Headlines in Macedonian Newspapers—A Sensation

1. “Worker fell from the second storey and got hurt”
An article reporting that a construction worker fell from the second storey of the building he was working on. The enormous height—four meters—greatly injured this not-so-old man. Gripping headline.

2. “They beat him up because they owed him money”
Long story short—some people owed a man some money and beat him up because of it. Where has this country gone when a person lends 5000 denars and then gets beat up?

3. “He beat up his cousin with a baseball bat”
Who would have thought that there are baseball bats in Macedonia? And people beating up their cousins with them for questionable reasons?

4. “They smoked marijuana”
Real news—two twenty-year-old guys smoked marijuana. I have never heard that before.

5. “Pigeons were burned”
Sixty pigeons were burned in a fire in Skopje. The owner couldn't extinguish the fire.




6. “They stole windows”
We are feeling the impact of the global economic crisis in Macedonia; we don’t have enough money for windows, so we have to steal them. From such robberies we cannot recover.


7. “Store crashed in a fight about beer”
A piece of advice: it is not wise to crash the store where you buy your beer, especially if you owe the owner 150 Euros.

8. “They mortgaged their house and then they sold it”
This is what happens when the mother of three sons passes away before leaving a will.

9. “Store robbed with a plastic gun”
Note: this only happens in small villages in the beautiful Republic of Macedonia. Profit: less than 200 Euros.

10. “Minerals were dug”
It is not bad enough that so few of Macedonia’s mines are working, but now arresting people who still appreciate the natural resources of their country. Who cares if they did that illegally?