Swiss-Macedonian links and relationships. They begin as a trade in the second half of the ⅹⅰⅹ and the beginning of ⅹⅹ c., And from the end of ⅹⅰⅹ c. Develop through educational students and action of representatives of the Macedonian national liberation movement. Gjorgji Kapcev (1899) in the appeal to the European public, explains a project to resolve the Macedonian question and work on issuing the newspaper “La Macodone”; In 1900 In Geneva, the newspaper of the MRO “L’Effort” begins; form: Political Society of Macedonia of Macedonians (Zurich); “Macedonia” – Society for the protection of the rights of Macedonians – and the company “Vardar” (Lausanne), the academic association “Macedonia” and the Macedonian Society for Independent Macedonia (Geneva). The three largest societies unite in the General Council of the Macedonian Societies in Switzerland (Coninsil General DES Societhovi Macedonist Ann Suisse) based in Lausanne, with a strong activity to properly resolve the Macedonian issue at the time of the Paris Peace Conference (1919), and with Serious engagement, in the capacity of honorary members, from reputable public figures of Switzerland. The independence of Macedonia continues in the period between the two world wars, especially before the Society of Nations in Geneva. After World War II, many Macedonians leave for work in Switzerland. Today their number is OK. 60,000, organized in companies and associations, which maintain links with the Republic of Macedonia. Switzerland recognizes RM on 12. ⅴ 1993, and diplomatic relations are established on 31. and 1994. at the level of embassies. The first extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Switzerland is Srdjan Kerim (non-resident, from Berlin). The first extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Switzerland in the Republic of Macedonia is Arnold Hugelthobeler (non-resident, from Sofia). Lit.: Ljuben Lape, the activity of the main board of Macedonian societies in Switzerland 1918-1919, Macedonia in ⅹⅴⅰ-ⅱ, ⅹⅰⅹ and ⅹⅹ century, Skopje, 1992; Ljuben Lape, one action in Switzerland for the preservation of Macedonia, Macedonia in ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ, ⅹⅰⅹ and ⅹⅹ century, Skopje, 1992; Achille Tunte, Republic of Macedonia – First Decade (1990-1999), Skopje, 2005. T. Petr. Nikita Shekutkovski
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