The 5th Annual UMD Macedonian 40 Under 40 enrollment is now open. Since the program’s inception in 2013, 160 Macedonians have been recognized for their outstanding leadership in their field of expertise. From doctor’s to Olympic athletes, business people to coaches, teachers to engineers and all those in-between. As with each of our previous years, the UMD Macedonian 40 Under…
The UMD is once again looking to honor 40 of our community’s most promising young individuals of Macedonian descent. Since 2014, the 40 Under 40 program has been an important way for UMD to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of leaders from the global Macedonian diaspora family. Past recipients have been prominent leaders in business, politics, medicine, and the arts,…
As a leading non-governmental, non-political organization, founded in 2004, working to promote Macedonia and the Macedonian diaspora outside of our homeland, the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) welcomes the peaceful transition of power that occurred today in Macedonia and wishes the new government much success in performing their duties. UMD will work with this government, as it has worked with previous…
The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) is deeply concerned over alleged abuses of power by Macedonian government leaders from all sides of the political spectrum. UMD is also very troubled by recent violence that has taken place in a number of areas in Macedonia. Specifically, in the past four months, Macedonian society has been rocked by a wiretapping scandal, a terrorist…
The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) is pleased to announce its new initiative АЈДЕ Гласајте, AJDE Vote to mobilize the Macedonian Diaspora abroad to vote in elections. Our Voice, Our Future is the motto of UMD’s latest campaign to raise awareness about the right to vote of Macedonian citizens who live outside of Macedonia. UMD believes that every Macedonian in the…