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Social Profile Food & Drink Macedonian cuisine is similar to that of Turkey and Greece. Different varieties of kebab can be found almost everywhere, as can dishes such as moussaka (aubergines and potatoes baked in layers with minced meat). National specialities are gravce tavce (beans in a skillet) and the delicious Ohrid trout. Shopping Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 0800-2000 and Sat 0800-1500. Special Events For full details contact the Embassy (see Contact Addresses section). The following is a selection of special events occurring in Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic) in 2005: Jan 7 Orthodox Christmas. Jan 13 Old New Year. May Spring Bazaar, Skopje. Jun-Aug Skopje Summer Festival; Ohrid Summer Festival. Jul Balkan Festival of Folk Dances & Songs, Ohrid. Aug International Festival of Poetry, Struga. Oct Skopje Jazz Festival. Nov Autumn Bazaar, Skopje. Social Conventions Handshaking is the common practice on introduction. Local business protocol is fairly informal, but things go very slowly or not at all owing to the local bureaucracy and the more recent general socio-economic collapse in the Republic. |