Like its Balkan neighbours, Macedonia is no stranger to street unrest.
Lately, Nikola Gruevski’s conservative cabinet has faced waves of protest. But last Tuesday tensions spiralled out of control as youth threw eggs at the faux-neoclassical facade of the government headquarters - a proud example of the so-called Skopje 2014 project populating the capital with reminders of Alexander the Great’s timeless glory.
Riot police arrived promptly at the scene. But the crackdown only str...
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