‘To improve the world, start with your own country’ is one of the propositions in Marjan Popov’s PhD thesis ‘Switching three-phase distribution transformers with a vacuum circuit breaker, Analysis of Overvoltages and the Protection of Equipment’, which he defended this week.
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What should be improved in Macedonia, your home country?
The standard of living, economic development, and more jobs for the people. This my country must do to acquire conditions for joining the European Union (EU). Internal political conflicts and external problems with some neighboring countries must also be resolved.
What problems?
Macedonia is the only state in the world that has provisionally joined the United Nation Organization (UN), and this is an admission against the UN’s universal declaration and the right of self-determination and an own identity. So far we haven’t received much financial and political support from EU. But Western media doesn’t describe the real situation. Most articles are about corruption, smuggling and dishonest business in Macedonia, therefore ordinary Europeans have a completely wrong vision.
What should be improved in Holland?
The waiting lists for operations. The problem lies in the shortage of employees in this sector. Health care workers deserve more respect in this society and people’s health should be a main issue.
That’s it?
No. In one of my Dutch language course there was a lesson, ‘Afval, wat doen we ermee’ (Garbage, what should we do with it?). Apparently the Netherlands is one of the greatest exporters of garbage in the world. I don’t blame Holland, but this is a problem for every country. It’s nice that everyone is trying to keep his country clean but the garbage is still on the planet. If nobody cares about the environment, the Earth will no longer be a green planet.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I just got a permanent job in Delft as an assistant professor; therefore, in the coming years I’ll try to prepare good lectures for the students and of course I will continue my research.
‘To improve the world, start with your own country’ is one of the propositions in Marjan Popov’s PhD thesis ‘Switching three-phase distribution transformers with a vacuum circuit breaker, Analysis of Overvoltages and the Protection of Equipment’, which he defended this week.
What should be improved in Macedonia, your home country?
The standard of living, economic development, and more jobs for the people. This my country must do to acquire conditions for joining the European Union (EU). Internal political conflicts and external problems with some neighboring countries must also be resolved.
What problems?
Macedonia is the only state in the world that has provisionally joined the United Nation Organization (UN), and this is an admission against the UN’s universal declaration and the right of self-determination and an own identity. So far we haven’t received much financial and political support from EU. But Western media doesn’t describe the real situation. Most articles are about corruption, smuggling and dishonest business in Macedonia, therefore ordinary Europeans have a completely wrong vision.
What should be improved in Holland?
The waiting lists for operations. The problem lies in the shortage of employees in this sector. Health care workers deserve more respect in this society and people’s health should be a main issue.
That’s it?
No. In one of my Dutch language course there was a lesson, ‘Afval, wat doen we ermee’ (Garbage, what should we do with it?). Apparently the Netherlands is one of the greatest exporters of garbage in the world. I don’t blame Holland, but this is a problem for every country. It’s nice that everyone is trying to keep his country clean but the garbage is still on the planet. If nobody cares about the environment, the Earth will no longer be a green planet.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I just got a permanent job in Delft as an assistant professor; therefore, in the coming years I’ll try to prepare good lectures for the students and of course I will continue my research.

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