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The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas , i . e ., between the mainlands of ___MASK84___ and Turkey . In the north , it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosphorus . The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery , including Crete and Rhodes . The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges . The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea , extending from the Strait of Otranto ( where it connects to the Ionian Sea ) to the northwest and the Po Valley . The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , ___MASK29___ , Greece , Italy , Montenegro and Slovenia . The Adriatic contains over 1 , 300 islands , mostly located along its eastern , Croatian , coast . It is divided into three basins , the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest , with a maximum depth of . The Otranto Sill , an underwater ridge , is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas . The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto , along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western ( Italian ) coast . Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight , although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally . The Adriatic ' s salinity is lower than the Mediterranean ' s because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean , acting as a dilution basin . The surface water temperatures generally range from in summer to in winter , significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin ' s climate . Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical region of Europe , consisting primarily of the Balkan peninsula . Sovereign states that are , at least partially , included in the region are , in alphabetical order , Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , ___MASK29___ , Greece , Kosovo , Macedonia , Moldova , Montenegro , Romania , Serbia , Slovenia and Turkey . Boules is a collective name for a wide range of games in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls ( called " boules " in ___MASK35___ , and " bocce " in Italy ) as close as possible to a small target ball . Bitola is a ___MASK58___ in southern part of Republic of Macedonia . " Bitola " is also the name of the ___MASK52___ where the municipal seat is found . The ___MASK58___ is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO '), also called the North Atlantic Alliance , is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 . The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party . Three NATO members are permanent members of the ___MASK32___ Security Council with the power to veto and are officially nuclear - weapon states : the United States , France and the ___MASK59___ . NATO ' s headquarters are located in Haren , Brussels , Belgium , where the Supreme Allied Commander also resides . Belgium is one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe , the newest of which , Albania and ___MASK29___ , joined in April 2009 . An additional 22 countries participate in NATO ' s Partnership for Peace program , with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programmes . The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over 70 % of the global total . Members ' defence spending is supposed to amount to 2 % of GDP . Bitola ( known also by several alternative names ) is a ___MASK52___ in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia . It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley , surrounded by the Baba , Nidže and Kajmakalan mountain ranges , north of the Medžitlija - Níki border crossing with ___MASK84___ . The ___MASK52___ stands at an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea region with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe , and is an administrative , cultural , industrial , commercial , and educational centre . It has been known since the Ottoman period as " the ___MASK52___ of the consuls ", since many European countries had consulates in Bitola . < br > Bitola is one of the oldest cities on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia , having been founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon . The ___MASK52___ was the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia , from 1836  1867 . According to the 2002 census , Bitola is the second - largest ___MASK52___ in the country . Bitola is also the seat of the ___MASK18___ . ___MASK84___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK84___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK36___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Heraclea Lyncestis also spelled Herakleia Lynkestis , was an ancient Greek ___MASK52___ in Macedon , ruled later by the Romans . Its ruins are situated 2 km south of the present - day town of Bitola , Macedonia . It was founded by Philip II of Macedon in the middle of the 4th century BC , after he had conquered the surrounding region and incorporated it into his kingdom of Macedon . The ___MASK52___ was named in honor of the mythological Greek hero Heracles . The name " Lynkestis " originates from the name of the ancient kingdom , conquered by Philip , where the ___MASK52___ was built . The ___MASK5___ ( CoE ) is an international organisation focused on promoting human rights , democracy and the rule of law in Europe . Founded in 1949 , it has 47 member states , covers approximately 820 million people and operates with an annual budget of approximately half a billion euros . Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target . It is one of the major forms of throwing sports . In pin bowling variations , the target is usually to knock over pins at the end of a lane . When all the pins are knocked down on the first roll , this is a strike . In target variations , the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible . The pin version of bowling is often played on a flat wooden or other synthetic surface ( which can be oiled in different patterns for different techniques ), while in target bowling , the surface may be grass , gravel or a synthetic surface . The most common types of pin bowling include ten - pin , nine - pin , candlepin , duckpin and five - pin bowling , while in target bowling , bowls , skittles , kegel , bocce , carpet bowls , pétanque , and boules , both indoor and outdoor varieties are popular . Today the sport of bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries worldwide ( including 70 million in the United States ), and continues to grow through entertainment media such as video games for home consoles and handheld devices . Philip II of Macedon (" Phílippos II ho Makedn "; 382  336 BC ) was the ___MASK31___ ( Basileus ) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from until his assassination in . He was a member of the Argead dynasty , the third son of ___MASK31___ Amyntas III , and father of ___MASK16___ and Philip III . Sports hall `` Mladost '' ( Macedonian :   ``  `` ) is a multi - purpose sports arena located in Bitola , Republic of Macedonia . It was built in 1975 by the citizens of Bitola and is mainly used for handball by RK Pelister and RK Bitola , and for basketball by KK Pelister . There is also room for bowling and table tennis plus it has been used for concerts . In 2007 , it hosted the final of the Macedonian Basketball Cup . On 21 July 2009 , the arena is undergoing renovation . A new parquet floor will be installed along with new seats . The locker rooms will also be updated to meet EHF standards . Total cost of the project is about € 30 , 000 . The ___MASK32___ ( UN ) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co - operation . A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations , the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict . At its founding , the UN had 51 member states ; there are now 193 . The headquarters of the ___MASK32___ is in Manhattan , New York ___MASK52___ , and experiences extraterritoriality . Further main offices are situated in Geneva , Nairobi , and ___MASK64___ . The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states . Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security , promoting human rights , fostering social and economic development , protecting the environment , and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine , natural disaster , and armed conflict . Five - pin bowling is a bowling variant which is played only in Canada , where many bowling alleys offer it , either alone or in combination with ten - pin bowling . It was devised around 1909 by Thomas F . Ryan in ___MASK15___ , Ontario , at his " ___MASK15___ Bowling Club ", in response to customers who complained that the ten - pin game was too strenuous . He cut five tenpins down to about 75 % of their size , and used hand - sized hard rubber balls , thus inventing the original version of five - pin bowling . The ___MASK77___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Kajmakalan ( Kaimakchalan ) or Kaimaki or Kaimaktsalan or Voras is a mountain on the border between ___MASK84___ and the Republic of Macedonia . It is the southernmost and highest peak , , of a range known in Greek as the Voras Mountains and in Macedonian as Nidže . The frontier between the two countries runs across the summit . It is the third highest peak in ___MASK84___ after Mytikas and Smolikas and the fifth highest in the Republic of Macedonia . RK Pelister ( HC Pelister ) is a team handball club from Bitola , Republic of Macedonia . It was the most successful Macedonian club in the 1990s having won five league titles and four national cups . Pelister has participated in the EHF Champions League and EHF Cup Winners ' Cup five times and many other times in the EHF Cup and EHF Challenge Cup . They are also the first and only Macedonian men ' s handball team to reach a European final , back in 2002 when they played Skjern Håndbold in the EHF Challenge Cup . The EHF Challenge Cup is an official European Handball Federation competition for men ' s clubs of Europe and takes place every year . Before 1999  2000 , it was called EHF ___MASK52___ Cup . Macedonia ( tr . " Makedonija "), officially the Republic of Macedonia ( Macedonian : , tr . " Republika Makedonija "), is a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia , from which it declared ___MASK47___ in 1991 . It became a member of the ___MASK32___ in 1993 , but , as a result of an ongoing dispute with ___MASK84___ over the use of the name " Macedonia ", was admitted under the provisional description the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ( sometimes unofficially abbreviated as FYROM and FYR Macedonia ), a term that is also used by international organizations such as the ___MASK77___ , the Council of Europe and NATO . The sport is also very popular on the eastern side of the Adriatic , especially in ___MASK29___ , Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina , where the sport is known in Serbo - Croatian as ' (' playing '') or ' ( colloquially also '). In Slovenia the sport is known as ' or colloquially ' playing '', or ' ( from Italian ' and Venetian "", meaning ' balls ', respectively ). The Medžitlija - Níki border crossing linking the Republic of Macedonia with ___MASK84___ is one of the three transit points for road vehicles between the two states . Situated about 190 km from Thessaloniki and the same to Skopje , it also once served as Yugoslavia ' s southernmost exit . It is located on the European route E65 . Yugoslavia (/  , ) was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century . It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes , Croats and Serbs ( itself formed from territories of the former Austro - Hungarian Empire ) with the formerly independent Kingdom of ___MASK76___ . The Serbian royal House of Karaorevi became the Yugoslav royal dynasty . Yugoslavia gained international recognition on 13 July 1922 at the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris . The country was named after the South Slavic peoples and constituted their first union , following centuries in which the territories had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria - Hungary . Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a " jack " or " kitty ". It is played on a ___MASK8___ which may be flat ( for " flat - green bowls ") or convex or uneven ( for " crown green bowls "). It is normally played outdoors ( although there are many indoor venues ) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass , artificial turf , or cotula ( in New Zealand ).