Neither demonstrations nor national gatherings, debates or any political and civil spontaneous rallies and protests will take place in the coming days. Macedonian citizens will finally taste the normal life in which politicians will not be the main topic of conversation, but that, we assume, will be barbecues, salads and the good time spared. From the afternoon, the roads around the country began to be filled, and long queues began to create on the pay tolls.
As it might be expected, a huge number of Macedonian citizens will use these days to spend a short break, as a prelude to the summer holidays that are coming for less than month and a half. Greece and the nearby beaches of the Aegean Sea are expected to be the main destination for most of our citizens.
Naturally, caterers in Ohrid, Dojran, Prespa and the mountain areas the will also rub their hands. For Ohrid, is already known that there is almost no available accommodation facility, and Dojran, according to announcements by the city authorities,15,000 tourists are expected to come for the next days. If those numbers are reached, it would be a great prelude to the summer season.
Our team make sure that the roads are really livelier, when on Thursday they spent part of the route to our southern border. Around 1 pm an increase was notable in the intensity of traffic, especially in the direction of Greece. As an indication that the cities are empty are the pay tolls. Most, about The waiting is longest, 15 minutes,at the pay toll in Petrovec, where many vehicles could be seen that are heading outside Skopje.
Among those who have left or are packed to go somewhere there are many protesters. At Thursday's protest, which still held in Skopje, in front of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office only a few hundred people gathered. Civil Movement for the Defense of Macedonia, meanwhile, clearly announced that in the coming days their national gathering are on an Easter break.
Before us is a major religious holiday, Easter, followed by the first of May, so it behooves anyone to take a break from the intense political turmoil.