UPDATE: more pictures of the election observation mission @ AEGEE
The foreign observation team + Elena from Skopje (my partner for the day)
Back/left: Dejan – Skopje, macedonia
Back/right: Mathias – Trier,germany
Front/left: Emiel – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Front/right: Paolo – Sorgono – Sardinia, Italy
Pristina, Kosovo. Some war near the center Now it’s save mom!
The United Nations in [...]
The clock on the wall points toward the seven. “What time do you have”, a member of the election committee asks to the observers. They confirm it’s almost time. The last person cues, cast his vote and the door gets closed. Election day is over.
Elena asks something in Macedonian. She turns towards me with her [...]
A man was sitting behind a desk, while entering the school where the people could vote. He has one task: tell the people where to go. Not really exciting, but someone has to do the job. The school houses four voting-stations. Each of them contains of an five headed election commission, checked by [...]
The most important thing tonight: THE WORLD CUP! Germany will play against Italy in a hour from now. Not that big of a thing for a Dutch guy, we’re out any way. But our observation team contains of two Germans and one Italian guy. So whatever the results will be: some will cry, some will [...]
They sound relieved, from today there is pre-election silence. No more politics in the media. People are not allowed to advertise their politic parties and no more political flags. The organizer from AEGEE-Skopje sound a bit relieved. Last weeks they where overwhelmed by politics.
But it’s not over yet. The foreign (German, Swiss, Russian, Italian and [...]
The sign at Ohrid airport says welcome to Macedonia, in Latin and Cyrillic signs. Arriving the first time in the Balkans, I don’t know what to expect. Are those stories about mafia, ethnic problems and under-developed economics true? A sign forbidding guns is worrying me.
Outside the airport I’m looking for a bus, to get to [...]
On the 5th of July the people of Macedonia can go to the voting booth to choose their new parliament. In total there will 120 members elected in six constituencies, each representing 20 seats. But these elections will not only be important for what will happen inside the country. It The European Union and NATO [...]
Finally school is over! Finished all my subjects for the first year of Journalism in Utrecht. But now the real work for my trip to Macedonia is starting.
I went to the university libary and found some books about Macedonia, and guess which one was next to it: Albania. So I also took that one. And [...]