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DRIVEN AWAY

 I happened to meet Macedonians abroad who left home in the last decade. These are people that I know had very successful careers in Macedonia, yet chose to leave. We’re...

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NISH EXPRESS

  The highlight of the week for me is the announcement of the construction of the Skopje-Nish high-speed railway. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski and Minister of Transport...

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I’LL DANCE TO MY OWN TUNE

You can talk as much as you want, I’ll still dance to my own tune. That’s more or less how Vice Prime Minister Bojan Marichic presented the latest European Commission report on...

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SEAT WARMERS

When the president of the Supreme Court is urgently summoned to a hearing in the Judicial Council because she stated in an interview that there was political pressure on...

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CATFISH AND BEARS

  I still can’t contain my joy after the unexpected success of Macedonia on our path to the EU. The bilateral screening meeting for the “Fisheries” Chapter took place in Brussels...

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AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED

When Zoran Zaev became prime minister in July 2017 with the promise: “Let this evil never happen again,” the government coalition led by SDSM received a mandate from the...

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THE FIRST GUNSHOT

Oh, if only we all possessed the determination and unity of our air traffic controllers, and if we could rebel against the parties that hire incompetent personnel in our state...

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TEA AND BEETROOT

I would greatly appreciate it if the Government could release a recording of the session during which our ministers compiled the list of food products whose VAT will be...

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GET HIM ANOTHER BOARD

I don’t get it. Why are we making such a fuss over an opposition MP calling the deputy prime minister slimy from the parliamentary rostrum? Yet, that’s the headline news from...

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THE BETTER EVIL

Ok folks, what is this situation? That’s a verse by Igor Dzambazov, and I’ve been singing it all day long, asking myself “What is this situation?” looking for an answer to the...

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A NEW BATTLE

In our country, those who break the laws are the ones in charge. The government  would do just about anything to make their lives easier. Laws are being changed to accommodate...

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LONG WEEKEND

 We’re celebrating our Independence Day. A nice long weekend. Then why such disappointment? It’s not that horrible that by changing the Criminal Law, the Parliament voted for...

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COMEDY CORNER

They said the members of the Anti-Corruption Commission were no good, didn’t they? Just two months ago, didn’t Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi say that “there are doubts about...

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A GUARANTEE DOCUMENT

It’s not us whom the government should convince that we are Europe. We had such a campaign – “The Sun is a Star” in 2005 when we became candidates for the EU. In the meantime,...

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ROMANTIC POETRY

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski says that the proposal to change the Constitution has only one motive: entry into the EU. There’s nothing to get worked up about when he says...

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SWIFT ROBBERY

Twenty-odd years have passed since the military conflict with the paramilitary NLA in our country. If the government truly wanted to build monuments to the fallen soldiers,...

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IT DEPENDS ON YOU

Back in 2002, at the Eurovision Song Contest, Karolina sang “It depends on us” and about “a little piece of land in the south that could be paradise”. Then came 2008 and the...

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ASTERIX AND OBELIX

I really wonder what sort of agreement was reached by the residents of Slupchane and EVN so that the electricity distribution teams can enter the village, fix the defect and...

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COURT GLAMOUR

The Americans solved their problem with Orce Kamchev. They put him on the black list, froze his assets and accounts, forbade American companies to do business with him, and...

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THE WHIP-MASTER HAS LOST HIS FOOTING

Bujar Osmani couldn’t contain his excitement when Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, said that if the constitutional amendments are not adopted,...

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IT’S THE TENDER’S FAULT

For the first time, the largest high schools in Skopje, which traditionally experienced enrolment frenzy until last year, were not filled in the first enrolment period. How can...

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HEY, YOU FOOL

Each session of the Judicial Council resembles an episode of a soap opera and there’s more and more suspense, and it’s very likely that once this season is over we’ll continue...

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TOYOTA EQUITY TOOL

It's no wonder that, after the mayor of Struga, Ramiz Merko, was put on USA’s black list, it's been discovered that there've been six active cases against him, raising...

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BULGARIAN NONSENSE

It’s not like I suddenly feel more Macedonian than what I already am after the vote of the German MPs. The resolution of the German Bundestag recognising the Macedonian culture,...

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THE SLUPCHANE FRONT

After several years of sieges and negotiations, EVN managed to breach the defences of the people of Arachinovo and managed to enter the village to modernise the network....

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IN A PICKLE, HUH?

