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A small election in North Macedonia

Small local elections in North Macedonia don’t usually tempt 91Èȱ¬ Serbian, but one candidate’s story caught the eye of reporter Aleksandar Miladinovic.

North Macedonia is holding local elections this weekend. The country has been independent for nearly three decades, but it is not unusual for the countries of the former Yugoslavia to be interested in what happens next door. But not generally in small mayoral elections. 91Èȱ¬ Serbian reporter Aleksandar Miladinovic explains that he travelled more than 450 kilometres talk to Stip to find out more about one of the candidates, Simon Gajiga.

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Image: Simon Gajiga came to Stip 40 years ago from Nigeria, and now hopes to become mayor
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