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 […]
How would you label or classify Levica activist Zdravko Saveski, one of the leaders of Macedonia’s Colour Revolution?December 11, 2016 – The Macedonian elections – western labels and templatesBy Sasha Uzunov Reuters wire service can’t make up its mind – the governing VMRO-DPMNE is called a Macedonian “nationalist party” but in another report by the […]
US Ambassador Jess Baily TENSIONS RISING – Why fierce anti-US sentiment and resentment exists in Macedoniaby Sasha Uzunov Tensions are building in Macedonia over the disputed election results with growing fierce anti US sentiment…. There is a perception that US Ambassador Jess Baily has been interfering in the election count and favouring Albanian parties in […]
TRUMP AND MACEDONIA: what’s in store for Macedonia? – Part 1 – (Prelude) By Sasha Uzunov You all have been amused or bemused by some enterprising Macedonian teenagers from the town of Veles who made some very good money in running “fake news” assisting Donald Trump win the US Presidency against favourite Hillary Rodham Clinton. It’s […]
WHAT ASIO DIDN’T TELL YOU – The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1975-1989 – Dr John Blaxland & Rhys Crawley. by Sasha Uzunov The latest volume of the official ASIO history has been met with enormous interest over its revelations that Australia’s counter-intelligence organisation was penetrated by Soviet moles during the Cold War but […]
EU ADVISOR – MACEDONIA: ANOTHER DECADE OF WAITING FOR EU MEMBERSHIP TEAM UZUNOV EXCLUSIVE – EU’s Dr Nathalie Tocci on Macedonia by Sasha Uzunov – dateline: Melbourne, Australia, 26 September 2016. The European Union’s top security advisor has blamed the EU’s membership process over Macedonia and Turkey’s inability to join the EU, is disappointed that […]
