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2 Iustinianus Primus L. Rev. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/iusplr2 and id is 1 raw text is: Author: Aleksandra Maksimovska Veljanovski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor at Law faculty Justinijanus Primus - Skopje, University Sv.Kirili and Metodif, Republic ofMacedonia FINANCING THE CITY OF SKOPJE: POLITICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS Abstract The paper begins with chronical, historical development of the City of Skopje, in order to show its demographic, territorial and social development. It consists of five parts; each of them examines political administrative, economic and social aspects of financing the capital of Republic ofMacedonia. The conclusion offers some remarks about every day's city's' problems that are generated by the newly adopted model of local financing. Several proposals are given for improvement of the financial architecture, mostly focused on the sharing formula between the City and ten sub municipalities. Introduction Today, Skopje is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as the political, cultural, economical and academic centre of the country. Some of the famous people born in Skopje are: Justinian the Great - Eastern Roman Emperor (482 - 566); Mother Teresa - Roman Catholic Humanitarian (1910 - 1997); Darko Pancev - European Cup Football Winner (1965 -); Milio Manievski - Macedonian film director (1959 -); Yahya Kemal Beyath - famous Turkish poet (1884 - 1958)'. 1. Historical background (population and administrative trends) City of Skopje has great history roots. It has been inhabited since at least 3500 BC, and known from the Roman period uder the name of Scups. In 1689, it was completely burnt2 - ostensibly to eradicate an outbreak of cholera. The city's fortunes waned over the next 200 years and its population shrank to only about 10,000 people by the middle of the XIXth century. It revived after 1873 - with the building of the railway from Belgrade to Thessalonica, which passed through Skopje. At the begining of the XX centery (1905), the Skopje's population exeeded to 32,000, and in 1920 it has grown approximately three times to 92,136. It had developed rapidly after World War II. Considering territorial and administrative aspects of organization, Skopje was the capital of the Republic of Macedonia - as a member of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. The period of socialism brought high-speed development to the Macedonia's capital in the area of new constructions (roads, bridges, housing area development) which were financed by state funds. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje 2 Skopje was burned by the Austrian general Engelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini. 1

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