Macedonia: Year 2003 in review / Rassegna 2003

(italiano / english)


1. Macedonia 2003
2. Links to articles by Christopher Deliso
3. More links
4. TFF PeaceTips: Macedonia report + Balkan classics


Vedi anche:

Osservatorio Balcani - 22.01.2004:
Futuro difficile per la Macedonia

La Macedonia termina il 2003 con un record: il più alto numero di
disoccupati nella storia dello stato. Gli analisti ritengono che sia
stato un anno difficile, ma anche che il 2004 sarà tale. In aumento:
povertà, corruzione e sfiducia nelle istituzioni.

http://auth.unimondo.org/cfdocs/obportal/
index.cfm?fuseaction=news.view1&NewsID=2750


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Macedonia year in review part 1: the political situation

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=223

Macedonia year in review part 2: the economy

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=224

Macedonia year in review part 3: security and defense

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=225

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Macedonia in 2003: Neither Here Nor There

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=221

Macedonia in 2003: Here, there and everywhere

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=222

Macedonia 2004: Our Predictions

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=226


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Links to articles by Christopher Deliso


Note: "Balkanalysis.com is run by Antiwar.com contributor Christopher
Deliso, and features hard-hitting articles organized in blog style,
ranging from political analysis to travel reports." (N. Malic)
Even though Deliso's (and Malic's) conservative views are often matter
of criticism from our side, we advice the reader to have a look at the
reports listed here because of their highly informative contents. CNJ


Analysis: Murky Balkan oil movements (2/12/2002)

"... Balkan projects were deliberately slowed. The U.S. government has
pressured its own oil companies not to publicly discuss projects west
of the Black Sea. Until now, this had marginalized Balkan pipeline
ideas..."

> http://www.serbianna.com/columns/deliso/011.shtml


Oil and the future shape of Macedonia (21/12/2002)

"...Although it has been proposed since 1994, the
Albania-Macedonia-Bulgaria (AMBO) oil pipeline still does not exist.
... The main reason, however, is that the American priority had been
building the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline linking the Caspian and
Mediterranean Seas...."

> http://www.serbianna.com/columns/deliso/012.shtml


The Instability Myth, Free Markets and Macedonia's Future (21/12/2002)

"...Even Turkey will negotiate for EU membership before Macedonia –
though 96 percent of its territory lies in Asia..."

> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso63.html


Poisonings or Power Plays? (1/1/2003)

"...December's scandal of the month in Macedonia was a curious,
unresolved and somewhat suspicious affair: the alleged poisoning of
over 200 Albanian high school students in Kumanovo..."

> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso65.html


Disaster Par Extraordinaire? (24/2/2003)

"...Brown & Root, the world's most famous military logistics
support company, has been active for several months in Djibouti,
where US Special Forces set up shop in June. Now that war is likely
within a few weeks, this subsidiary of Halliburton is preparing by
increasing its local workforce...."

> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso68.html


Macedonia, Bulgaria and the Myth of American Prosperity (4/3/2003)

"...America’s covert support for the Albanians in the 2001 Macedonian
war led to a brief spell of anti-Americanism, rabid protests at the
embassy, and the ensuing fortification of the grounds. Bulgaria, on the
other hand, has enjoyed uninterrupted and unabashed pro-American
sentiment..."

> http://www.serbianna.com/columns/deliso/013.shtml


Wolfowitz in Skopje - What Next for Macedonia? (20/5/2003)

"...Wolfowitz stood opposite the neatly-arrayed Macedonian
troops and thanked them for playing their part in the "liberation"
of the Iraqi people..."

> http://www.antiwar.com/orig/deliso77.html


Interview: Macedonian telecom competes (27/6/2003)

"...In September 2001, Greek telecommunications giant OTE paid almost
28.5 million euro for Macedonia's second mobile operator license..."

> http://www.serbianna.com/columns/deliso/017.shtml


Macedonia's Communications Disaster (9/8/2003)

"...Deutsche Telekom through Hungary’s MATAV, Telekom will have a
land-line monopoly until 2005...."

> http://www.serbianna.com/columns/deliso/019.shtml


The autumn security situation: What can we expect? (20/8/2003)

"...The formula of accepting yesterday’s extremists as today’s
democratic leaders, and today’s extremists as tomorrow’s democratic
solution, has worked increasingly well in Macedonia and Kosovo..."

