Macedonia
"Denes Nad Makedonija" (Today Over Macedonia)

Words by: Vlado Maleski
Music by: Todor Skalovski
Adopted: 1991

The national anthem of Macedonia (referring to the former Yugoslavian republic, and not the neighbouring Greek province of the same name) was created in 1943 by Vlado Maleski, a poet from Struga. It was adopted as the anthem of the Republic of Macedonia upon its establishment after World War II for a few months, and continued to be the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia while in Yugoslavia. The song was later selected to be the anthem of the newly independent Republic of Macedonia in 1991.

Special thanks to: Pavel Zinovatny for the MIDI file.

Important editor note: The use of the term"Macedonia" on this (and related) pages is not to imply an official position on the naming dispute between this nation and Greece.