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<h1>Macedonia: New faces in Skopje</h1>
<p><b>Lessons from the Macedonian Elections and the
Challenges Facing the New Government</b>
<p class="small">8 January 1999</p>
<a name="top"><h2>Contents</h2></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="/#exec">Executive Summary</a>
<p>
<li><a href="/#1">Macedonians vote for change</a>
<ol type="a">
<li><a href="/#1a">The New Parliament</a>
<ol type="i" class="small">
<li><a href="/#1a1">Election Results</a>
<li><a href="/#1a2">Complaints and Irregularities</a>
<li><a href="/#1a3">Technical and administrative issues
to be addressed ahead of future elections</a>
<li><a href="/#1a4">Media issues</a>
</ol>
<li><a href="/#1b">The New Electoral System - a Weak Compromise</a>
<ol type="i" class="small">
<li><a href="/#1b1">Possible Improvements to the Election
System</a>
<li><a href="/#1b2">Gerrymandering, or Just Lack of
Time?</a>
</ol>
</ol>
<p>
<li><a href="/#2">The New Government - "Radicals" or "Moderates" at the helm?</a>
<ol type="a">
<li><a href="/#2a">New coalition partners tone down nationalist rhetoric...</a>
<li><a href="/#2b">...but doubts remain over the coalition's viability</a>
</ol>
<p>
<li><a href="/#3">The new government's main tasks</a>
<ol type="a">
<li><a href="/#3a">Economic reform and social issues</a>
<ol type="i" class="small">
<li><a href="/#3a1">The New Government's Economic Aims</a>
<li><a href="/#3a2">Social Systems on the Verge of Collapse</a>
<li><a href="/#3a3">What will be Tupurkovski's Role?</a>
<li><a href="/#3a4">A Vicious Circle for Macedonia's Economy?</a>
</ol>
<li><a href="/#3b">State Administration, Legal System, Corruption, Organised Crime</a>
<li><a href="/#3c">Decentralisation of State Structures</a>
<li><a href="/#3d">The Ethnic Albanian Minority</a>
<ol type="i" class="small">
<li><a href="/#3d1">Constitutional Changes and Legal Issues</a>
<li><a href="/#3d2">The "Tetovo University" and the Issue of Albanian-Language Tuition</a>
<li><a href="/#3d3">Integration of Ethnic Albanians into State Structures</a>
</ol>
<li><a href="/#3e">Foreign policy</a>
<li><a href="/#3f">Relations with Macedonia's Neighbours</a>
<ol type="i" class="small">
<li><a href="/#3f1">Greece and the Name Issue</a>
<li><a href="/#3f2">Bulgaria</a>
<li><a href="/#3f3">Yugoslavia - Threat from the North?</a>
<li><a href="/#3f4">Albania</a>
</ol>
</ol>
<p>
<li><a href="/#4">Conclusions and recommendations</a>
<p>
<b>Appendixx</b> - <a href="/#app">The New Macedonian Government</a>
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