> http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=125


Rogue traders of the Balkans (3/9/2003)

"...Extremist desires to carve out a "Greater Albania" from parts of
Macedonia and Yugoslavia merely attest to a reality, if not
politically, at least in terms of a black-market economy...."

> http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=136


Risky business: Brown & Root scoops up Macedonia's youth (6/9/2003)

"...Over the past few months, hundreds of young people from Kumanovo
(among other places) have been recruited for Brown & Root’s imperial
support missions in the Middle East. The military logistics giant,
formerly run by Vice President Cheney, is in reality the civilian wing
of the Pentagon, thriving off of never-ending government grants for
military missions the world over..."

> http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=138


Diary of an Uncivil War: the Violent Aftermath of the Kosovo Conflict
(3/11/2003)

"...Diary of an Uncivil War is thus not only a good read- brisk,
straight-up and comic in places- but also a real contribution to the
primary source material on the Macedonian War..."

> http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=178


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MORE LINKS


---> Useful resources:

http://www.makfax.com.mk/index-a.asp

http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/

http://www.makedonija.com/

http://www.mia.com.mk/


---> The workers mobilize:

Macedonian workers back on the move (by Fred Weston)
http://www.marxist.com/Europe/macedonia_workers_move_again.html

Anti-government strikes in Macedonia (by Paul Stuart)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/dec2002/mace-d19_prn.shtml

MACEDONIA: STRIKES HIT NEW GOVERNMENT (by Spasiljka Jovanova)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200211_391_3_eng.txt


---> More:

EU takes over NATO's mission in Macedonia (by Paul Stuart)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/apr2003/mace-a10_prn.shtml

Corruption Rife Among Macedonia's NGOs
http://www.tol.cz/look/wire/
article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=10&NrIssue=740&NrSection=1&NrArti
cle=10337

Average Salary in Macedonia Barely Covers Cost of Food (by Valentin
Nesovski)
http://www.balkantimes.com/
default3.asp?lang=english&page=process_print&article_id=20798

MACEDONIA: PRESS TAKEOVER CONCERNS
There's concern the WAZ media acquisitions will create a monopoly in
weak media market... (by Ana Petruseva)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200308_452_1_eng.txt

Macedonian Houses Burn, Police Remains Clueless About Arsonists (by
Emil Zafirovski)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=2758

Macedonia to Legalise Tetovo University (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.balkantimes.com/
default3.asp?lang=english&page=process_print&article_id=21308

Nine Charged With Terrorism In Macedonia
http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/bk/Qmacedonia-crime.R0-e_DOL.html

Macedonian Court Indicts Infamous 'Cakala,' 'Jamie
Shea,' Seven Others For Bomb Blasts On Skopje-Belgrade
Railroad
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/
Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Osnoven%20sud%20Kumanovo.htm

Del Ponte: "It Is Possible Criminal Charges to Be
Brought In Macedonia This Year"
http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=44973&LangID=1

Macedonia: National Association For Weapons Says
Number Of Illegal Weapons In Region Exceeds 2.3 Million
http://www.makfax.com.mk/news1-a.asp?br=53344

Over 100,000 Illegal Arms In Macedonia; NATO's 'Arms
Harvest' Only Collected 3,380
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Oruzje.htm

Macedonian Foreign Minister In Brussels, Submits To
Protocols For Future NATO Accession
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20MNR%20Mitreva.htm

Chief Of Macedonian Military To Attend Conference Of
European Armies, US European Army Command
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/
Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Generalstab%20nacalnik.htm

First Reshuffle in Macedonian Prime Minister's Government (by Marija
Lazarova)
http://www.balkantimes.com/
default3.asp?lang=english&page=process_print&article_id=21927

Albanian-Kosovo Union, a strategic objective of all Albanians
Koha Jone (Tirana) - November 13, 2003
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/kj111503.htm

Reactions to Panel Discussion in Gostivar: Historians From Albania
Revive the Balists
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=2889

2003: Kosovo Albanian Terrorism continued (by Carl Savich) 
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/savich/050.shtml


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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: - T F F - PeaceTips
Gesendet: Montag, 2. Februar 2004 13:32
An: TFF PeaceTips
Betreff: Macedonia report + Balkan classics

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