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Macedonian Banks are Safer than West Europe's Banks
By Sam VakninEditor in Chief of Global Politician Even under the best case scenario (in which banks take a 50% haircut on the credits they have extended to profligate Greece, but there is no default) French, Italian, German, and Austrian banks run a collective capital... The Republic of Macedonia is 20 years Old
By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The Republic of Macedonia is 20 years old: an adult with the problems and promises that characterize early puberty. The country now has a young and dynamic leadership which has succeeded to transform ... Macedonia’s 2011 Independence Day Interview with Stevo Pendarovsk
Macedonia’s 2011 Independence Day Interview conducted by: Sam Vaknin I have been fortunate to meet Stevo Pendarovski several times, in his official capacities, and “for coffee”. On all occasions, I found him to be level-headed, incisively analytical, and a true... Alexander the Great: Murdered in Babylon, Resurrected in Skopje
Was Alexander the Great murdered in Babylon? In a historical mystery which combines Dan Brown's narrative panache (but with far superior writing skills), Agatha Christie's sense of drama and mis-en-scene, and Paul Johnson's synoptic view, Graham Phillips makes a convincing... Can the Albanians in Macedonia be Bought off?
The once and future Prime Minister of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, has surrendered large swathes of his government to his Albanian coalition partners, DUI, the political incarnation of the rugged insurgents who roiled the country in an armed conflict in 2001. Even the... Private Armies and Private Military Companies (PMCs)
In July 2002, Christopher Deliso recounted in antiwar.com that Dutch Radio, based on reports leaked by a Dutch military analysis firm, accused the US government of aiding and abetting terrorists in Macedonia. Not for the first time, the Americans were rumored to have hired... #daniel in Macedonia: Martin Neskovski Killed by Police
#daniel: Martin Neskovski Killed by Special Police in Macedonia Square As Macedonians celebrated in the capital city of Skopje after a snap Parliamentary election, a young man was beaten to death by a member of the...Macedonia: The Case of the Abused PCL
By: Sam VakninEditor in Chief of Global PoliticianIn January 2011, the Republic of Macedonia became the first country to benefit from the IMF’s PCL (Precautionary Credit Line): a contingent “insurance policy” of c. $650 million USD. At the time, the Executive Board of... The Uselessness of Indices Produced by NGOs
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index Like many other an NGO (non-governmental organization) Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) is mainly preoccupied with perpetuating... Macedonia's Hopeful Holocaust
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Macedonia boasts one of only four major Holocaust memorials in the world (the others are in Jerusalem, Washington, and Berlin). For a country of 2 million people with fewer than 130 Jews and no tourism to... Macedonia's Minister of Education Cleans Academe's Augean Stables
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Finally, a true reform: Macedonia's youthful and intrepid Minister of Education is attempting to overhaul the country's bloated academic institutions by introducing basic principles, long accepted... Greek-Macedonian Name Issue Myths Debunked
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The "name issue" involves a protracted dispute over the last 17 years between the two Balkan polities over Macedonia's right to use its constitutional name, "The Republic of Macedonia". The Greeks claim... Presidential candidate Gjorge Ivanov wins election in Macedonia
Conservative Gjorge Ivanov surpassed his rival Social Democrat Ljubomir Frckovski in Macedonia's presidential eleciton, winning 63.14% of all votes. 42.61% of all eligible voters cast their vote, exceeding the required voter turnout of 40%. The voter turnout among ethnic... Macedonia elections: preliminary results
Over half of all votes have already been counted in the presidential election in the former Yugoslavian state of Macedonia, and the preliminary counts show that conservative leader Gjorge Ivanov has a strong lead over his closest rival Social Democrat Ljubomir Frckoski,... Macedonians plant six million trees today
In Macedonia today, thousands of people volunteered to plant six million trees as part of a reforestation campaign in the Balkan country.Macedonia has experienced many wild fires over the past two years and... NowPublic on Facebook
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