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INTERVIEW
organizations behind the curtain are ex- present is as it is, however the future ex-
actly the ones which have an important tends before us with all its beauty.”
merit for such progress, regardless of the
names we give them. Good examples of Actually, you are an architect. For
positive social changes which emerged many years you were a director of the
and which were supported by the secret construction company Beton for the
companies could include the war of inde- state of Czechoslovakia at the time. How
pendence (and the creation) of the United did the Macedonian construction compa-
States of America, as well as the French nies work abroad in that period?
Revolution. In both cases, Republics were
created, which are based on the demo- B. Nocev: Once the former common
cratic principles and titles which respect state of Yugoslavia was considered a
the human rights. In addition, in both powerhouse in the field of structural
cases between the founders of the French engineering. In this period, the Macedo-
Republic and between the signatories of nian structural engineering employed
the Declaration of Independence of the approximately 60,000 people (together
United States there were members of Ma- with the related activities) whereby many
sonic lodges and of other secret organi- of the construction activities were real-
zations, whereby it is also interesting to ized abroad (about 80%). We received the
point out the origin of the term lodge – of- tenders according to market criteria and
ficially for the first time the term lodge is the Macedonian construction companies
used in 1278 in the projects for construc- were present in the markets in Germany,
tion of Notre Dame in France and it is Czechoslovakia, Russia, Iraq, Libya, Uz-
used to define a legally protected place bekistan, Algeria, and in other markets
where secret meetings of political nature worldwide. In the Czech market, the tra-
take place, and where architectural proj- dition of the Macedonian construction
ects are studied. companies (Beton, Pelagonija and Trud-
benik-Ohrid) started back in 1968 where-
Your family roots are quite revolu- by in the following several decades there
tionary. Your grandfather Jordan was was an upward trend in the operation of
convicted of libertarian activity at the the Macedonian construction companies,
time of the Ilinden Uprising, your rela- as well as significant increase of the repu-
tive is the duke Pere Tosev, Goce Delcev tation (thanks to their quality operation)
on two occasions stayed in your family among the Czech investors. Within a pe-
house in Prilep. In the period between riod of only 30 years of constant presence
the two world wars your father Metodij in the Czech market, the Macedonian
was the President of the Macedonian construction companies realized projects
Patriotic Association Vardar where Kiro with a value of more than 300 million
Gligorov was also a member, and he was American dollars at the time, which was
twice imprisoned due to these activities. a benefit not only for the companies, but
How did these findings affect you? also for the Republic of Macedonia.
B. Nocev: All of these findings had a In 1985 an agreement was signed to
great impact on the course and the direc- engage Beton – Skopje and Hidroelektra –
tion of my work, my activities and my life, Zagreb (secured through Ingra – Zagreb),
which was arranged for the fulfillment on one side, and Chemopetrol – Prague
of the ideals for independent Macedonia, and Vodni Stavby from the Czech side, for
for its construction and its efforts for suc- realization of the greatest project (at the
cessful Euro-Atlantic processes and per- time) in the Czech Republic – construc-
spectives. I have always tried to adhere to tion of the hydrocracker of the greatest
the motto of the famous German-Ameri- Czech refinery Litvinov (second in Europe
can architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe according to its size) whereby the tech-
which states: “The past is behind us, the nology was delivered by the famous Aus-
trian company Fest Alpine. This project
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