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The Old Bazaar
08.05.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   The Old Bazaar is the ancient heart of Skopje. Today it's but a pale remnant of what it once was: a bit dirty and dusty, but still brisk and dynamic. The Old Bazaar, though, is waiting for its next rebirth, and to gain back it's central role in the economic and social life of the city
Immagine: Il 'Kapan An' a Skopje

EULEX inside UNMIK, too late?
23.04.2008   [André Cunha]   Major General Raul Cunha, Chief Military Liaison Officer of UNMIK, is very critical towards the “incoherence of the Western international community” in Kosovo. He focuses his criticisms on the way EULEX is preparing to start its work and argues that the UN will have to stay longer, at least in Serb-dominated areas
Immagine: Truppe portoghesi in Kosovo

One Way Ticket to Nationalist Ride?
18.04.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   Macedonia will hold early elections on 1 June. This is the first visible impact of the humiliation the country suffered at the NATO summit in Bucharest. The upcoming electoral campain will likely turn into an explosion of national frustration: this is the major threat from these elections

Clouds over Macedonia
09.04.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   It finally did happen. Greece vetoed Macedonia’s invitation to join the Alliance at NATO’s last week Bucharest summit. The hum of frantic diplomatic activity over the last months ended in a single tone of bitterness

Facts on the Macedonian – Greek Name Dispute
03.04.2008   [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. Here's a short history of the main facts of the name dispute between Skopje and Athens
Immagine: Antica rappresentazione del 'Sole di Vergina'

On a roller coaster
21.03.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   Macedonia is on a roller coster. Too much is happening all at once. Mr. Matthew Nimitz, UN envoy on the name dispute, unveiled three new proposals, the government fell and was stitched back together. But the Bucharest summit is approaching, and time is counting down

Macedonian Name Dispute Enters Critical Week
03.03.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   On March 6 NATO is expected to issue an invitation to the three countries of the Adriatic Group. Whereas Albania and Croatia are safely on their way in, Macedonia has a big problem: Greece said that it would veto Macedonia’s entry unless the long-standing name dispute resolved first
Immagine: Il premier macedone Gruevski e quello greco Karamanlis

Indipendence Day, Macedonia stays calm
21.02.2008   [Risto Karajkov]   In the few days following Kosovo’s declaration of independence, Macedonia remains calm. But for how long? February 17 was greeted differently by the country’s two major communities. Whereas Macedonians exercised restraint, Albanians rejoiced
Immagine: Pattuglia macedone al confine tra Macedonia e Kosovo

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

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