@Andric1961 Michael Martens
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"Knop highlights in her epilogue that the book is also an attempt to write a history of Yugoslavia in the 20th century explaining why some nationalists in Croatia Bosnia & especially in Serbia disliked that. She also uses great quotes of Mea Selimovi and Danilo Ki on Andri"
X Link 2023-08-21T07:12Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The book was published as part of the Zbirka Labirinti series of contemporary classics following words by Olga Tokarczuk Herta Mller Marguerite Duras Jonathan Franzen W.H Auden Milan Kundera & others. No complaints here"
X Link 2023-08-21T07:12Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Belgrade is Europe's largest city without a subway. Unfortunately it is also Europe's largest city without a wastewater treatment plant and a proper sewage system. In Belgrade the feces of [---] million people and all kinds of industrial effluents reach the Danube untreated. 🧵"
X Link 2024-04-19T18:04Z 16.8K followers, 2.3M engagements
"On January 10th ten days before Donald Trump's inauguration the United States imposed extensive sanctions on the Russian oil industry to reduce its contribution to Putin's war budget"
X Link 2025-02-19T19:44Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The core measures targeted the Russian giant "Gazprom Neft" and its subsidiaries provided that they are at least [--] percent owned by the parent company. This also applies to the company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (Oil Industry of Serbia NIS) based in Novi Sad"
X Link 2025-02-19T19:44Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu who won the first round of last years canceled election and was leading in the polls arrested in connection with financing of his electoral campaign in 2024: https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/justitie/surse-calin-georgescu-a-fost-oprit-in-trafic-si-ridicat-cu-mandat-este-adus-la-parchetul-general-la-audieri-737504.html https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/justitie/surse-calin-georgescu-a-fost-oprit-in-trafic-si-ridicat-cu-mandat-este-adus-la-parchetul-general-la-audieri-737504.html"
X Link 2025-02-26T11:52Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"In the past such a move would have put him at odds not only with the EU but above all with the United States and it was not supported by Serbia or Croatia. As far as the US is concerned that can no longer be said with certainty today. Tempi passati. https://n1info.ba/english/news/us-ambassador-in-bih-dodiks-increasingly-vile-xenophobic-and-bigoted-rhetoric-tears-at-the-fabric-of-this-county/ https://n1info.ba/english/news/us-ambassador-in-bih-dodiks-increasingly-vile-xenophobic-and-bigoted-rhetoric-tears-at-the-fabric-of-this-county/"
X Link 2025-02-26T21:09Z 15.8K followers, [---] engagements
"To say that the prospects for the project are slim would be an understatement. It is out of the question that any Belgrade government - no matter which -could survive politically if it allowed lithium mining. This is a no-go. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cged9qgwrvyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cged9qgwrvyo"
X Link 2025-09-19T05:14Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Domestic resistance is huge and it comes from all sectors of society. Media reports on Scholzs Belgrade trip in [----] did mention that there was massive resistance from environmentalists in Serbia against the project but this description is imprecise. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-protestors-rally-oppose-rio-tintos-lithium-mine-project-2024-10-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-protestors-rally-oppose-rio-tintos-lithium-mine-project-2024-10-16/"
X Link 2025-09-19T05:14Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Serbias oil industry (NIS) which was flogged off to Russia at a political price of just [---] million in [----] and is (so far) owned by a Gazproms subsidiary is about to be taken away from the Russians. While this is potentially good news it has consequences for Serbia:"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:07Z 16.5K followers, 19.9K engagements
"Moscow thus might have lost its grip on Transnistria a valuable Russian asset to keep Moldova out of the Western orbit. A re-integration of Transnistria into Moldova seemed possible. Something Moscow definitely did not want. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/moldau-ist-transnistrien-ohne-russisches-gas-am-ende-110258413.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/moldau-ist-transnistrien-ohne-russisches-gas-am-ende-110258413.html"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:07Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"So in order not to lose Transnistria via a complicated construction involving the United Arab Emirates & Hungary Russia now buys gas on Western markets and has it shipped to Transnistria. A costly scheme. How long will Moscow be able to keep it up https://www.intellinews.com/russia-struggles-to-restore-gas-payments-to-moldova-s-separatist-transnistria-region-405037/source=russia https://www.intellinews.com/russia-struggles-to-restore-gas-payments-to-moldova-s-separatist-transnistria-region-405037/source=russia"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:07Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Some preparations have already been initiated to diversify Serbias supply options. Projects to connect the Serbian gas network with those of neighboring countries are underway. For example with Romania: https://balkangreenenergynews.com/serbia-romania-kick-off-gas-interconnection-project-of-1-6-billion-cubic-meters-per-year/ https://balkangreenenergynews.com/serbia-romania-kick-off-gas-interconnection-project-of-1-6-billion-cubic-meters-per-year/"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:07Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements
