Fools have no horns


Erol Rizaov If you are trying to prove stupidity with arguments, you are risking turning out a bigger fool than the one who created it – you will waste precious time of your life. Fools have no horns to be immediately recognized. That’s why it’s best sometimes when a great foolishness has already been made […]

Stop frightening the citizens


Erol Rizaov These days, as the mobilization of the Macedonian people in the defense of the constitutional name, the language and the main features of the identity is taking place, while the party and intellectual sirens for national unity for saving Macedonia are echoing, many times I thought of one event from 30 years ago […]

Adios Mr. Matthew


Erol Rizaov I invited Mr.Matthew Nimetz, 80-year-old New Yorker, to a farewell ride on my “Orient Express”. This very interesting person, who does not talk much and says even less, is appointed by the UN, without any compensation, to deal with this incredibly senseless dispute of how the Republic of Macedonia should be called, for […]

Will the President use his right to veto


Erol Rizaov President Gjorge Ivanov will not veto the Law on the Use of Languages. This assertion is very risky because he at the last public address in parliament categorically said that the proposed law poses a danger to the unitarity of the state, making it clear that it is a matter of first-degree security […]

No auctioning and exaltation of the name


Erol Rizaov Viewed from a distance and from the side, it seems that, for the first time, a favorable ambience is being built to resolve the imposed dispute with the constitutional name of the state, and from the inside there is still headaches from constraints and conditioning. In such a period, when the smiles and […]

Instead of calorimeters we need ‘fool-o-meters’


Erol Rizaov I’ve been watching this new suspicious story in the media for days now, the one that humiliates and insults the citizens of Macedonia. First, they proposed a bill that requires the installation of thousands of calorimeters that need to measure the heat and cold of each home that has a central heating system. […]

Moving forward or going round in circles


Erol Rizaov Today’s issue of “Nezavisen/Independent” comes out exactly one year since the extraordinary general election that brought change in government after 11 years of autocratic system, which marked an era of corrupted regime and fearsome government with catastrophic consequences and a tragic lag in all spheres of social development. Nikola Gruevski’s departure after 20 […]

The best job in the world


  Erol Rizaov Here I am, my respected readers, once again in a daily newspaper, as well as on the Internet. I hope the pleasure of spending time together will be mutual. Common courtesy requires me to start with us, not high politics. Let’s go through our own backyard and see what is going on […]