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Macedonia Silent Ahead of Kosovo Declaration of Independence
14.02.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   Ahead of Kosovo’s declaration of independence, which is by all accounts only days away, Macedonia is seemingly at ease. Nothing indicates heightened concern or tension. Strategic silence or silence due to lack of strategy?
Immagine: Sar planina, al confine tra Macedonia e Kosovo

The Human Toll of Keeping Peace
11.02.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   In Macedonia, sending troops abroad has become business, or rather politics, since everybody understands the political imperative of pleasing Nato and the Eu. Yet, as the country learned recently, with the death of 11 peacekeepers on their way back home, some will never return
Immagine: Crvenkovski incontra le truppe dispiegate in Iraq

An uneasy choice, name or Nato?
04.01.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   As time to the NATO summit in Bucharest closes in the 16-years long dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece over the name “Macedonia” is entering a critical phase. Both sides increase speed, but without compromise, the crash seems inevitable

Name dispute enters critical phase
03.01.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   As time to the NATO summit in Bucharest closes in the 16-years long dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece over the name “Macedonia” is entering a critical phase. Both sides increase speed, but without compromise, the crash seems inevitable

Behxhet Pacolli: with an eye to the east
21.11.2007   [Francesco Martino]   Behxhet Pacolli is one of the richest businessmen in Kosovo. After creating an empire in the construction industry, in Russia as well as in some other ex-soviet republics, today he's the leader of the third political party in Kosovo, the “Coalition for a New Kosovo”. Our correspondent met him after Saturday’s elections
Immagine: Behxhet Pacolli

Macedonia: Six Killed in Police Raid in around Tetovo
13.11.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Six men were killed and 13 were arrested in action of the special forces of Macedonian police in the village of Brodec, Tetovo region, on the morning of 7 November. The operation, code name “Mountain Storm”, which took place in the early morning hours, was completely unexpected
Immagine: Le armi sequestrate nell'operazione a Brodec

Kosovo's economy, many myths to dismantle
13.11.2007   [Francesco Martino]   Even when the status issue will be solved, economic development and foreign capital investment in Kosovo will not be automatic, but they will come only thanks to an effective policy, which up to now is still absent. An interview with Safet Gerxhaliu, of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce.

The Loss of an Icon
07.11.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Toshe Proeski, Macedonia’s greatest pop star died in a tragic car accident, near Nova Gradiska in Croatia, on 16 October 2007. Macedonia lost not merely a star, but a humanist and a unifier, someone who could unify people Macedonians with Albanians, and former Yugoslavs, too.

The End of a Bad Privatization
05.10.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Macedonia has to pay USD 53 million to Hellenic Petroleum, the Greek company which owns the only oil refinery in the country, “Okta”, near Kumanovo, said a Court of Arbitration in Paris last month. And this is likely the tip of an iceberg, say experts

Macedonia, the 'battlefield' of democracy
01.10.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   A woman MP was threatened by death, a journalist was battered by police, and parliament had its first fist fight. That is the outcome of the last few days of democracy in Macedonia.
Immagine: La protesta dei giornalisti

Politicians on trial: the Buckovski case
10.09.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Mr. Buckovski is the first ever former prime minister to appear before a judge and answer to charges, since the Macedonian parliament voted to strip his immunity after a heated debate between mayority and opposition parties
Immagine: Buckovski, nei panni di ministro della Difesa, accoglie Donald Rumsfeld

Macedonia and Kosovo, partition rises tension
07.09.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Buzz of a possible partition of Kosovo rises new worries about Macedonia's stability, while new signs of tension are witnessed in the region, even if the authorities in Skopje claim that, at the moment, there are no immediate threats to the national security

Church, mosque, Nato, Macedonian Parliament
14.08.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   After months of procrastination, prime minister Nikola Gruevski adopted the draft bill on religious communities. The government came under pressure to strike a tricky balance: to meet the requirements of international integration and maintain correct relations with major religions in the country.

Little, big victory
24.07.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   After seven years of legal odyssey, 16 Macedonian journalists won a civil case against the state last month, claiming damages for being subject to systematic wiretapping. The day of the verdict, although greeted in moderate spirit, is still something to rejoice

On the swings of political dialogue - II
18.06.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   The polical situation in Macedonia remains highly instable, after boycotts of parliament, government crisis and the risk of early elections. And this time, heavy international pressure doesn't seem to play a positive role on the stabilization of the country
Immagine: The Macedonian Parliament

On the swings of political dialogue - I
14.06.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   The polical situation in Macedonia remains highly instable, after boycotts of parliament, government crisis and the risk of early elections. And this time, heavy international pressure doesn't seem to play a positive role on the stabilization of the country

Kiro Gligorov turns ninety
22.05.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   The history of the indipendent Macedonia is strongly linked to its first president, Kiro Gligorov, who led it during the difficult years of the Jugoslav crisis. Gligorov, still active and respected in his country, marked last week his ninetieth birthday in a Skopje restaurant
Immagine: Kiro Gligorov

Kosovo, no longer and not yet
11.05.2007   Since 1999, Kosovo has been experiencing an “interval in time which is altogether determined by things that are no longer and by things that are not yet. In history, these intervals have shown more than once that they may contain the moment of truth”. The question is how to face this moment of truth, and it is tightly linked to standards and status
Immagine: Christophe Solioz

Balkans Mystery Tours: The Mine of Alshar
02.05.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Alshar, an ancient mine located in the southern Balkans, in Macedonia, is said to contain minerals to be found nowhere else on the planet. The rarest of them all – the lorandite, is thought to have the potential to let us understand the work of the sun. Science-fiction or reality?
Immagine: Cristallo di lorandite

Boskovski before The Hague
23.04.2007   [Risto Karajkov]   Monday, 16 April 2007 the trial against Macedonia’s former Interior Minister from the time of the ethnic conflict in 2001, Ljube Boskovski, started at The Hague Criminal Tribunal. Together with him accused is also Johan Tarculovski, a police commander of the special police forces
Immagine: Ljube Boskovski all'Aja

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