"By developing the "Neptun Deep" field in the Black Sea with OMV and Uniper Romania is about to become a major player on the European gas market. A connecting pipeline to Serbia would be about [---] km long. Serbia waims to finish its stretch by [----]. https://www.euractiv.com/news/romania-on-its-way-to-become-eus-largest-gas-producer/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/romania-on-its-way-to-become-eus-largest-gas-producer/"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:07Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements
"What role did Germany play in the breakup of Yugoslavia What do the archives of the Deutsche Bundestag and the Auswrtige Amt (foreign office) reveal about the role of Helmut Kohl and Hans-Dietrich Genscher in [----] when the war began and Yugoslavia died https://vijesti.hrt.hr/svijet/michael-martens-njemacka-nije-kriva-za-raspad-bivse-jugoslavije-12379797 https://vijesti.hrt.hr/svijet/michael-martens-njemacka-nije-kriva-za-raspad-bivse-jugoslavije-12379797"
X Link 2025-10-15T07:45Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
""We want to build the strongest conventional army in Europe": German Chancellor Merz in an interview with "Frankfurter Allgemeine". Good. Even better: Germanys neighbors support this. Because no neighbor is (and should be) afraid of anymore. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/merz-im-interview-wir-wollen-die-staerkste-konventionelle-armee-in-europa-aufbauen-110737192.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/merz-im-interview-wir-wollen-die-staerkste-konventionelle-armee-in-europa-aufbauen-110737192.html"
X Link 2025-10-17T17:20Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Besides banning all imports of Russian gas for its member states the EU might also to prohibit the transit of Russian gas via its members to third countries as of [----] with certain exceptions for long-term contracts until the end of [----]. This would particularly affect Serbia"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"So far Serbia received Russian gas via Bulgaria but if this should no longer be possible her country would be in a very difficult almost hopeless situation Serbian Minister of Energy Dubravka edovi Handanovi said"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Our country which is not a participant in any conflict has found itself affected through no fault of its own the minister said. Not quite true. Serbia decided to participate in the war against Ukraine on the Russian side by not imposing sanctions against Russia"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"For more than [--] years this brought huge profits for Serbia. The Belgrade airport and Air Serbia boomed as Serbia was the only country on the European continent offering daily flights to Russia. Serbia also benefited from other business opportunities"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"But now with US sanctions against the (Russian owned) Serbian oil industry in force and Russian gas soon to be banned Serbia faces negative consequences of its strategic choice. The development is not really surprising it was in the horizon for months"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"For a country surrounded by six NATO and four EU states betting on Russia was a risky game from day one. The coming weeks and months will show whether Serbia did proper contingency planning. Can the EU help Serbia to get rid of Russian gas If so how"
X Link 2025-10-20T18:45Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Serbia: The scrutiny process of the EPP regarding the possible exclusion of the Serbian governing party SNS is a farce as it has been decided beforehand that the SNS will remain an associate member some people say. Maybe. But I wouldnt be so sure"
X Link 2025-10-20T20:12Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The EU says - as some here have pointed out: There are no plans to ban the transfer of Russian gas to third countries via EU countries. Strange. Why would the EU allow the Russian enemy to use EU territory to earn money which in essence is used in the war against this very EU Besides banning all imports of Russian gas for its member states the EU might also to prohibit the transit of Russian gas via its members to third countries as of [----] with certain exceptions for long-term contracts until the end of [----]. This would particularly affect Serbia. Besides banning all imports of Russian gas"
X Link 2025-10-21T19:44Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"If you read a text claiming that some event on Cyprus is the last chance for reunification of the island you can usually skip the rest. It is worthless. Still academics politicians and journalists love to talk about it. On Cyprus and the rhetoric of the last chance"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The empty rhetoric of the supposed last chance for Cyprus predates the islands division in [----]. A Greek academic found the first example in [----] when a British MP said:"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"This is the last chance. It is certainly the last chance that this Government will have of solving the Cyprus problem. They are asking the people of Cyprus to take a big step in accepting this Constitution. I hope that they will take this last chance. https://forum.agora-dialogue.com/2017/07/04/what-does-the-last-chance-really-mean/ https://forum.agora-dialogue.com/2017/07/04/what-does-the-last-chance-really-mean/"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Since the Turkish military intervention in [----] (carried out to protect the endangered Cypriot Turks but accompanied by grave crimes against Cypriot Greeks) the parade of so-called last chances never stopped starting with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim in the seventies"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Even back in [----] a meeting between Cypriot President Spyros Kyprianou and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denkta initiated by Ronald Reagan was hailed as the last chance for Cyprus reunification: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1148655 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1148655"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"About [--] years later there was indeed a realistic chance for Cyprus: the so-called Annan Referendum in April [----]. But Greek Cypriots rejected it thus demonstrating that they werent ready to make serious compromises to overcome the division. