The centre of Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with its notorious Alexander the Great statue. Wikimedia. CC.
It’s been 8 months since the government in the Republic of Macedonia changed. Before 31 May 2017, the conservative VMRO-DPMNE (a mouthful, I know) dictated political life in the country on all levels, starting from the official political institutions of the country all the way to political jargon in interpersonal communication between citizens.
However, after a period of protests by independent citizens and the opposition, joined by civil society organizations, as well as a number of deadly political mistakes on the part of the conservatives, the 11-year rule of Nikola Gruevski fell and the social democrats came to power.
