THE VIEW FROM BUDAPEST: HUNGARIAN-MACEDONIAN RELATIONS – by Sasha Uzunov In December 2012, Hungary led by the larger than life, some would say bombastic, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, recognised Macedonia under its constitutional name much to the chagrin of Greece which has blocked Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership applications for over twenty years. Greece is […]
AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY TO REMAIN IN BELGRADEby Sasha Uzunov TEAM UZUNOV exclusive – Australia rules out moving embassy to Skopje, Macedonia – Canberra regards Serbia of more strategic importance. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has ruled out relocating its Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia to Skopje, Macedonia, despite Serbia not wanting to join NATO, […]
– CULTURAL CRISIS IN MACEDONIA – expert says interview with Dr Ico Najdovski-Perin about the crisis in Macedonia. Dr Najdovski-Perin hosts the influential Macedonian language program on 3ZZZ ethnic radio in Melbourne. He is known for his no-holds barred views and is the Australian-Macedonian version of Melbourne radio broadcaster Neil Mitchell. He has Bachelor and […]
CROAT-MACEDONIAN RELATIONS by Sasha Uzunov Mr Branko Miletic is an Australian-Croat journalist, often cited in the Australian media about Croatian affairs. He is also a long time observer of the Balkans. Question 1. Have successive Croatian governments dropped the ball in winning the diplomatic war for influence in the southern Balkans, namely in Macedonia by allowing […]
Exclusive – Team Uzunov contacts European Union Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn COOL HAHN LUKE – EU Chief keeps calm over criticsBy Sasha Uzunov The European Union’s troubleshooter for Macedonia, Commissioner Johannes Hahn, has played it cool and calm by not buying into repeated attacks launched against him on social […]
INTERVIEW WITH DR CHRIS POPOV ON THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. TEAM UZUNOV ASKED DR POPOV 12 QUESTIONS: BIOGRPAHY: Dr Chris Popov was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1953 to parents originating from the Lerin and Kostur regions of Macedonia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Ph.D. in History. […]
Macedonian Lustration process – 1980 – PEN President & British author Dr Michael Scammell spied upon by Yugoslavia over Macedonian dissident Dragan Bogdanovski and Albanian dissident Adem Demaci? BRITISH PEN MIGHTIER THAN UDBa SWORD by Sasha Uzunov Dr Michael Scammell, a prominent British author and academic who as the President of PEN, the Internationalist writers […]
By Sasha Uzunov ATA – Office of the Antiterrorism Assistance Program is run by the United State’s State Department (it’s Foreign Ministry) and until recently when I stumbled upon this 1997 article from the Gainsville Sun in Florida, US, in a newspaper archive had no idea of its existence. We all know of the CIA, […]
Photos: Aleksander Dinevski (above). Ljubomir Frckoski (below right). THE ACE & THE INTERIOR MINISTER The unusual choice for “human rights activist” – Ljubomir Danailov Frckoski. It’s a puzzling selection by the Helsinki Committee for Macedonia – link – to have on board an ex politician, ex Interior Minister who ordered extensive wiretapping and wrongfully dismissed […]
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic (on the left) shakes hands with Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.(ROAD) SIGN OF THE TIMES – Serbia’s rocky relationship with MacedoniaBy Sasha Uzunov The haughty and paradoxical behaviour of Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has not been hard to miss over Belgrade’s confected outrage when Macedonia did not obey Serbia, […]
