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Keywords: NATO; Yugoslavia; economic embargo; Greek media; Kostas Karamanlis; European Union; Nikola Gruevski; VMRO-DPMNE
Macedonians are snubbing their southern neighbor after Athens blocked the country’s NATO membership.
More...Keywords: Macedonia; jewish holocaust; second world war; balkans; nazis; albanians; kosovo; skenderbeg division; bulgarian; greece
This detailed article by historian Carl Savich presents the untold story of the Holocaust in Macedonia during World War II, showing how the "Greater Bulgaria" and "Greater Albania" dreams of Hitler's Balkan allies helped expedite the murder of over 7,000 Macedonian Jews.
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Keywords: European Union; EU membership; European Commission; Vlado Buckovski; Adnan Terzic; EU summit; Albanian rebels; ethnic Macedonian; NATO
Now that EU membership beckons, Macedonia could perhaps one day become the Belgium of the Balkans, deeply divided, but at ease with its divisions.
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Keywords: NATO; United Nations; Macedonia; Greece; NATO; embargo; independence; Balkan Wars; FYROM; Nimetz; European Union
As Greece threatens to block Macedonia’s NATO bid, citizens of both countries say they are ready for resolution of the name dispute.
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Keywords: Dragi Mihajlovski; historical memory; Mojot Skenderbey; My Skanderbeg; Gjergj Kastrioti; Izet Mexhiti; Democratic Party of Albanians
The heroic Skanderbeg's leadership qualities appear to be just as much in demand today as 600 years ago.
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Keywords: Medical students; exams; bones; black market; anatomy exam; plastic skulls; grave; Skopje Medical Faculty; cemetery workers; bone trade
Skopje’s medical students are buying bones stolen from graves. They say they have no other choice.
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Keywords: Ombudsman; Macedonia; National Human Rights Institution
In this review, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia gives an overview of the institutional character of his institution. The text offers an outline of the history, legal basis, organizational structure, funding, human rights mandate and activities. For the purposes of the topic of Eurodialogue 16, special attention is given to the Ombudsman of Republic of Macedonia as a National Human Rights Institution, the application process, receiving of status B and evaluation of the International Coordination Committee of National Institutions for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
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Keywords: EU membership; rakija; brandy; Yugoslavia; European Union; EU standards; alcohol production; Balkans; homemade alcohol
A favorite spirit may be threatened when Macedonia begins negotiating for EU membership.
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Keywords: Macedonia; government; Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski; TV ads; self-advertising by governments; media; Broadcasting Council president Zoran Stefanovski; public MRTV broadcaster; VMRO-DPMNE; Transparency International; corruption; promotional campaigns; co
Macedonians mock some of the public-service TV spots the government churns out. Now some are getting angry at what they say are political messages paid for by taxpayers.
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Keywords: elementary school; gymnasiums; public schools; education; Fatmir Avmedovski; financial resources; USAID; Nikola Gruevski; Suleiman Rushiti; poor electrical wiring; elementary conditions
The Macedonian government plans to buy computers for every student. But many schools are not equipped to connect.
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Keywords: Macedonia; minorities; gay rights; intolerance; homosexuals; Balkan; anti-sodomy laws; religious; gay pride parade; Queer Sarajevo Festival; EU; ethnicity; LGBT; OSCE; pro-EU reforms; Croatia; Serbia; Albania; Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski;
Macedonian gay rights advocates see more politics than conviction behind proposed anti-bias legislation.
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Keywords: Macedonia; field research; notes; comparisons of cultures; analysis of values;
Field notes that Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewski - Halpern have made during their field research and trips in Macedonian in the ’50ties of the XX century are published. Today they are accompanied by their comments, as well as photographs that illustrate their interest and the time in which they worked.
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Keywords: local elections; Boris Trajkovski; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ohrid peace agreement; ethnic Albanian minority; Romano Prodi
Macedonia remembers President Trajkovski, who died a year ago in a plane crash.
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Keywords: Macedonian government; EU membership; Romano Prodi; European integration; referendum; Ohrid Framework Agreement; Branko Crvenkovski; Radmila Sekerinska; Liberal Party; Stojan Andov
As the government prepares to answer an EU questionnaire, the 7 November referendum on the government's redistricting plans is casting a shadow.
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Keywords: Romano Prodi; Hari Kostov; Macedonian economy; Dnevnik; Radmila Sekerinska; European integration; EU membership; Macedonian income; Nikola Popovski
A new EU questionnaire helps focus minds on the dreadful state of the Macedonian economy.
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Keywords: Byzantium; Macedonia; Balkans; Ohrid; Chernomen
The text deals with some aspects of the history of Macedonia. It starts with the modern dispute between the Bulgarians, Greeks and the leading political circles of post-War Yugoslavia concerning the name and the ethnic character of Macedonia – a country combining the ancient (Greek) and medieval/modern (Slavic) heritage. The chapter is based on a competent book by John Shea. The following chapter refers to late-medieval period, referring to the Late-Byzantine texts. These texts prove that the name of Macedonia was still in use from the late Antiquity till the 15th century. Some sources give no precise information, but a comparison between from different tomes might document some interesting tendencies. A contrary tendency in the evolution of the term was its shift to the northern or north-western direction, where since the 6th century the Slavonic population has increased and changed the ethnic character of the country. It is remarkable an important role to the development to the Cyrillo-Methodian mission represented in that region by Clement of Ohrid, Theophylact of Ohrid etc, as well as to the historical importance of the West-Bulgarian/Macedonian Tsardom of Samuel on 11th century and its later tradition. The text gives a generally reliable presentation of the problem.
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Keywords: Macedonia; illiberalism; ethnic politics; democratization;
Over the course of the past ten years the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for national Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) has progressively extended its control over Macedonian political, social, and economic life, restricting the space for democratic discourse and limiting completion. Throughout this period it has acted in concert with elites representing the country’s Albanian minority and has included Albanian political parties, currently the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) as minority coalition partners. This article will examine the conditions that gave rise to illiberalism in Macedonia and the interaction between ethnic politics and the retreat from democracy.
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