Gas prices are lower than almost anywhere in Europe, and electricity is cheaper than in all but two countries. If people don’t believe me, they can just look at our neighbours and see for themselves.

You should give a broader picture. He was replying to ethnic Albanian members of the parliament and they were arguing why Macedonian ministers don’t bring translators when getting interviews by Albanian journalists. He replied that there is no need for translators because official language in the country is Macedonian which the journalists must respect, and is trying to learn Albanian to understand it without the need of translator, same as English and German.

The debate came into the spotlight after an ethnic Albanian journalist, with limited command of Macedonian, addressed the Minister of Education in an overly informal way, asking whether she had brought a translator using language typically reserved for friends or relatives. The remark was widely seen as inappropriate. Following the incident, the journalist was removed from his position at the ethnic Albanian outlet.

I'm supposed to be some place a 5 o'clock — I said, there's no way I'm missing this one!

He didn’t think he would be kissing my ass, he really didn’t… and now he has to be nice to me… he better be nice to me, he’s gotta be.