the initiative, skopje 2014, is said to have cost a total of 700 million euros.uch of that money is thought to have been diverted into private accounts, and the structures built were shoddy. that's another reason sterijovic and other protesters hit the streets last year. the young director sees macedonia as a multi-ethnic republic. the population is about a quarter ethnic albanian, plus a few smaller minorities alongside a slavic macedonian majority, which the nationalists are trying to rally. irina: they teach them, practically, with everything -- with media, with propaganda, with their speeches -- they teach them that they don't have to do anything, just be macedonian. and by being macedonian, you are right by any case. reporter: irina sterijovic is certain the nationalist wave is part of a plan -- that those in power are trying to cover up shady construction deals. irina: half of this that is still on building -- now it's considered illegal buildings. reporter: special prosecutors have since been assigned to investigate the allegations of corruption. these thr