Petar Arsovski For the few of us, who by some chance have been left to live in the appendix of Europe called Macedonia, it is no surprise that we live in a time of contrasts that are essentially irreconcilable, yet coexist daily and in parallel. Faced with such a chaos of political views and a […]
Even ten years ago, when the first Internet portals and social media emerged, there were journalists who reported, researched and had their own opinions on a daily basis. But then their work was shared in the media where they worked. I sure there was also hate speech and insults in the media back then, but […]
Ilo Trajkovski Last year, I lost my wallet in the parking lot in front of my building. It was “full” – with personal documents, various consumer cards and a solid sum of money for my student daughter’s monthly expenses. My wife and I were very worried, but we still kept hoping that some honest person […]
Nano Ruzhin In a telephone survey by Data Press in June 1996, respondents noted that social injustice and inter-ethnic relations (the Albanian issue) were the most serious threats to peace in Macedonia. In September 2019, President Stevo Pendarovski after the Security Council session, referring to the experiences of our surroundings when countries were just about […]
Zdravko Saveski There are a number of reasons why there is little public interest in Macedonia regularly when it comes to budgeting or rebalancing. First, most often there is some political event distracting the public. In this case, the mega-scandal dubbed “Racket” and the government’s attempts to “manage” its “non-involvement” in it. Second, the lack […]
Nikola Popovski On one occasion, the icon of economic ultra-neoclassicism, the famous economist and Professor Friedrich Hayek, wrote that the basic task of economic theory is to explain how to adapt to the unknown. “It is undeniable that the constant changes in economic activity are caused by a number of factors that no one knows […]
Ljupcho Popovski In a way, the public has become resistant to politicians’ “heroic” or “catastrophic” statements about who is attacking, and who is defending the rule of law. Their rhetoric has become so transparent, so inept, so self-centered, so biased, so down-to-earth that fewer and fewer people are listening when they say that they have […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski The new composition of the European Commission was announced yesterday in Brussels. The European government, headed by former German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, will lead the European Union in the next five years. I have been in Brussels these past two days to attend meetings of the European People’s Party (EPP) […]
Ana Pavlovska-Daneva I gladly read criticisms of certain current policies or behaviors of a politician (or politicians) when they are backed and supported by facts, and especially when offering solutions that are better than the existing one. I find affirmative criticism particularly interesting, those that offer arguments for certain actions or policies, and make me […]
Petar Arsovski The last 24 hours in the show called “Brexit” looked like a Hollywood thriller. With plots, uncertainties, last-minute twists, unexpected developments. What is even more interesting are the strategies of the parties under the surface of the current maneuvers, as well as the way in which such strategies will affect events in the […]
Ljupcho Popovski Optimism sometimes knows how to breathe out slowly, one step at a time. So is the projection from the beginning of the year that after the ratification of the Prespa Agreement, NATO membership is certain at the Alliance’s Summit in December. That optimism may have been fueled by the extra-quick ratification of the […]
By Federica Mogherini We have a clear interest in bringing the entire Balkans inside the European Union and we all know that this is a long process, a complicated one, always interesting and lively, that will take time. It will take a lot of problem solving, a lot of political commitment on all sides, and […]
Ilo Trajkovski I initially wanted to write about the issue of old age as a social institution as the topic of this column. It was my intention to think aloud about how today’s dominant social forces in our country determine and treat aging and old age in general. Approaching the end of the sixth decade […]
Zvonko Davidovic I have laughed at jokes and anecdotes many times about Montenegrins who are considered great heroes, people who are not in the mood for work and stingy with words, so they usually say that every word is worth gold. Knowing these features of Montenegrins, a conversation with two Montenegrins would look something like […]
Goran Adamovski Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani defends his party colleague Hisen Xhemaili, so he leisurely concludes that he has not been convicted in the 2001 “Mavrovo workers” case. He added that according to the information he had, the newly appointed minister had taken part in a brutal torture on five construction workers abducted in […]
Gjorgji Spasov After being elected leader of the party, Zoran Zaev managed to achieve several major political achievements. First, he succeeded with unprecedented courage and persistence, exposing himself to great danger in order to unmask the false patriotism of VMRO-DPMNE and Nikola Gruevski, and expose the great crime and gross abuse of power in the […]
Erol Rizaov I was seriously worried that Nikola Gruevski and Hristijan Mickoski have not made any public statements in the past few days. Something very significant must be happening when these two Macedonian figures stay quiet and leave their work to amateurs, models and various screamers in politics and ragged journalism. I could not believe […]
Ana Pavlovska-Daneva It’s good to have faith. Whether it is faith in God, in some inexplicable energy, in one’s own intuition, in one’s loved ones, in an idea, in science, in reason, in a political party maybe… in something that makes us creative, humane and keeps us standing tall when life is tense, makes us […]
Zdravko Saveski The situation with the climate crisis is extremely serious, far more serious than the treatment it gets from the media in Macedonia. So serious that after the announcements that July was the warmest month in the history of mankind, the United Nations Secretary General has scheduled a summit of world leaders for September […]
Goran Adamovski The trial for a case where an MP is being tried for election irregularities is postponed because the MP is supposed to attend a coordination meeting with the Parliament Speaker. This news that came out of the building of the Skopje-based Criminal Court yesterday is all you need to know about the way […]
