The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the international community’s intervention in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may have secured several years of peace, the Ohrid Agreement and regional partnership, but in the long-term this country faces great uncertainties mainly due to the poor treatment of Albanians and the majority’s lack of respect for the minority community. “There are similarities with Kosovo, but the position of the Serb community here is very different. Almost 16 years after the conflict, the Serb minority is de facto governed by Serbia, they live a parallel life, and they refuse Kosovo’s statehood and are not constructive despite legal and financial privileges that they enjoy especially after the declaration of Kosovo’s independence. In both cases, in Kosovo and Macedonia, if there is no functional coexistence between the communities, crisis between the two will always be present. If both countries do not find the strength to overcome historic hatred and build concrete relations on the basis of mutual respect, it is useless to have hopes of long-lasting peace in the Balkans.”