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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

Macedonia: The New Business Heaven in Europe?

17.04.2007 [Risto Karajkov] Identifying the very low level of foreign direct investment as one of the serious causes of the slow growth of the local economy, the Macedonian government launched an aggressive campaign aimed at attracting foreign businesses to �Discover the New Business Heaven in Europe�: Macedonia

Another Brick in the Wall?

29.01.2007 [Risto Karajkov] The latest enlargement was greeted with not much fuss in Macedonia. Life goes on and very few politicians responded with statements or analyses. Bulgaria, being closer, receives more attention. Romania is already far away

Kosovo, region of Europe

11.12.2006 One year of negotiations between the Belgrade and Pristina delegations in Vienna has produced no result other than to harden the opposing positions. In the next weeks, the delegates of the great powers, as in the XIX century, will decide the region�s future

Piacenza, Macedonia

06.11.2006 [Risto Karajkov] Monospitovo is a village in the region of Strumica in the eastern part of the country. Known for its green house gardening. Over the last several years 50-60 families per year have been migrating, most of them to Italy

Immagine: Sopra Strumica, sotto Piacenza

EU and Macedonia: Do People Make Changes?

11.10.2006 [Risto Karajkov] ''Do not change people to make changes'' said recently the EU to Macedonia. Along with support and encouragement for the new government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the political leadership of the country has started to receive its first warnings and disapprovals from Europe

Macedonia: New Government

31.08.2006 [Risto Karajkov] "Greater economic growth, investment, de-politicization and professionalism of the public administration, reduction of bureaucracy, and uncompromised fight against corruption", are the promises of the new Macedonian government to its citizens.

Immagine: New government

Macedonian National Television Faces Collapse

23.08.2006 [Risto Karajkov] After a prolonged period of crisis, employees of the Macedonian Radio and Television (MRT), the public media service in the country, went on strike