Sentence examples for macedonian from inspiring English sources
(Slav civilians suffered too; they have been forced to leave mixed villages).From the rebels' viewpoint, their human-shield tactics serve a double purpose: either the Macedonian government's forces feel obliged to restrain their fire, or they carry on with it and strengthen the rebels' moral case.
Sceptical critics, used to a city where nothing much happens, sarcastically asked which triumph the proposed triumphal arch would be celebrating.In this section Tough-guy Sarko Losing his grip Roads to ruin Black stuff in a green land High contrast A Macedonian makeover ReprintsYet it is happening.
And if Macedonian heroes are to be celebrated in statue form, surely space can be found for a few more Albanians (Skopje-born Mother Teresa and Skanderbeg, a medieval hero, are already represented).For Saso Ordanoski, a local commentator, Skopje 2014 is an "ugly, money-wasting, architecturally failed and politically lunatic project".
One article suggests Muslims in the Sandzak region of Serbia fear they may be the next victims of ethnic cleansing; another reports on the Kosovan refugees in Skopje, the Macedonian capital.
However, in the last year especially, there have been similar arguments in many parts of the former Yugoslavia.Last August Fatmir Besimi, the Macedonian minister of defence, and an Albanian, caused a rumpus when he laid flowers at a memorial to members of the ethnic Albanian, National Liberation Army who had died fighting the Macedonian security services in 2001.
For example, a Serbian minister says he has held back two passenger aircraft which Serbia rents out to the Macedonian national airline in part, at least, because of the general downturn in relations.
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It could soon be translated into open hostility towards NATO troops, especially if they are deployed in large numbers as part of a disarmament programme whose terms from the Slav-Macedonian point of view may be too generous.The Americans would not relish that.
"I hate it," says Lura Pollozhani, a young Macedonian-Albanian journalist.
Albanians, by contrast, see Skopje 2014 and related projects like the church-museum as a project designed to shove "Macedonian-ness" down their throats.
New local broadcasters have popped up in places such as the western Balkans, Mr Thompson adds, defending the decision to close the Albanian-, Manddonian- and Serbian-language services (along with Portuguese for Africa and an English service aimed at the Caribbean).
