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A number of statements and written reports have come out in the past several days and weeks, which I feel, compelled to comment on. Even as certain representatives of the international community were praising the Ohrid Framework Agreement on August 13th, three years after its signing, certain Macedonian Albanian politicians were finally telling the truth. DUI parliamentarian, uncle of Ali Ahmeti and NLA ideologist and strategist Fazli Veliu said in Radusa, “NLA's vision has begun with Kosovo and will end with the Albanians' unification in the future Greater Albania, which includes Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and eastern Kosovo…The manifestation in Radusa...

Ever since the Macedonian government decided to wed decentralization of power with territorial realignments, the 64 million dollar question has been whether or not the people would someday rebel. Up to now, the gradual whittling away of the country has been met with at most dark grumblings and complaints. Yet while continuing to richly deserve their label as the most apathetic, fatalistic and lethargic people in the Balkans, the disgruntled Macedonians are starting to show some signs of life. Thursday night riots in the southwestern city of Struga left over 30 injured, including 17 police officers, numerous wrecked cars, and...

Equipped with an abundant knowledge of history, Michael Tuggle has cast a discerning eye on the trends of the present. Not the 'trendy' trends but the real ones, those which can guide our steps into the future (as far as the future can be known to us mortals). The trends suggest to him something very hopeful - the probability and suitability of a change in the principle by which human affairs are governed. We have been living for a long time by the organising principle of command from the top down - something the American Founding Fathers decried as 'consolidation'-...