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May 23rd, 2008

Macedonia: Use of New Media in Election Campaign

Filip Stojanovski · 15:08

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Authors of the Macedonian media blog Komunikacii.net analyzed the "unprecedented" use of the internet and the new media by the leading political parties in the campaign for the early parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 1, 2008. Filip Stojanovski has translated the post from Macedonian. 1 comment · »»

May 15th, 2008

Macedonia: Bloggers Emphasize Need for Open Communication with Greece

Filip Stojanovski · 14:20

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Amid the internal turmoil caused by Greek actions to block Macedonia's accession to NATO and the EU, and due to an increasing number of reports of attacks over Macedonian truck drivers by nationalist mobs in Greece, many Macedonian bloggers are attempting to bridge the gap of ignorance existing between the two nations. 29 comments · »»

May 6th, 2008

Macedonia: Sakura - Cherry Blossom Celebration in Skopje

Filip Stojanovski · 10:04

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Even though very few ethnic Japanese live in the Republic of Macedonia, many locals took part in the second annual celebration of Sakura - the festival of cherry blossoms in Macedonia's capital, Skopje. Organizers of the festivals included some prominent bloggers who recently started a collaborative blog, Japan@mk, and initiated spreading the word through the Macedonian blogosphere. 2 comments · »»

April 10th, 2008

Bulgaria, Macedonia: Blog Wars Over History

Yavor Mihaylov · 15:37

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The relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia are no less complex and incomprehensible than those between Greece and Macedonia, although lately the former get less media exposure than the latter. The main problem between Sofia and Skopje is, once again, history. Yavor Mihaylov reviews the opinions of Bulgarian and Macedonian bloggers. 30 comments · »»

April 9th, 2008

Macedonia: Bloggers Discuss NATO Summit and Greece

Filip Stojanovski · 00:45

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Last week, the Macedonian blogosphere buzzed about Greece's obstruction of Macedonia's NATO entry. Filip Stojanovski translates a number of initial reactions. 91 comments · »»

Links about Macedonian

June 8th, 2008

May 26th, 2008

S.M. of Macedonia: Cradle of Culture, Land of Nature posted photos and videos from the recent protest of over 30,000 ethnic Macedonians in Australia, who demanded that their government stop using derogatory prefixes when referring to the Republic of Macedonia and ethnic Macedonians.

May 21st, 2008

Anastas Vangeli posted his impressions of the anti-nationalistic and anti-militaristic Greek-Macedonian Dialogue which took place last Saturday - in Macedonian and English. The participants were branded as traitors in the Greek media, and the Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church put an anathema on them in his Sunday sermon.