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The Fifth Floor: A small election in North Macedonia

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Simon Gajiga, local election candidate

11/12/2020 GMT

A small election in North Macedonia

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, A small election in North Macedonia

“Yugo-stories”: why a BBC Serbian reporter went to Stip to meet one candidate

Small local elections in North Macedonia don’t usually tempt BBC 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.  BBC 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.

Nepali chef in MasterChef: The Professionals
It’s not only UK viewers who have been gripped by the current series of MasterChef: The Professionals. People in Nepal have also been following it closely as one of their own, Santosh Shah, is not only the first Nepali to appear on the show, he's made to the finals. BBC Nepali’s Rama Parajuli tells us more.

Kimchi clash
Kimchi is a salted and fermented cabbage and a staple of traditional Korean cuisine. It's taken very seriously in South Korea, which is why a claim by China about Kimchi has angered people there, as Julie Yoongyung Lee of BBC Korean explains.

Indian farmers’ protests
The Indian government's new farming reform law has sparked protests in the country, and 100,000 farmers have blocked the main entrances to the capital city of Delhi. Ishleen Kaur, originally from the Punjab region, spent her early summers milking cows and eating sugar cane in the fields there, and knows some of those taking part in the protests. 

Brazil’s Hollywood style bank robberies
Shooting, kidnapping, rockets and banknotes flying through the air: not a Hollywood movie, but a robbery in the small city of Criciuma in southern Brazil. Digihub reporter and Brazilian, Fernando Duarte, explains how this modus operandi has caught on within Brazilian crime gangs.


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