Crooked officials

Stallholder from Skopje.

He has been selling souvenirs at a stall in Skopje for 15 years. He needed a permission from the government of North Macedonia. He got it. However, it was difficult. Governmental officials are intertwined with their acquaintances and friends. Those friends have an influence on decision-making of the governmental officials. Depending on how the friends of the governmental officials need it, they make life harder for ordinary people. An example can be getting a permission to sell on the square.

Břetislav Sobek

My name is Bretislav Sobek. I am curious and don’t understand new things. That is the reason why I ask, I write it down and post it.

I have written hundreds of emails to newspaper’s editorial offices. They have answered me once. They wrote me that if I wanted to write I should study journalism including a link to the right faculty. They said it was supposed to be the right place for me.

Others answered with a suspicion that I was a PR manager of a political party. I just wanted to inform my fellow citizens about what I think was important to them.

I applied for Journalists unions. They didn’t accept me and weren’t able to explain me why. The same went for another ten candidates.

And that’s the reason why I decided to set up my own newspaper and named myself a chief editor.