
Macedonia ponders the economic and political motivation behind seeking closer ties with Russia.

Skopje tells critics to trust that law enforcement will not abuse sweeping new powers to monitor phone calls and e-mails.

Skopje is spending a fortune to remake itself, but into what?

Ali Berat is a role model for many in his community, but others criticize him for exhorting Roma to abandon their traditions.

Skopje’s enthusiastic push for Macedonian language classes for Albanian first-graders leads to a schools boycott. Part one of a series.




Minority Coverage in Focus
With the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, the need to improve coverage of ethnic and other minorities was again thrown into stark relief. Toward that end, TOL has launched a call for applications for a distance-learning course on the subject for media professionals and bloggers from Central Asia. Deadline: September 20th, 2010
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