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/zypern-zyperns-letzte-chance-1163484.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/zypern-zyperns-letzte-chance-1163484.html"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Fair enough. But since Greek Cypriots in [----] did not understand (or accept) that reunification means sharing power and privileges they will have to live with the consequences of their unwillingness to share. The consequence is permanent division. https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1282469/erdogan-led-council-backs-two-state-model-for-cyprus/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1282469/erdogan-led-council-backs-two-state-model-for-cyprus/"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan aptly summed it up in [----] when he said that Cyprus had missed a historic chance by rejecting the reunification plan. It was a first and a last chance. https://news.un.org/en/story/2004/04/101352 https://news.un.org/en/story/2004/04/101352"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The [----] referendum demonstrated that the South especially the Greek elite which lives well with and from the status quo does not want to pay the price for a unified Cyprus. This is still the case today. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/fuehren-gasvorkommen-zu-einer-annaeherung-in-zypern-18677769.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/fuehren-gasvorkommen-zu-einer-annaeherung-in-zypern-18677769.html"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"After the real chance of [----] there have only been pseudo-chances for reunification on Cyprus. In [----] EU Commissioner Olli Rehn warned of a last chance of progress for years if Cypriot ports werent put under UN control and opened following a Finnish proposal"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Rehn said the Finnish plan was the only game in town: It really may be the last window of opportunity to make serious progress on the Cyprus issue for several years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6078382.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6078382.stm"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Just two years later another last chance was declared. This time the Cypriot presidential elections were hyped as a potential springboard to re-launch negotiations. With very little credible arguments. https://www.politico.eu/article/2008-the-last-chance-for-a-cyprus-deal/ https://www.politico.eu/article/2008-the-last-chance-for-a-cyprus-deal/"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Another example from 2008: Once the Greek Cypriot presidential elections this month are out of the way all sides should appeal to the UN to return to mediate a comprehensive settlement. This time it may really be the last chance. https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/cyprus/last-chance-cyprus-really https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/cyprus/last-chance-cyprus-really"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"In [----] another last chance came around. This time planned meetings between Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat served as a pretext. Some suggest the talks are Cypruss last chance the Guardian wrote. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/sep/22/cyprus-greece-turkey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/sep/22/cyprus-greece-turkey"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Another example this one from [----]. Negotiations in Cyprus at a critical juncture this text for the Greek think tank Eliamep claims adding it was probably the last chance to solve the problem. file:///C:/Users/tens/Downloads/Eralp_2010%20(1).pdf"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"In [----] Turkish Foreign Minister Davutolu claimed there was yet another last chance for Cyprus. (Forgot the context but it doesnt matter anyway as it was never real.) https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-minister-davutoglu-turkey-hopeful-for-last-chance-on-cyprus-62228 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-minister-davutoglu-turkey-hopeful-for-last-chance-on-cyprus-62228"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana in [----] (allegedly) brought yet another last chance: There is a general feeling that this is indeed the last chance to reunite the island this commentary reads. True: The last-chance-talk is about feelings not facts. https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/mustafa-aydin/another-last-chance-in-cyprus-115163 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/mustafa-aydin/another-last-chance-in-cyprus-115163"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"(I didnt bother to inform our readers of the Crans-Montana talks as I was sure they would fail. Why waste the readers precious time with reporting about a non-event) https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/07/09/cyprus-may-have-missed-its-last-chance-for-reunification https://www.economist.com/europe/2017/07/09/cyprus-may-have-missed-its-last-chance-for-reunification"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"In [----] parliamentary elections in the Turkish north and presidential elections in the Greek south were again described a last chance for Cyprus. Another one. A last last chance. As in: The never-ending story part II. https://www.politico.eu/article/cyprus-reunification-two-votes-one-last-chance/ https://www.politico.eu/article/cyprus-reunification-two-votes-one-last-chance/"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The following text from [----] is a particularly good example of last-chance reporting. It contains zero substantial arguments:"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The