A cameraman is filming a protest consisted mainly of children, while the left banner says: "Stop the misuse of women and children in front of a camera". (i.e. don't use them as a propaganda)

Anti-government protests in May. A riot police squad is disabling people to enter the building of the government by force following the release of highly controversial tapped telephone conversations between high-ranking government officials, trying to cover up a policeman's brutal killing of a young boy.

A police officer is greeted with euphoric reactions from the protesting crowd when he singlehandedly opened the anti-protest barriers so that more people could flock in near the government building.

This juxtaposition of the Albanian and Macedonian flag is considered a symbol for the people's protest in May. The crowd included people from various layers of society, different classes, religions, ethnicities etc. It was the first genuine people's protest in Macedonia. 

In the background: The Government building covered in eggs and egg shells. 

People are being denied entrance in the government building by the riot police.

Riot police is dispersing the crowd in two halves. This was taken from the calmer side, where the crowd was small. On the other side (not seen in the photo) there is a bigger group which was dispersed violently, using teargas, shock-bombs and various "democratic" tools. Switching sides was not allowed, even when I showed my accreditation, so I ended up watching the violence from this point.

The following days the protests continued in different parts of the city because the police blocked all the roads leading to the government. On this photo, you see a young anarchist in front of a riot police squad being denied access to the building behind him, which is the Ministry of Justice.

A policeman is overlooking a writing on the tarmac, saying: "Shame on you Gordana", referring to the then-ministry-of-internal-affairs, Gordana Jankulovska. Jankulovska's tapped conversations were the biggest in quantity released in public and one of the most controversial ones. The moustache below the writing is meant to offend her physical appearance.

Quite contradictory, but this goes out to prove the various people inside of the protesting crowd, and their higher goal.

Day 4 of the protests. After wandering to and fro different institutions, without being able to approach the government again, the vast majority of the crowd started gathering in front of the parliament. In the picture here you can see a small group of the protesters that remained near the government (in the background). The roads were blocked by policemen.

Protesters and riot police squads in front of the parliament. Shown here are the protesters which stood up in front of the police squads when certain masked people wanted to initiate a clash with the police. Everything resolved in a peaceful way, and in the end, the masked individuals were forced to leave by the huge crowd.

"Ало Началниче" or "Hello, chief (of the secret police)" is one of the main catchphrases from the tapped conversations, used by the chief of secret police in direct communication with the main Macedonian journalist which has long been the government's spin-doctor and propaganda-master.

"Together we are stronger" banner in front of the parliament.

The pro-government protest in Skopje, a few days after the big anti-government one. It is to be noted that while the anti-government crowd had at least 10 different types of flags among them, this lot only had Macedonian, Serbian and Macedonian-nationalistic ones.

A young student waving a red flag in front of the parliament during one of the anti-government protests.

An anti-government protester versus the riot police squad in front of the parliament.

The opposition's leader, Zoran Zaev, is pictured here taking a photo with one of his followers. Behind him you can see a ridiculed picture of the PM, Nikola Gruevski, with the word "RESIGNMENT" written in the diagonal track.

The entrance of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. The writing says: "Authonomous zone".

This is where the big protests started. Students squatted the premises asking for resignations from the PM and the Minister of Education following ridiculous demands on their behalf for the final exam of the students.

The occupation of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. Various people squatted the place for around a month. This is a picture from the first night. There were more people coming each day. The Faculty became a central point in the city, with many cultural manifestations being held there during the occupation. 

Solidarity was shown from huge numbers of people. There was a constant flow of goods into the Faculty. Food, beverages, blankets, pillows. People were bringing everything to suit the needs of the squatters.