Saso Ordanoski

Saso Ordanoski enjoys the reputation of being one of the most respected political commentators and media experts belonging to the generation of writers and journalists to attain prominence during the Former Yugoslavia's disintegration.

Presently founder and editor-in-chief of the influential bi-weekly magazine Forum, Saso Ordanoski has through his defiantly independent writing carved a unique position for himself in the complex political culture of Macedonia.

He first gained public attention through his work in the late eighties and early nineties as a deputy editor-in-chief of Mlad Borec and later as the co-founder and assistant editor-in-chief of the weekly Puls.

In 1992, Saso Ordanoski established and ran the newly emerged Republic's first independent private wire agency, the Macedonian Information Centre. In recognition of his stature, he was appointed editor-in-chief and chief executive of MKTV, Macedonian Television, where he cut a controversial profile for his attempts to introduce western-style reforms to the outdated state-dominated media sector.

After a brief spell in the external relations department of the World Bank's mission in Skopje, Ordanoski returned to the media fold with the ambitious launching of Forum magazine.

A regular guest on CNN, he has also contributed to The New York Times, the European, Kathimerini, BBC and RFI to name but a few international media organizations. Mr. Ordanoski can probably claim without fear of contradiction to be one of the most quoted men abroad from his country.