Macedonia: Behind the Facade

People & Power investigates whether rising ethnic tensions in Macedonia could result in civil conflict.

18 Mar 2015 | Politics, Macedonia, Europe, Yugoslavia

Macedonia's government has been accused of wanting to rewrite the nation's history along ethnically divisive lines. Its Albanian minority fear the possible consequences.

Against a background of increasing tension caused by a controversial inter-community murder case, the government's opponents have also weighed in with allegations that conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been behind a massive state surveillance and wire-tapping programme, aimed at suppressing dissent and clinging onto power.

So how did this very Balkan crisis begin and where will it lead? Filmmaker Glenn Ellis went to Macedonia to find out.

in full: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2015/03/macedonia-facade-150318135440964.html