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Country profile: Macedonia.
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IN central Skopje two storeys of poured concrete and plate glass house the National Museum of Macedonia. On a Saturday afternoon the place is deserted, except for the warden and some friends who have set up a TV in the entrance hall. They slouch in front of dubbed American soap opera, spellbound. The warden follows me round, switching the lights on and then off as I enter and then leave each gallery in turn.
There is no money to replace the old displays, so they still relate how Macedonia joined Tito's Yugoslavia and fulfilled its destiny. But the Yugoslav Federation, which it ...
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