INTERVIEW WITH NICOS DIMOU
Nicos Dimou is one of the most eminent Greek writers and commentators. He was a columnist for the leading Greek dailies and weeklies, and author of many television and radio shows, the first Greek writer who hosted talk-shows on literary and ideological topics. He has written more than 60 books, including poetry, satire, philosophy, political theory. Probably his most famous book is: “On the Misery of Being Greek”. Now he works as a freelance writer...
MACEDONIA'S ROAD TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
A decade and a half after declaring independence in 1991, the Republic of Macedonia is a candidate for membership to the European Union. Measured solely through financial, economical or cultural criteria, the EU could very well place Macedonia together with the other countries of the Western Balkans "on hold" for quite some time. That is why the decision of the European Union to grant Macedonia a candidate status is an act of vision on part of its political leadership...
Observing the Observers: Language, Ethnicity, and Power in the 1994 Macedonian Census and Beyond
In Sarajevo, before the Yugoslav war, there was a museum at one end of the bridge where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. Among the displays at this museum was a political cartoon from the period shortly before the outbreak of the Great War. The cartoon shows a disorderly circle of powder kegs, some with long, dangling fuses, others on their sides with gun-powder spilling out.
On the Macedonian Authenticity
Bulgarian – Macedonian relationships are burdened with a heavy historical heritage. It falls in the context of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the pretensions of neighboring countries like Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria for a possible “redistribution” of Macedonia.