US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily (left), Macedonia’s Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski (centre) and the newly installed head of the Public Safety Bureau Saso “The Shooter” Tasevski, who gained notoriety as the then bodyguard of Zoran Zaev, now Prime Minister, during the assault on Macedonia’s Parliament in April 2017. Tasevski pulled out his pistol and fired some […]
How a British colonial war in South Africa (1899-1902) impacted the Ilinden Uprising in Macedonia in 1903 by Sasha Uzunov – New Zealand, Australian and American press archives about the Ilinden era in Macedonia 1903 -‘THE GERMAN ARMY OFFICER WHO CRUSHED MACEDONIA’S ILINDEN UPRISING FOR THE SULTAN The Ilinden Uprising was a Macedonian rebellion launched […]
by Sasha UzunovSkopje, MacedoniaFriday 17 August 2018 I was at today’s formal ceremony held at the Ministry of Defence to mark Macedonian Army Day which falls on 18 August every year. The 18 August was chosen because on that day in 1943 the Mirce Acev partizan battalion was formed and became the nucleus of the […]
by Sasha UzunovSkopje, Macedonia Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, either has no clue about Macedonian history or he is a willing participant in deliberate amnesia over certain events. Moreover, the various agreements and platforms involving Bulgaria, Greece and local ethnic Albanians have placed him and the nation-state he governs in a position to be blackmailed […]
NATO REFERENDUM BATTLE HEATS UP- World Macedonia Congress leader Todor Petrov returns fire at “Brussels racism” by Sasha Uzunov, Skopje, MacedoniaSaturday 11 August 2018 Mr Todor Petrov, the President of the World Macedonian Congress, an internationally based lobby group, has condemned what he says is the European Union’s “racist” attacks against opponents of the NATO […]
Andrej Zernovski second from right. Photo source: MIA by Sasha UzunovSkopje, Macedonia Macedonia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski has denied he discussed with US officials becoming a candidate in next year’s presidential election in Macedonia. Mr Zernovski was in the US a fortnight ago on an official visit and met with some key US government […]
IVANOV UNDER PRESSURE AND RACIST ATTACKS – must withstand says Alliance coordinator Janko Bachev by Sasha UzunovSkopje, Macedonia An alliance of 28 political parties, NGOs and civic groups have signed an agreement to lead a boycott against a scheduled referendum on Macedonia changing its name in order to join NATO and the EU. see link […]
by Sasha UzunovMeckin Kamen, Krusevo,and Skopje, Macedonia On 2 August 1903, Macedonian rebels were heavily outnumbered and slaughtered by the Ottoman Turkish Army and its Albanian bashi-bazouk irregulars on the strategic hill known as Meckin Kamen overlooking the town of Krusevo – south west of Skopje, the present day capital – in what was to […]
by Sasha Uzunov Serbian money laundering and its impact upon Macedonia is of serious concern, Norway’s Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia has alleged. Ambassador Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad has also further alleged that Serb money laundering has permitted groups to finance opposition to the controversial name deal between Greece and Macedonia, which would remove […]
Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad photo credit: Diplomacy and Commerce- link here by Sasha Uzunov Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, says he was unaware of World War II Albanian Nazi collaborator statues installed in Macedonia by leading Albanian politicians and will further investigate. “I […]
