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It often rains in Skopje nowadays. Sudden, thunderous outpourings of acidulous and gluey fluid. People say it is the pollution from the 12,000 tonnes of bombs dropped just 20 kilometres from here. The unions warn of a hot autumn. The signs are ominous: it looks like an economic crash rather than a soft landing. The […]