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MEGA INTERVIEW

                                                  You are a member of the Board of
                                            Directors of the organization Macedo-
                                            nia2025, whose regular annual eco-
                                            nomic summit will be held in October
                                            in Skopje. What is it that motivates you
                                            to participate in the work of Macedo-
                                            nia2025?

  Since its establishing in 2007, through      Z. Mukaetov: Being a member of the
  the „Trajce Mukaetov“ Foundation we       Board of Directors of Macedonia 2025 is
  have donated 63.2 million denars for      an honor for me, but also a great obli-
 scholarships to the best students of       gation and responsibility that requires
                                            uncompromising dedication and com-
   pharmacy and medicine at the State       mitment. This engagement has proven
University „Sts. Cyril and Methodius“. The  not to be marginal, and I am happy to
amount granted as a lump sum payment        give my humble contribution in pro-
 to the best students of the respective     moting my country at an international
                                            level and to contribute to its prosperity.
    faculties starting from 2009/2010 is    On the other hand, working with Mike
                   904,280 denars           Zafirovski, John Bitove Jr., Vera Stavrof
                                            and other colleagues in the organiza-
                                            tion is a great pleasure, as these are
                                            people who have vast knowledge and
                                            have achieved great success. What I
                                            especially like about the organization
                                            is that much attention and effort is
                                            invested in the segment of education,
                                            networking and the exchange of experi-
                                            ences through practical work, which in
                                            some way is key to any successful entre-
                                            preneurial story.

ic year, the Foundation has awarded               Let us end this interview on a per-
scholarships for a total of 344 students    sonal note. How do you relax from the
of pharmacy and medicine at the State       numerous engagements?
University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”.
Of these, 124 pharmacy students and 92         I do not want to sound boring so, I
medicine students have already gradu-       would just name a few of my favorite
ated. Since 2009 to date, 34 students       treats: watching handball, listening to
with scholarships of the Foundation         teenage music, watching movies, fash-
have started their careers in Alkaloid,     ion and various trends; helping stack
at the departments of the Pharmaceuti-      Lego blocks; solving math problems and
cal segment.                                putting up “fights” with the favorite su-
                                            perheroes like Spiderman, Hulk, Cap-
   Since its establishing in 2007,          tain America and Iron Man.
through the “Trajce Mukaetov” Foun-
dation we have donated 63.2 million               Thank you for the interview.
denars for scholarships to the best stu-
dents of pharmacy and medicine at the                                                   Zoran Jovanovski
State University “Sts. Cyril and Metho-
dius”. The amount granted as a lump
sum payment to the best students of
the respective faculties starting from
2009/2010 is 904,280 denars.

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