last chance for () Cyprus to reunite may be seized the text starts and adds: A breakthrough may be afoot as some key people met together at UN headquarters in New York City recently. (People met. This is your last chance. Leave it or leave it.) https://passblue.com/2024/06/12/the-divided-island-of-cyprus-has-a-new-chance-to-unify-one-side-seems-ready/ https://passblue.com/2024/06/12/the-divided-island-of-cyprus-has-a-new-chance-to-unify-one-side-seems-ready/"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The election of Tufan Erhrman as new president in the Cypriot north this Sunday was also called a potential gamechanger by some analysts. But what is the game And what change https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/19/turkish-cypriots-vote-in-pivotal-presidential-election-that-could-revive-peace-talks https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/19/turkish-cypriots-vote-in-pivotal-presidential-election-that-could-revive-peace-talks"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"In reality there is not the slightest reason to believe that Erhrmans election victory will change anything about the division of Cyprus. For more check FAZ. (Even better: Subscribe to FAZ This might be your last chance.) https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/trotz-machtwechsel-im-norden-wiedervereinigung-zyperns-bleibt-unwahrscheinlich-110742602.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/trotz-machtwechsel-im-norden-wiedervereinigung-zyperns-bleibt-unwahrscheinlich-110742602.html"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:45Z 16.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Bad news for Putins Russia - and thus good news for Ukraine and free Europe - to be expected from Bulgaria in the upocoming days. More here soon"
X Link 2025-10-26T09:37Z 16.7K followers, 20.7K engagements
"On October 28th [----] an investment deal of one billion euros will be signed in Sofia between the German defense company Rheinmetall and the Bulgarian state. This cooperation is good news for Ukraine and free Europe as it is aimed against Russia. 🧵 Bad news for Putins Russia - and thus good news for Ukraine and free Europe - to be expected from Bulgaria in the upocoming days. More here soon. Bad news for Putins Russia - and thus good news for Ukraine and free Europe - to be expected from Bulgaria in the upocoming days. More here soon"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The German-Bulgarian joint venture (51% )/ 49% ) will play a crucial role in modernizing the Bulgarian defense industry and anchor it more firmly in the West both militarily and in terms of industrial policy through a shift to NATO standards. It will also benefit Ukraine"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"From Germany Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger is expected to attend the signing ceremony. Due to his energetic role in the urgently needed rearmament of Europe he has already been targeted by Putins intelligence services. A compliment to his work. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-tried-assassinate-ceo-arms-firm-sending-weapons-ukraine-cnn-reports-2024-07-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-tried-assassinate-ceo-arms-firm-sending-weapons-ukraine-cnn-reports-2024-07-11/"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The story behind the deal began at the Munich Security Conference in February when Bulgarias president Rumen Radev met with Papperger and expressed his countrys interest in a partnership. He invited Papperger for further talks to Bulgaria. https://www.bta.bg/en/news/world/834220-president-radev-meets-with-munich-business-representatives https://www.bta.bg/en/news/world/834220-president-radev-meets-with-munich-business-representatives"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"In March Papperger followed Radevs invitation to Sofia. Next to Radev he also met with long-time Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov who as chairman of the largest party in the ruling coalition remains Bukgarias most powerful politician. https://bnr.bg/en/post/102134580/rheinmetall-ceo-visits-bulgaria-to-explore-defence-cooperation https://bnr.bg/en/post/102134580/rheinmetall-ceo-visits-bulgaria-to-explore-defence-cooperation"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Details were not public at the time. However a lot happened behind the scenes. Borissov publicly stated that Bulgarias defense industry needed a gunpowder factory for strategic reasons. Building such a factory was the main interest on the German side. https://www.novinite.com/articles/231525/Bulgaria%27s+Borissov+Pushes+for+State+Gunpowder+Plant+After+Gebrev%27s+Project+Blocked https://www.novinite.com/articles/231525/Bulgaria%27s+Borissov+Pushes+for+State+Gunpowder+Plant+After+Gebrev%27s+Project+Blocked"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The talks about the 1-billion-euro deal became more concrete. In April Borissov and Papperger met in Dortmund where they watched Borussia Dortmund playing Barcelona. (Rheinmetall although headquartered in Dsseldorf is one of Dortmunds sponsors.) https://bntnews.bg/news/boyko-borissov-met-with-ceo-of-rheinmetall-in-dortmund-1335309news.html https://bntnews.bg/news/boyko-borissov-met-with-ceo-of-rheinmetall-in-dortmund-1335309news.html"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The evening at the Dortmund stadium ended successfully for Borussia & Borissov: Borussia won 3:1. Borissow convinced Papperger that investing in Bulgaria is a win-win. Another meeting at Rheinmetalls Dsseldorf headquarters was agreed"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"This is where on August [--] the deal was announced. It had grown over time and evolved into building two factories instead of one.Reuters at the time reported about Europes largest gunpowder production plant to be built in Bulgaria. