It may seem like nothing has changed in Macedonia after Sunday's elections, but look closer and you will see the cracks forming inside the country.
Nikola Gruevski, leader of the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, greets his supporters claiming victory. PAimages/Dragan Perkovski. All rights reserved.
There is no particular reason why outsiders should pay much attention to early elections in a small, impoverished Balkan state like Macedonia, especially when the story is that nothing much has changed.
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