Being the youngest of three brothers he was always sympathized by his parents and life was hard for young Nano who decided to study abroad in Belgrade in 1971.

Before he graduated in Zagreb, Nano spent 1 year of preparations in Paris at the Sorbonne-Paris 1 University.

In 1981, he was admitted at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, where he worked with French professor Alfred Grosser.

The decoration was signed by Nicolas Sarkozy and was given to him by the French Ambassador to Macedonia, Jean-Claude Schlumberger.

He wrote 15 books in the domain of the International Relationships and Social-Policy Studies and around 400 published articles for various newspapers.