A list of statues and monuments that should be imme-diately withdrawn from Skopje’s city centre is in the hands of Culture Minister of Macedonia, Robert Alagjozovski, with the final decisions to be taken by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
The list was put together by a working group of the ministry of culture, headed by the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM) member Miroslav Garchev, which examined the legality of statuary and statute-making procedures.
So far, it has been made known that the statues of Mother Teresa, an Albanian in origin Catholic nun from Skopje who developed multi-year humanitarian action and a missionary work in India, and of Anton Janev – who claim as their national hero both Macedonia and Bulgaria are included in the disputed list and is are candidates for removal.
