Analysts say nationalistic tensions remain high as Macedonia has been struggling to find its own identity since becoming an independent nation in 1991, following the break up of Yugoslavia.

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The team went on to win in the final, beating Yugoslavia 2-1 to claim the nation's fourth Olympic gold in the competition.

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Slovenia may only have become independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, but this small nation of two million inhabitants has been making up for lost time.

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"I don't believe that there was any kind of surrender because we are not ready and we will never be ready to surrender Kosovo as an integral part and spiritual cradle of the Yugoslavian nation, " Vladislav Jovanovic, Yugoslavia's charge d'affaires at the United Nations, told Associated Press Television News.

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