Tag: ganka
Macedonia 08.06.20 | 21:47

Academic Kulafkova is the latest target of the highly selective fight against “hate speech”

The Helsinki Committee, a left wing NGO organization, filed criminal charges with the Interior Ministry alleging that academic and distinguished Macedonian literature expert Katica Kulafkova is responsible of hate speech. The Committee has frequently proposed similar charges against the broadly defined...

Macedonia 05.05.20 | 10:44

Zaev wants irregular elections complete the dismantling of Macedonia, Cvetanova warns

Zoran Zaev wants irregular elections because he made promises to dismantle Macedonia and all that is Macedonian, warns Ganka Cvetanova, a former top VMRO-DPMNE official. Zaev is a man of his word. He wants to finish all that he promised to do, Cvetanova said. Zaev and his SDSM party are pushing for elections...

Macedonia 26.03.20 | 15:42

Cvetanova to Dimitrov: You don’t get to speak for our ancestors

Following the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO membership and the political decision to open EU accession talks, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, who is the signatory of the imposed Prespa treaty, said that it accomplishes “the twin goals set by our mothers and fathers”. Among the...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 11:15

Ganka Cvetanova: Zaev knows what he’s doing when he says that the Macedonian nation is multi-ethnic

Zaev’s use of the term multi-ethnic nation is not a coincidence, says former Culture Minister Ganka Cvetanova. She sees the move by the outgoing Prime Minister to insist that the Macedonian nation is a political not ethnic notion and represents a multi-ethnic mix of peoples as a further step toward...

Macedonia 18.11.19 | 22:46

Let’s make Zaev leader for life, quips Ganka Cvetanova, after former diplomats propose postponing the elections

After the Council of Ambassadors proposed that the April 2020 elections are postponed, an ironic counter-proposal was made to have Zoran Zaev installed as Prime Minister for life. The Council is made up of mostly SDSM party supporting former ambassadors, and today they came out in support of the idea...

Macedonia 23.07.19 | 14:57

Ganka Samoilovska Cvetanova asks Zaev how can he visit Krusevo after blaming Macedonians of stealing history from others

Former Culture Minister Ganka Samoilovska Cvetanova blasted Zoran Zaev for his statement that Macedonia has been appropriating the history of its neighbors in the past. She especially condemned the comment which Zaev made for the Greek public, and which was received approvingly in all neighboring countries...

Macedonia 16.06.19 | 16:07

Message to Zaev: Please stop with the broken English

The cringe-worthy moment Zoran Zaev had during a conference in Austria yesterday, when in his Tarzan English he compared Europe to a sexy lady, sparked waves of expressions of embarrassment across the social media. Please don’t speak English any more. Please, I beg you, former Culture Minister...

Macedonia 21.04.19 | 22:27

Social media commentators annoyed by US Embassy election day tweet

A number of social media users responded to an election day tweet by the US Embassy in Macedonia, which contained pictures American election day observers snapped across the country. One of photos contained a large herd of sheep, which was not taken lightly by Macedonian voters. Respected US Embassy...