Ljupco Popovski The editor-in-chief of the pro-government Islamist daily Yenisafak, Ibrahim Karagul, accused the opposition on Tuesday of carrying out a “coup” by defeating the local elections in Istanbul. He demanded via Twitter: “Elections in Istanbul must be repeated. Because on March 31, a coup was carried out against Turkey in an open stage through […]
Gjorgji Spasov After the change of government in May 2017 and after the name referendum in September 2018, the presidential elections will be the first serious political clash between the two strongly opposed political forces in Macedonia. A new president of Macedonia is formally elected, but essentially we will decide on the direction in which […]
Ana Pavlovska-Daneva The fight against corruption in the public sector, primarily among politicians in the world, is not limited to prosecution of crime within their ranks, but increasing importance is given to the personal and professional integrity of the politician. Something that the Republic of North Macedonia is missing (with some exception), and the same […]
Nikola Popovski The Public Revenue Office published the processed data on citizens’ personal income and paid taxes for them in our country for 2017. They are a valuable analytical material for the researchers, but with the right interest they are precisely the data on the largest incomes of individual citizens by various bases and the […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE If we look around, and I mean our closest surroundings, the streets we drive on, on the sidewalks we walk on, the highways and the regional roads we travel on, picnic spots, parks and rest areas, the mountains and the lakes have never been so polluted and drowning in […]
Aleksandar Krzalovski Last fall I had a trilogy of columns devoted to polls. Some of them referred to the data / results of those surveys, but in most cases I tried to demystify some things about the survey process itself and what should be taken into account when interpreting various survey results. The size and […]
Naum Kotevski How could one not laugh at the announcements made by the State Election Commission chairman Oliver Derkovski that he and the representatives of the parties will sign a Code of Conduct and that they will therefore call for a fair and correct political competition. It’s not like it is the first time so […]
Robert Nesimi The main theme of the upcoming presidential elections is once again the second round. This is not so much driven by worries of who could become President, as much as it is a matter of whether the second round will achieve the necessary turnout of 40%. If elections fail the country risks plunging […]
Erol Rizaov The title of this column is not a joke, irony or sarcasm of an old journalistic cynic, it is just a provocation to make you think a little bit harder, but also a personal protest against the domestic blockades of the future of North Macedonia, which have recently shifted to European territory. The […]
Erol Rizaov Macedonia faces yet another division among the public about an imposed dilemma: who is in favor of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and Katica Janeva, and who is in favor of the new law on Public Prosecution according to a party form, legalized by a political agreement. Simply put it means – who […]
Ilo Trajkovski Sociologist by occupation, I see myself as a scientist. And therefore, in my performances for the wider public, I try to stick to the principles of science. This means, above all, the scientific method. According to Isaac Newton, science is a specific way of examining phenomena, a way of finding out about phenomena […]
Petar Arsovski The presidential elections, still not officially started, already dominate in the media and political agenda. Candidates kicked-off their campaigns for getting as many votes as possible, and the first ping-pong arrows from one to the other headquarters have also started. Each party enters with a different agenda in the presidential elections, and they […]
Mariya Gabriel EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Last November, I had the pleasure to take part in the Startup Summit in Sofia, to share some of the stories from innovative and successful start-up companies from across central and eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. It was a truly inspiring event, a window […]
Nano Ruzin There is an old French proverb: “Silence is a wise friend who will never let you down”. Perhaps it is precisely in this cynical philosophy that the rounded and reserved positions of French diplomacy towards the process of EU enlargement to the countries of the Western Balkans can be found. In this timetable, […]
Erol Rizaov North Macedonia is more shocked by the start of rule of law, and less than the ruling on the so-called “Bloody Thursday of 2017”. A total of 211 years in prison were ruled only for the events in the Parliament, and one week earlier six more years for election irregularities. In the final […]
Zvonko Davidovic I’m sitting in the cafe near the Baroque court palace and I am waiting for the ruling in the “Bloody Thursday” trial. While I was waiting, I decided to start writing this column that should come out in three days, on Monday. I see the Baroque palace derived from the painful mind of […]
Ana Pavlovska-Daneva The issues of professional ethics and personal integrity are becoming the topic of highest interest throughout the world. The rules contained in ethical codes that regulate the behavior of officials, employees, professors, doctors, judges, prosecutors, lawyers and all social groups that make up the public sector (those who are obliged to provide services […]
Erol Rizaov VMRO-DPMNE and Hristijan Mickoski owe their public gratitude to the Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and SDSM, the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and the part of the judiciary that are doing the hardest work since declaring independence of the country. The Prespa Agreement with Greece, removing the blockades for Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as […]
Gjorgji Spasov In an old Serbian joke, Risto asked Jovan. “What would you be, Jovan, if Vuk hadn’t invented the word J? – “I would be Ovan*” (*Sheep in Serbian) – said John and asked: “What would you be, Risto, if Vuk had not invented the word R?” – “Isto*” (*Same in Serbian) – answered […]
Aleksandra M. Mitevska There is an old satirical song, from the last decades of the previous century, called “Leave Pedro hanging.” Its point is to show that for all the problems in a collective or society there is always someone to blame. In the song, which was created on the territory of former Yugoslavia, this […]