I’m looking forward to the statements of Dimitar Kovachevski and Hristijan Mickoski after the leadership meeting, which hasn’t yet been scheduled. Kovachevski says to Mickoski...

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ALI OF MACEDON

 Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski promised we’d have better living standards than the Czechs, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Poles, as was the case in the former Yugoslavia, who overtook...

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RADEV AND PICCOLOMINI    

 Who wants to bet that there will be an additional condition on the start of our accession talks with the EU asking us to stop comparing Bulgaria’s attitude towards Macedonia to...

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GRADUATION PHOTO BOARD

Do you remember at least once instance when the school year ended properly and there were no complications with the fourth-year high school students? Someone’s always...

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MISTER AHMETI

 Serbia is not that far away. Neither is the USA. They’re already here. We’re alarmed when we hear of an unimaginable crime, like the one in the Belgrade primary school where a...

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SITUATION, BE RESOLVED!

There’s no point in wasting words and complaining about the situation in the judiciary. We saw that in the Judicial Council, the highest judicial body that elects and dismisses...

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THEY’RE UP TO SOMETHING

 Who’s asking about “Bechtel and Enka”? When we’re asking how one billion and three hundred million euros will be spent for the construction of the four motorway sections in our...

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BETTING INSIDE A TUNNEL

Our Government says: “How we’ll spend your money is a secret. And if we reveal the secret, we’ll spend even more of your money”. In other words, even before the construction...

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FROM KJOSETO – TO KJOSETO

I’m listening to Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bojan Marichic saying that “the Government has a mission to bring European values closer to our citizens” and I...

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PANCAKES BY PROTOCOL

Oh, what an envious people we are. Now we’re bothered that the president, the prime minister, the ministers, the judges, the prosecutors, the mayors and all other elected...

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A STINKY DISH

Okay, can the MPs of the current composition of the Assembly pass the amendments to the Constitution and include Bulgarians in the Preamble, but the decision to be implemented...

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WHO’S COMING

 Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski once again visited a supermarket to personally make sure that the Government’s decision to freeze the price of certain food products is put...

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SUCH HYSTERIA, SUCH MYSTERY

 I apologise for disturbing the public, but if I may ask, what’s the amount of money we’re allowed to ask about when you’re spending taxpayers’ money? It's time for a clear limit...

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EURO-REALISTS AND EURO-OPPORTUNISTS

 The false bomb threats are old news. We survived the white and semi-white bread crisis that lasted for several days. For almost three weeks there’s been no insulin for...

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A FAMILY DRAMA

From time to time I follow the parliamentary session about the reconstruction of the Government, but I can’t really figure out whose child will become a prosecutor, whose wife...

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WE CAN DO EVEN WORSE

  I can’t believe the government is so incompetent that they can’t properly plan even a reconstruction of the Government. We thought they couldn’t plan the regular procurement of...

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I DON’T GIVE A DAMN

This guy will be a minister for this, that guy will be a minister for that, this ministerial post will go to this party, the deputy post to that party, and then the directorial...

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A COMEDY OF ERRORS

The drama that started with the script for the memorial service marking 95 years since the death of Mara Buneva in Skopje, then built up even more with the beating of the...

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HELLO, SOFIA

Macedonia has successfully established good interethnic relations, and in principle there shouldn’t be a problem to include Bulgarians in the Constitutions, as will be the case...

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BE QUIET, BE NICE

In reality, it’s easy to see which country holds its own, and which one is slavish. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, without even waiting for an investigation why...

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PEOPLE AND DOGS

It’s completely meaningless to debate the question “Are you in favour of people or dogs”. It’s as meaningless as the statement “Why would I need dogs when I have grandchildren”,...

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MKD AND OTHERS

Macedonia is taking over the chairmanship of the OSCE. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani promoted the chairmanship with the slogan “It’s about the people”. And, bam –...

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LET LIFE COME

Dear friends, These are the days when we usually check where we’re at, where we were, how far we’ve come. The title of this year’s final edition of “Sakam da kazam” is taken from the subheading of...

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BULLDOZER FOR “INSIEME”

 If a political public opinion poll asking the question: “Who is the person you are most fond of”, shows that 7 percent of the respondents answered with Nikola Gruevski, then...

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WILD BOAR

 The Skopje Court of Appeal annulled Sasho Mijalkov’s 12-year prison sentence for mass illegal wiretapping, who was convicted as a former director of the Administration for...

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