Interview

Marija Pavlovska, an artist: I was invited to take part in the Venice Biennale with a solo project
Artist Marija Pavlovska has been successfully walking the path of successful artists in the world for many years. Her work has been featured in galleries in Paris, Vienna, New York, and soon Manila and Venice … along the works of Yoko...

Ofeigur Sigurdsson, Icelandic writer: I would have killed myself if I were not a writer!
Ofeigur Sigurdsson, Icelandic writer and translator, is at the forefront of a poetic movement in reshaping the form of poetry and during his stay in Skopje we talked about literature, translation, music …
He is a graduate of the University...

Inti Sraj, actress: Waiting for a good role is like a child waiting for Christmas
Inti Sraj is a Slovenian actress who the Macedonian public recognizes as Theresa, the main female character in Stole Popov’s film “To the Hilt”. The beautiful and charming Sraj this year, after a pause of almost four...

Hero Marko: Even if I hadn’t succeeded to swim across the Lake, the message was sent – you should never give up!
“Please, don’t say, ‘bravo for the child Marko who swam across the lake’ … he is not a child. He a big man,” popular Macedonian actor Rubens Muratovski wrote on his Facebook profile after the 12-year-old...

Ayfer Tunc, Turkish writer: I don’t write to be on a best-selling list
If you write about pop-culture, or care to be in a best-selling list and also use advertising and PR in a professional way and you are lucky, yes, you will live as an author definitely. I write to be read by qualified readers not being on a...

Mickoski: I urge all political prisoners be released from custody, and there are many such
On several occasions, you mentioned that the political terror in the country is in full swing. What exactly were you referring to?
Mickoski: I will tell you about the political terror. It takes place on many levels. From common citizens employed...

Mickoski: Name solution must be based on national interests
The government survived the vote of no-confidence. Does this discourage you?
Mickoski: When I know that what I’m saying is true, and when I know that the arguments are on my side, it motivates me. The government’s surviving a parliamentary...

Mickoski: Macedonia got a criminal cartel in power
Recently, in a correspondence with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, you said that you have information about the government’s crime and that it cannot be hidden, what exactly where you referring to?
Mickoski: The inability to realize projects,...

Manchevski: Interested in reality and the portrayal of it
After being shown at festivals on three continents, Milcho Manchevski’s fifth feature film Bikini Moon will have its Macedonian premiere at Skopje’s Millennium movie theater on March 22.
Bikini Moon is a US-German-Canadian co-production,...

Interview for the newspaper “Ilinden”: Dr.Marcus Papadopoulos is the publisher and editor of Politics First, a non-partisan publication for the UK Parliament
Newspaper “Ilinden”: Dr Marcus Papadopoulos, please provide a short biography to introduce yourself to the readers.
Since my childhood, I have had a fascination and passion for the former Yugoslavia; so much so that it is, today, one of...