Corruption and capitalists


Zdravko Saveski The public was in great shock over the “Racket” case, and probably over Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s involvement in it. It was clear for quite some time now that the SPO has neither the will nor capacity to do its job, and that it is collaborating with the government. But that did not cause […]

To the Moon


Aleksandar Krzhalovski I do not know about you, but when the events in our everyday life become unbearable, whether they are stupid, criminal or simply miserable, and they all lead to new and new disappointments, I need to turn to something different, preferably inspiring, and of course, on the more beautiful side of life. Not […]

Weeding the vineyard


Erol Rizaov If politicians agree to defend citizens and state interests by enabling the judiciary and the competent institutions to work smoothly in the fight against crime, as criminals do successfully when they agree to rob both the state and the citizens, then Macedonia will thrive. However, if powerful politicians and givers of justice are […]

Resignation and responsibility from “Capo di tutti capi”


Aleksandar Nikoloski Dear readers, look what has happened in these past two weeks since my last column. If sometimes there are not enough topics to write about, this time there is an abundance and one does not know what to write about first, so I decided to write about all of them together – because […]

We need recycling and waste utilization


Mimoza Nestorova-Tomic Waste significantly pollutes nature and our immediate living environment and therefore is our greatest everyday problem – state, city and individual. This type of problems can push us into a major ecological crisis, and it has already been detected in Skopje and Tetovo, while in Struga and other places – it is alarming […]

When there is no law, don’t count on morality


Goran Adamovski Transfer Anita Angelovska-Bezhoska, Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, to the Government and appoint her as Finance Minister, and appoint Fatmir Besimi as NB Governor instead. This, according to the media in Albanian, is the latest condition that Ali Ahmeti’s Democrats have imposed on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev […]

Why is our export to the EU so high?


Nikola Popovski Our country, which represents only 0.4 percent of the EU population and only 0.065 percent (0.65 percent) of the scope of its economy, has a population standard measured by the GDP per capita indicator at a level of 16 percent of the average of the EU (4,800 versus 30,000 euros per capita in […]

Mitsotakis and Prespa


Petar Arsovski After New Democracy’s victory in the parliamentary elections in Greece, the main news in Macedonia has been the new Greek government, and the suspicion that political changes in our southern neighbor can mean a sharp turn to the right in relation to the Prespa Agreement, which would consequently mean jeopardizing our Euro-Atlantic, or […]

The middle class decided on Tsipras’ fate


Nano Ruzhin In diplomacy, there is a sacred rule that reads: “Diplomacy is the art of telling people the worst things, but in the most elegant way possible”. But how can one interpret the defeat of Alexis Tsipras in the most elegant manner, without misusing diplomacy? In the region, many diplomats, analysts and citizens are […]

A “marginal” arrest


Zdravko Saveski Last Friday, three protesters were arrested on the sidelines of a public demonstration of firearms held in Skopje, as part of the promotion of the country’s accession to NATO. They were taken to a police station and released quickly after. “Marginal event” would be your first thought. And a marginal event that is […]

Whose is Goce?


Gjorgji Spasov On April 20, 1995, when President of Bulgaria was Zhelyu Zhelev, I was allowed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the first ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Bulgaria to lay a wreath at the tomb of Jane Sandanski at the Rozhen Monastery on the Pirin Mountains. The delegation, which […]

Greece returns to traditional politics


Ljupco Popovski A certain kind of a political experiment in Greece has lasted for four and a half years when voters enraged due to corruption, false economic indicators, unexpectedly facing poverty and unemployment turned to left-oriented Syriza and the party’s charismatic leader Alexis Tsipras, believing that they could create a miracle in the economically tormented […]

Political amoebae


Ilo Trajkovski Amoebae are considered the simplest single-celled living organisms. On the other hand, it is said that there are everywhere. Despite all the changes that have taken place on planet Earth they have survived hundreds of millions of years. Persistently filling all the waters, all the organisms! The secret of their durability and omnipresence […]

Mickoski’s offer no longer stands


Erol Rizaov Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO DPMNE, is nowhere to be found, and then suddenly he reappears with a sensational statement like in Lila Filipovska’s TV show. He said that the offer he gave to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is no longer valid. Zaev opened and spent all the boxes with the main […]

Habemus Commissioner


Aleksandar Krzhalovski “White smoke” emerged from Brussels on Tuesday afternoon with the announcement by the current President of the European Council (leaders of all 28 EU member states) that an agreement has been reached on leading positions in EU institutions after the European Parliament elections in May. Without describing the process, for which there were […]

Enough of Zaev’s servility to Rama


Aleksandar Nikoloski We all saw how the local elections in Albania went. There is no other country in Europe where only one party participates, and the ballot contains the name of only one candidate. That is not democracy, it is dictatorship and communism. What humiliation of democracy this is, when no one else wants to […]

Highly degrading vocabulary


Aleksandra M. Mitevska Although more than four years have passed since the launch of the first so-called “bombs” on Bihac Street, part of the then famous (or obnoxious) lines are still discussed in public to this day – among other things, as an example of how the holders of the highest state functions should not […]

The reshuffle and after


Nikola Popovski The Government reshuffle that was long announced, which turned into a key, and perhaps even the only argument for Stevo Pendarovski’s victory in the second round of presidential elections, was intended to answer many of the issues for which the current government did not even come close to delivering adequate responses, turned into […]

Fatime, Pushtime and the Broom


Zvonko Davidovic Every Monday I have a cleaning lady coming over to clean my house. I’ve known her for years and I have unlimited trust in her, in fact, how would I leave my entire house with everything in it, if I didn’t have so trust in her. When I return from work, the house […]

What did Zaev admit?


Erol Rizaov The decreasing self-esteem of the Government and the more aggressive heirs of Gruevism in the opposition’s leadership create a climate of uncertainty and concern, rather than a reformed environment that is necessary before the start of negotiations with the EU. The great cabinet changes are Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s clear recognition that things […]