According to Serbian media, Gruevski crossed the Macedonian-Albanian border with a fake passport, and after that he flew from Tirana to Budapest. Skopje authorities rushed to declare that one day earlier, Gruevski had not crossed any border crossing, and this raised doubts that he might have used a Bulgarian passport, but Sofia denied categorically such a possibility.
Albanian police insist that no one has departed by Rinas Airport with this name. The Hungarian Embassy in Tirana, contacted recently by Top Channel, refused to comment on the situation and claims that Gruevski was sheltering there for one night.
In Budapest, the former prime minister is undoubtedly found today in much better conditions than those of the cell that he should share with other prisoners.
Gruevski's saga has just started. Hungarian opposition parties called on the Hungarian government to arrest and extradite him as soon as possible, with the argument that he is not leaving a country where there is war and that he is not persecuted on religious or political grounds.
German Minister for European Affairs Michael Roth ironized Gruevski's asylum claims, writing in Twitter that it is good that Hungary is opening the borders for refugees. Finally, the US State Department reacted to the situation, saying that Gruevski should be brought to justice and serve a prison sentence in his country.