Macedonia:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Operations Regiment (2007)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 532,856 females age 16-49: 513,684 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 444,693 females age 16-49: 428,341 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 15,141 females age 16-49: 14,434 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 6% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition ethnic Albanians in Kosovo object to demarcation of the boundary with Serbia 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	Definition IDPs: fewer than 1,000 (ethnic conflict in 2001) (2007)
Illicit drugs	Definition major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement