Erol Rizaov Nikola Gruevski has never been more present in Macedonia than now, since he fled the country. All conversations at weddings and funerals, in restaurants and cafes, in churches and mosques, before and after prayer, and some say during prayer, at MANU and in the market, in betting offices and gambling saloons, in operating …
Erol Rizaov For the experienced experts in court procedures and processes, there were clear signals that there was preparation for the escape of Nikola Gruevski on several levels and with many involved people. From placing arguments before the domestic and world public about unfair trials, to transporting and seeking asylum as a victim of a …
Erol Rizaov Macedonia is waiting for Nikola Gruevski to appear before the prison gates and become the most famous prisoner. Locking the person that is synonymous with evil behind bars will not change anything in people’s lives, however, it will increase the hopes and chances for the rule of law in this poor country. It …
Erol Rizaov Immediately after the great victory in the 2006 parliamentary election, Nikola Gruevski, still not an official prime minister, spoke of his dream in front of the Macedonian public. His speech in Trnovo has long been faded and forgotten since his vision for Macedonia quickly disappeared, as did his dream. Then, the young man …
Erol Rizaov The conflict between ignorance and emotions among Macedonian patriots is a garden of Eden for harvesting poisonous fruits. Today’s big concern is the fate of the decisions of ASNOM, especially in the part that is unfeasible. Yesterday’s creators of the marginalization of the anti-fascist struggle and the PLW and the well-known anti-communists are …
Erol Rizaov Bad news from VMRO-DPMNE is good news for Macedonia. The collapse of the only legal revolutionary party in Europe can be prevented by President Hristijan Mickoski if he submits an irrevocable resignation, which will mark the beginning of the consolidation of the opposition. The widespread tsunami of resignations in the party top if …
Erol Rizaov Skopje Public Prosecutor’s Office launched a pre-investigative procedure for the President of the State Gjorge Ivanov. Daniela Rangelova, one of the great forces from VMRO-DPMNE’s top, resigned as the president of the VMRO-DPMNE Union of Women. Although both announcements were expected, they still echoed loudly in the public as yet another statement that …
Erol Rizaov When several years ago we, a group of Macedonian journalists and editors, went to Johannesburg and Cape Town, they told us how the reconciliation in South Africa came after the Apartheid and the brutal murders and tortures, we watched and listened to our hosts and colleagues, wondering if it was possible. Reading the …
Erol Rizaov A new grotesque, sad and funny to tears, is the attempt to portray Nikola Gruevski as a saint, a martyr, a victim of domestic traitors and snitches and foreign sponsors who disfigure Macedonia and deface the Macedonian people. The heirs of the throne in the party are trying to build a cult out …
Erol Rizaov Macedonia takes a breath after the historic decision to start the process of constitutional changes in accordance with the Agreement with Greece, which has already been ratified twice in the Assembly. The country is no longer in a coma. The impediment to the future of the next generations, and Europeanization of Macedonia and …
Erol Rizaov If the day can be recognized by the break of dawn, even during an Indian summer, Macedonia is facing the greatest defeat in its modern history. Astounding for common sense, mutual primitive struggle between the MPs of the nationalist anachronistic political party VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition of European-oriented MPs and parties, representing the majority …
Erol Rizaov Saving Nikola Gruevski and his closest associates from prison costs as much as the future of Macedonia. This needs to be shown by the parliamentary debate that starts today for constitutional changes for all who still have dilemmas why the Prespa Agreement is a document of historic significance that determines the survival, security …
Erol Rizaov Those who declared the agreement with Greece as dead and those who signed it, those who support it and those who oppose it, will have to take responsibility for the consequences if they bury the the very much alive and twice ratified agreement by a majority of MPs in the Assembly of Macedonia. …
Erol Rizaov I have been hearing the phrase “what did I tell you” for a whole week after the referendum, as an introduction to all the conversations on the most important topic in the country. A whole army of generals emerged after the battle, experts of all kinds who allegedly warned in time, but no …
Erol Rizaov In the Museum of the City of Skopje, along with many beautiful people, urban characters, and famous public figures, last Tuesday we were direct witnesses of the revenge of two deceased giants, Slavko Janevski and Tome Serafimovski, for the injustice that was inflicted on them by one regime’s tyranny. Their unveiling in front …
Erol Rizaov The Nobel Peace Prize will not help Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, even if they manage to demonstrate and prove that the most difficult and unsolvable disputes between two countries can be solved peacefully with respect and compromise. For a long period of time, it will just be an addition to the biography …
Erol Rizaov Let’s clean this piece of land, let’s sweep our own yard of the mess made by those who ruined everything, those who are spreading hatred and lies. Let’s show that we are not that kind of people, that our people are not like this, but that the filth comes from a handful of …
Erol Rizaov President Gjorge Ivanov, during his visit to America, called on citizens to boycott the European future of Macedonia. He did not have to travel so far away just to announce what everyone in our country already knows, that he will not fulfill his civic and presidential duties and that he will not vote. …
Erol Rizaov The addresses of the first president of Macedonia, Kiro Gligorov in the United Nations in 1993 in New York and the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in the European Parliament in Strasbourg 25 years later have, in addition to the historical dimension, a typical “macedonische zuckende” note. And that is the fact that both …
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Erol Rizaov Hristijan Mickoski and VMRO-DPMNE are still campaigning for the party. The latest invention is throwing down the gauntlet for television duel with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for causing new divisions and deeper hatred among citizens. They still cannot accept that the referendum is not an election. Somehow they direct the gap on that …
