REACTION TO THE JOINT BULGARIA-MACEDONIA GOOD NEIGHBOUR AGREEMENT- Team Uzunov has invited Dr Chris Popov, a long time Australian-Macedonian human rights activist who has attended a number of international conferences on minority rights and a retired senior public servant with Australia’s Immigration Department to run his expertise over the controversial agreement, being forced upon by […]
By Sasha Uzunov A controversial “Agreement for Good Neighbourly Relations” being pushed by Bulgaria and accepted in principle by Macedonia’s new Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has raised concerns about a hidden agenda with the aim of undermining Macedonian identity and statehood under the guise of Euro-Atlantic integration. TEAM UZUNOV surveyed some influential figures about the […]
PREFACE: The revelations of a Serbian Intelligence officer under formal and open diplomatic cover inside Macedonia’s parliament during a violent showdown kicked up enormous controversy in the international media with allegations of Serb-Russian collusion against “pro West” Macedonian leader Zoran Zaev. But what of Serbia and its traditional ally Greece and their history of joint […]
Interview with Tony Kitanovski, grass roots Australian-Macedonian activist, social media pundit, family man, building designer by profession, one of the behind the scenes organisers of a large pro Macedonia rally held in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 April 2017. (see link here).1. Tony, how did you get involved in the Macedonian cause? What’s your background? You don’t […]
——– SERB SPY SAGA – is there more to it? by Sasha Uzunov The revelation that an intelligence officer, Goran Zivaljevic, from Serbia’s Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia was spotted inside that country’s parliament on 27 April during a physical confrontation which saw leader of the Social Democrats (SDSM) Zoran Zaev attacked and bloodied and his […]
Q & A with Dr Chris Popov – Australian-Macedonian activist 1. Since your last interview for Team Uzunov Blog in 2016 – the situation in Macedonia has worsened. What is your assessment now? Dr Popov: The situation in Macedonia is incomparably worse than then, both politically, economically and from a security point of view This is […]
PROTEST AGAINST “TIRANA PLATFORM”by Sasha UzunovMelbourne, Australia A large rally by the local Macedonian community held outside the Republic of Macedonia’s Consulate in Melbourne, Australia, has thrown its support behind Macedonia’s President George Ivanov in his refusal to grant a mandate to the Social Democrats (SDSM) and its Albanian coalition partners in forming a government […]
Practice what you preach?PRESIDENT PLEVNELIEV’S PUZZLING PREACHING?by Sasha Uzunov Bulgaria’s outgoing President, Rosen Plevneliev, in a bizarre and some would say, hypocritical, parting shot has called for Macedonia to drop “Macedonianism” if it wants Bulgaria’s support for joining the European Union. see link here At the heart of the matter is Bulgaria’s historical refusal to […]
FEDERALISING ALBANIA? From a slam-dunk to a nasty rebound for Rama? By Sasha Uzunov The federation genie is now well and truly out of the bottle in the Balkans, in particular Macedonia, and driven hard by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Albanian Kosovar counterpart Hashim “the snake” Thaci. This populist political platform could […]
SURRENDERING THE STATE Post-Macedonia ?by Sasha UzunovThe two year crisis in which Macedonia still finds itself in has only gotten worse. An indecisive election in December leaving no party from the Macedonian bloc able to claim a clear mandate to form government has left the ethnic Albanian parties in a huge bargaining position, so much so […]
