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Macedonia: Difficult Times Ahead of the Social Democrats

11.08.2006 [Risto Karajkov] After the defeat in the national elections on 5 July, the leading opposition party in the Macedonian camp, the social democrats - SDSM, undergoes strife and divisions.

The cold summer between Sofia and Skopje

01.08.2006 [Francesco Martino] In 1999 Macedonia and Bulgaria signed a bilateral agreement, wherein they committed not to interfere with each other�s internal affairs. Since then their relations have been quite friendly, in spite of the old quarrels about history and language, which have never been solved and keep re-emerging

Macedonia: An Environmental Hot Spot Revives Public Concern

30.06.2006 [Risto Karajkov] Veles, formerly known as Titov Veles, population circa 50.000 is a city in central Macedonia, some 50 km south of the capital Skopje. In addition, it is one of the most polluted places in the Balkans

Immagine: All'interno dello stabilimentio di lavorazione del piombo a Veles - UNEP

Macedonia: The Importance of an Election Year

19.06.2006 [Risto Karajkov] As election frenzy rises with the approaching of the general elections in Macedonia, one thing is clear - a lot depends on them. On 5 July voters will go to the polls to elect the new parliament. Things have to go smoothly this time

Macedonia's Border with Kosovo

11.05.2006 [Risto Karajkov] A last round of public disquiet over the border issue between Macedonia and Kosovo seems appeased with yesterday's visit to Skopje of Kosovo Prime Minister Mr. Agim Ceku. The border issue is of technical nature, they agreed, and it cannot disrupt neighborly relations

Immagine: Sar planina, al confine tra Macedonia e Kosovo

Grand Trial for Traffickers

08.05.2006 [Risto Karajkov] The biggest ever criminal proceedings in Macedonia started in April bringing to trial 28 people accused of human trafficking. They are accused to have been part of a well organized transnational network that has been smuggling migrants from Macedonia into Greece

Immagine: Anti-trafficking

The Death of Macedonian Village

19.04.2006 [Risto Karajkov] Silence, desolation, houses in decay, lifelessness. This is a common sight from the Macedonian countryside. As odd as it may seem in a country as small in territory as Macedonia, its rural parts are dying out.It has started more than 50 years ago. But its consequences are more and more visible with time

Carnivals in Macedonia: Between Paganism and Modernity

31.03.2006 [Risto Karajkov] Many towns and villages in Macedonia maintain carnival festivities, but two of them are particularly important - Vevcani and Strumica. It is said that the Vevcani carnival is as much as 1.400 years old, the one in Strumica is more recent but much bigger, and festivities last for 5 days

Immagine: Strumica - Carnevale 2006

Yugo - Nostalgics of All Meridians - Unite!

21.03.2006 [Risto Karajkov] "At the Marshal's", a new place on the map of center-town Skopje, is a house of remembrance and nostalgia, and a unique memorial place which pays respect to Tito, all of this combined with the smell of traditional Balkan cuisine. A restaurant. Dedicated to the Marshal and his country

Immagine: Foto R. Karajkov

Macedonian Hostages in Iraq Freed

22.02.2006 [Risto Karajkov] Two Macedonian citizens, who were kidnapped last week near Basra and held hostage, were released yesterday after ransom was paid.Faruk Ademi and Rasim Ramadani were kidnapped near Basra, where they worked for Ecolog, a multinational contractor of the British army

Immagine: Soldati inglesi a Bassora

Bulgarians, a vanishing people?

14.02.2006 [Francesco Martino] Ethnic Bulgarians have a very low birth rate. According to some, this could put at risk the economic growth, while others are afraid of the unstoppable growth of the Turkish and Roma communities. Bulgaria is stirred by demographic anguish, and now president Parvanov decided to act

Macedonian Telecom: Can't Let Go

19.12.2005 [Risto Karajkov] A citizen from Skopje climbed a telephone post last month and cut the wire. A final individual act of bitter resentment against the monopolistic behavior of Macedonian Telecom. This is but the most radical of citizens' outcries against the arrogant conduct of the Telecom over the past 4 years in Macedonia

Candidate Status for Macedonia

15.11.2005 [Risto Karajkov] On 9 November 2005, 19 months after the Macedonian government submitted the application for membership, and 9 months after the submission of the EU questionnaire to Brussels, the EU issued an opinion recommending candidate status for Macedonia

Immagine: Ervan Fuere e Vlado Buckovski

Macedonia and Greece Name Dispute: 15 Years On

03.10.2005 [Risto Karajkov] Since 1991, when declared its independence under the name "Republic of Macedonia", the young Balkan state has been struggling with Greece, which claims the name cannot be used, sinche is essential part of his historical heritage. After almost 15 years, the dispute is still unresolved

Macedonia: Poverty on the Rise

20.09.2005 [Risto Karajkov] Macedonia has roughly 2 million people. A recent report says that 600.000 or circa 30% live below the poverty level. The last four years saw 120.000 people, or an average of 30.000 per year, sink below the poverty line. The country is drowning

Immagine: Skopje - foto di Luka Zanoni, Osservatorio sui Balcani

Four Years of the Ohrid Peace Agreement

09.09.2005 [Risto Karajkov] Macedonia marks four years of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA), the peace deal that brought an end to the armed conflict from 2001 that was threatening to throw the country into ethnic war. Still, only few celebrate it

Immagine: La citt� di Ohrid

The Other Side of the Balkans: Cultural Heritage in Macedonia

20.07.2005 [Risto Karajkov] There has been quite a lot of talk lately of re-branding the image of the Balkans by acknowledging that it is capable of producing not only wickedness and that it can contribute or be the home to also good things.This article is a small contribution in this direction

Immagine: Ohrid

Roma in Macedonia: A Decade of Inclusion?

16.05.2005 [Risto Karajkov] There are 54.000 Roma in Macedonia (a questionable piece of statistics as the identity declaration of Roma can be quite ambiguous). Of them, 17.000 are unemployed and 14.000 cannot afford the basic necessities. Another statistics says that 85% of the Roma in Macedonia receive social welfare

Immagine: Bambini rom - Giuliano Matteucci

Lost in Transition

06.05.2005 [Risto Karajkov] Polls carried throughout the Balkans repeatedly show that 50-70% of young people would leave their countries at the first given chance. The reasons are lack of perspective, poverty, unemployment. Usually youth unemployment rates are 2-4 times higher than the overall ones

Ten Years of Dayton and Beyond

05.05.2005 This is the opening text of a series of papers published by the Association Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005, which is organizing the �International Conference for Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ten Years of Dayton and Beyond� in Geneva, 20-21 October 2005 (http//www.bosnia2005.org)