By Biljana Vankovska A passage from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale haunts me often: “That was when they suspended the Constitution… There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home… watching television… There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” Today, the enemy list is long: Russia, China, Iran, Hamas—you choose! Our screens have changed, but our passivity hasn’t. We no longer watch TV; we scroll, distracted and numb, as freedoms erode

Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China -- image via X By Biljana Vankovska Just days before the second round of local elections in Macedonia, everyone here seems obsessed with one question: who will control the municipalities —and through them, control us? Power in this country flows like a pyramid: from Vodno (the president’s office) to Ilindenska (the government’s building), and down to every local council. My local readers will

Keir Starmer and Hristijan Mickoski, May 16, 2025 -- Number 10, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska Macedonia’s state...

Images via Levica The Macedonian Levica (The Left) party has issued a press release regarding a significant and historic diplomatic...

Public domain image By Biljana Vankovska The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value ....