Сигурно сте го следеле драматичниот пад на холивудскиот продуцентски могул Харви Вајнстајн последниве години и редицата процеси против него за сексуалното предаторство, кои го поттикнаа големото социјално движење #Me Too. Обвинувањата за сексуална злоупотреба почнаа да се појавуваат на крајот од 2017 година. Голем дел од овие обвинувања за сексуално предаторство датираа од доцните 1970-ти. […]
Ljupco Popovski The spectacular disappearance of Nikola Gruevski from Skopje has fueled all possible conspiracy theories of which Macedonia could never get rid. The basic thread of those theories is that his disappearance is a planned agreement at the highest peaks of the current government with Gruevski, for the former prime minister to flee the […]
Ljupco Popovski It is astounding how many theories with hundreds of versions have come up in the interpretation of the developments in VMRO-DPMNE after their St. Bartholomew’s night last Friday in the Parliament. First Hristijan Mickoski finally took over the reins of the party, then his authority became inviolable in the leadership, then exclusions were […]
Ljupco Popovski Things became clearer one week before the referendum. Macedonia, at least its political establishment, was publicly divided into two hemispheres, as expected, although some tried to claim that things were not as they appear. First, the VMRO Kremlinologists missed the analysis, believing that a carefully cited statement from the president’s office after the […]
Ljupco Popovski It is naive to think that the sensational decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate since in the beginning of this month that it has the right to grant autocephaly to churches without the consent of the other local churches, has no seal of geopolitics, but only to show the power of Patriarch Bartholomew in […]
Ljupco Popovski At first, and maybe even at second sight, the connection between the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, the ancient conqueror Alexander the Great, and the VMRO the blood-covered war leader Vanco Mihailov, is almost impossible to find. Nevertheless, the present can draw a parallel to these three figures. It is simple – confronting the […]
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suddenly announced the presidential and parliamentary elections (one and a half years earlier than the regular term), it looked like a routine operation from theory – that victory is guaranteed and that the undisputed ruler of the state can manage with the great powers given to him by the […]
Jacinda Ardern is New Zealand’s Prime Minister, soon to be 40 years old. She came to power last autumn, after the September election. It is a phenomenon in politics in a place that is called “Down Under,” which is mainly Australia, but also New Zealand. She was elected leader of the Labor Party on August […]
Ljupco Popovski The photograph of still life in a White House office with a man last week was largely subject to derision in the Macedonian world of social interaction. DUI deputy Artan Grubi, trying to increase the perception of his importance in the world of domestic politics and the voters, stood behind the empty armchair […]
Ljupco Popovski History can always be turned into a weapon. Or, more precisely, whenever politicians wish for it. In Europe, this is not the case only in the Balkans (that historic minefield), but more weapons are reaching the eastern continent. The last case in Poland disrupted the Jews in the world, and the Jews in […]
Ljupco Popovski The irony of fate is often known to be harsh, sometimes even toxic. This past Wednesday was one of those days when some politicians probably asked themselves unpleasant questions about what was happening to them and what would happen to them in the future. The public under the pressure of the events was […]
Ljupcho Popovski In a dramatic Balkan chalk-drawn circle, the two countries that were the engine of bloody wars in the breakup of Yugoslavia, returned where they apparently feel best – in the 1990s. In their nationalistic saga, in their myths, in their misunderstanding of Europe, in their exclusiveness, in their Balkan pub. At first glance, […]
