За една судиска побуна


Ило Трајковски По професија, како социолог, се препознавам себеси како научник. И затоа, во моите настапи за поширока јавност настојувам да се држам до принципите на научноста. Тоа значи, пред сè, до научниот метод. Според Исак Њутн, научноста е специфичен начин на испитување на појавите, начин на доаѓање до сознанија за појавите или начин на …

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Partisanship and uncivilization


Ilo Trajkovski Many events during this past year, and especially after April 27, 2017, raise the question of the relationship between partisanship and civilization. But let’s be completely honest with ourselves. This question is not exclusively ours. I did not find the immediate reason for this consideration of this question in an event in our …

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Prime Minister’s treat: Money for the workers, more expensive workers for the bosses!


Ilo Trajkovski The referendum campaign is in full swing. Emotional temperatures are high and rise even higher. Like in a pan in which ajvar, or aver if you prefer, is cooked. Until September 30th, the ‘Ajvar Day’, it is expected various oils that prevent the combustion of the mixture of peppers and aubergines to come …

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The nation and the agreement: Lost in translation or in negotiation


Ilinden 2018 is over! Once again, the celebration of our biggest national holiday, rather than strengthening national unity, has brought a deepening of divisions. The unpleasant events of the celebration at Meckin Kamen reminded us of a similar feuding of the holiday twenty years ago. Our current President, Gjorgje Ivanov, compared himself with the then-President …

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The agreement, between the signed and interpreted: Anonymous experts and fake news


And so it happened! The expectations of the Macedonian ethno-nationalists that their Greek counterparts could “save” us from the presumed catastrophic agreement, which Prime Minister Zaev accepted, did not come true. Tsipras endured their objections and the agreement was signed. The Macedonian Parliament ratified it. Despite the opposition of Greek and Macedonian nationalists, the wheel …

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One name, multiple identities


“We have one name, we carry it in our soul, we would give our lives for you, Oh Macedonia!” That’s what the song says! Macedonia is, therefore, a soul – someone’s. Macedonia is an idea for something and for someone. And ideas are the guides to action, including the willingness to sacrifice the life for …

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Fruit of the poisonous tree


The title of this first article of mine seems to be an appropriate announcement of what I intend to achieve with the planned columnist series in the “Nezavisen/Independent” daily newspaper. My intention is to analyze and meditate on the many phenomena in our modern society that are the result of unlawfulness or as it is …

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