News of Internet surveillance finally reached the Macedonian mainstream media.

The news outlet 24Vesti reported twice (Македонија вклучена во американската шпионажа на интернетот, Груевски не знаел за договорот со кој Македонија е вклучена во шпионска афера) about the documents made available in Glen Greenwald's new book that show a list European partner countries (How Secret Partners Expand NSA’s Surveillance Dragnet).

The second report includes a statement form Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski saying that he is not familiar with the case, and he couldn't comment because he doesn't know the details.

Maybe this would be big news somewhere else, but it's difficult to expect a media storm in Macedonia which has seen declining media freedom rankings in the recent years with the latest Freedom of the Press report stating that: "Most private media outlets are tied to political or business interests that influence their content, and state-owned media tend to support government positions. The government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and its media allies have shown growing hostility toward critical news outlets."

Questions about the use of NSA technology by the Macedonian government for the purpose of surveillance of Macedonian citizens remain to be answered, even though there might be no one to ask them.