 3rd century BC, Skopje and the surrounding area was invaded by the Dardanians.

Byzantine Emperor Justinian ( 527 – 65 AD ) was born in Tauresium, a town situated roughly 20 km southeast of present-day Skopje, in 483 AD.

After Scupi was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 518 AD, Justinian, according to his historian Procopius in " De Aedificiis " ( On the Buildings ), built a new city near his birthplace Tauresium and Bederiana ( believed to be today's villages Taor and Bader ) at the fertile entry point of the River Lepenec into the Vardar, making Skopje the city of Justiniana Prima.

Skopje was a thriving trading settlement but fell into decline after being hit by another earthquake at the end of the 11th century.

Skopje was the capital of the estate of the Bulgarian feudal lord, later Emperor Konstantin Asen in the middle of 13th century.

Vuk Branković was the last Serbian and Christian prince to rule Skopje during the medieval period.

At that time Skopje was the capital of Kosovo as an Ottoman vilayet.

Its revolutionary network in Skopje region was not well-developed and the lack of weapons was a serious problem.

In 1912, the Kingdom of Serbia occupied Skopje and the official name of the city was changed from the Turkish name Üsküb to the Serbian name Skoplje ( Скопље ).

By 1918 it became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and remained so until 1941, apart from a brief period of six months in 1920 when Skopje was controlled by the Yugoslav Communist Party.

In 1931, in a move to formally decentralize the country, Skopje was named the capital of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Skopje came under German occupation on 7 April 1941 and was later occupied by Bulgarian forces.

Until 1991 Skopje was the capital of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.

The ruins of the old Skopje train station which was destroyed in the earthquake remain today as a memorial to the victims along with an adjacent museum.

The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport.

* An earthquake destroys the Illyrian ( Macedonian ) city of Scupi ( later Skopje ) in what once was the Roman province of Moesia Superior.

During the Uprising of Peter Delyan ( 1040-1041 ), Kosovo was briefly liberated and during the Uprising of Georgi Voiteh in 1072, Peter III was proclaimed Emperor of Bulgaria in Prizren from where the Bulgarian army marched to Skopje.

Skopje is located on the upper course of the Vardar River and is located on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and Athens.

The city of Skopje is bordered by Šar Mountains to the west, by the Jakupica chain to the south, and by hills to the east that form the early Osogovo Mountains, which are situated on the border between Macedonia and Bulgaria.

* March 5 – Macedonian Palair Flight 305, a F-100 on a flight to Zurich, crashes shortly after take-off from Skopje killing 83 of the 97 on board.

In Eastern Europe, Stefan Dushan was proclaimed Tsar of Serbia on April 16 ( Easter Sunday ) at Skopje.

It passes through Gostivar, Skopje and into Veles, crosses the Greek border near Gevgelija, Polykastro and Axioupoli (" town on the Axiós "), before emptying into the Aegean Sea in Central Macedonia west of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

The river is depicted on the coat of arms of Skopje, which in turn is incorporated in the city's flag.

The most notable incident was the infamous Asian Immigrant Massacre, when Macedonian special police forces murdered six Pakistanis and an Indian immigrants afterwards planting weapons, explosive and Islamic literature on the corpses claiming they were Al-Qaida cells which were about to attack US Embassy in Skopje.

The Code was promulgated at a state council on May 21, 1349, in Skopje, the capital of the Serbian Empire.

The medieval Serbian state reached its apex in the mid-14th century, during the rule of Stefan Dušan, who proclaimed himself in 1345 tsar in Serres and was crowned in Skopje on 16 April 1346 as the " Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks " by the newly proclaimed Serbian Patriach Joanikie II with the help of the Bulgarian Patriarch Simeon and the Archbishop of Ohrid, Nicholas.

The national airline Aeroput included Niš as a regular destination for the route Belgrade — Niš — Skopje — Thessaloniki on 1930.

The Serbian High Command, in its pre-war wargames, had concluded that the likeliest site of the decisive battle against the Ottoman Vardar Army would be on the Ovče Pole plateau, before Skopje.

Its main force was deployed on the Macedonian front along the Vardar river and near Skopje.

Following political liberalisation in the 1980s, he went on to head the legal department of the Sloboda construction company in Skopje.

IMPRES, nonetheless, printed unofficial banknotes depicting the White Tower, which were sold as souvenirs on the streets of Skopje, bearing a disclaimer " this is a souvenir banknote and not for official use ".

It has now become an instrument for concert recitation, drawing on recent legends like Pece Atanasovski ( video ), leader of the Radio Skopje ensemble Ansambl na Narodni Instrumenti, as the source of modern tradition.

* The valley of the Vardar River from Skopje to the sea is in the rain shadow of the Prokletije, which on its windward side has the highest rainfall in Europe at around with small glaciers even at mean annual temperatures well above, but on its leeward side receives as little as.

The same year, Čolić made further appearances at the Split festival ( with song " Stara pjesma "), Priština festival, and Skopje Festival ( with song " Moj bol "), before embarking on a tour of Soviet Union together with Indexi, Bisera Veletanlić, Sabahudin Kurt, and Sabina Varešanović.

Bišćan represented Croatia at the international level, debuting in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Macedonia in Skopje on 13 June 1999.

Bišćan's debut appearance for Croatia came on a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Macedonia in Skopje on 13 June 1999.