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rheinmetall-make-shells-gunpowder-bulgaria-under-1-billion-euro-deals-2025-08-26/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rheinmetall-make-shells-gunpowder-bulgaria-under-1-billion-euro-deals-2025-08-26/"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Rheinmetall will build at least two factories together with Bulgaria in the near future. The first will be for artillery shells. But even more important is our joint project for gunpowder Papperger said at the project presentation. https://defence-industry.eu/rheinmetall-to-build-europes-largest-gunpowder-plant-and-155mm-artillery-shell-factory-in-bulgaria/ https://defence-industry.eu/rheinmetall-to-build-europes-largest-gunpowder-plant-and-155mm-artillery-shell-factory-in-bulgaria/"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"A few days later Ursula von der Leyen visited the Bulgarian town of Sopot where a weapons factory already exists and the new ones are to be built. At the beginning of the war a third of the weapons used in Ukraine came from Bulgaria she emphasized. https://sofiaglobe.com/2025/08/31/vdl-visits-bulgaria-on-frontline-states-tour-praises-support-for-ukraine/ https://sofiaglobe.com/2025/08/31/vdl-visits-bulgaria-on-frontline-states-tour-praises-support-for-ukraine/"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Thats why I want to thank you first and foremost for your steadfast support of our brave neighbor partner and future member said the EU Commission President. Here you produce large quantities of ammunition much of which supports Ukraine in its fight for freedom"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"The Bulgarian defense industry is a reason to be proudnot only for Bulgaria but for Europe said the Commission President aptly labelling Putin a predator who must be stopped: He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"In this task the small town of Sopot which played an important role in Bulgarias liberation struggle against the Ottomans will become even more important in the future - not only for Ukraine"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"It goes without saying that Russia which has long since shifted to a war economy opposes the plans of Europe to rearm. It was no surprise that a Bulgarian right-wing extremist and Putin admirer let a small crowd of supporters to protest against the plans in Sopot"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Putins anger is understandable as the planned arms factories in Bulgaria violate the interests of of Russian imperialism in several ways not only because part of the production planned in Sopot will benefit Ukraine"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"It will also anchor Bulgarias military-industrial complex more firmly in the West. So far Bulgaria once one of the biggest producers of artillery shells in the Warsaw Pact mostly produced [---] /152-millimeter shells which were standard in the Eastern Bloc"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"With the Rheinmetall investment production will now be integrated into the Western system (155 millimeters). However Bulgaria will continue to produce 152-millimeter shellsnot least at Kyivs request. Bulgarian deliveries of Soviet ammunition remain important for Ukraine"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:11Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements
"It does not happen very often (almost never to be precise) but tomorrow on the first anniversary of the student protests Serbia will be front page news & foto in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. More here later"
X Link 2025-10-31T15:31Z 16.7K followers, 183.4K engagements
"@MeetTheTwoJakes This is an idiotic take of yours. Yes there are problems with nationalism in parts of the student movements just as there are problems with nationalism among Germans or Albanians. But "the students" Like all of them Fascist Wtf"
X Link 2025-10-31T16:05Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Serbia: One year ago the collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad triggered student-led anti-government protests that have not subsided to this day. What have the students achieved so far And what not The answer seems paradoxical: A lot. And very little. 🧵"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Exhibit A: Serbian president Aleksandar Vui has come under serious pressure for the first time in the years during which he has ruled Serbia. He has called early elections almost half a dozen times in the past but now refuses to do so. Is he afraid of losing this time"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Exhibit B: The protests have also achieved little when one looks at the real balance of power in Serbia. A year ago Mr. Vui and his party controlled parliament all key authorities and most mass media including public TV. A year later: the same"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"But who will run in those elections Most students are not ready to support any of the existing opposition parties. Instead the plan is to put forward their own electoral list with candidates of their choice. So far however this student list does not exist"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Since there is no election date yet that is understandable. But the absence of the list also means: Up to this day no voter can know what "the students" stand for including the students themselves. Some respected observers say that is ok: https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/17/bieber-student-list-in-serbia-is-an-extraordinary-experiment-in-democracy/ https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/17/bieber-student-list-in-serbia-is-an-extraordinary-experiment-in-democracy/"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Maybe true. But before elections still anyone on the students list might be asked tough questions regarding Serbias future. West or East EU or Kosovo Sanctions against Russia or not Where do the students stand Or is it: Vote for us now we will decide later"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Discussed those questions at a recent meeting in Belgrade with the liberal Serbian opposition politician Pavle Grbovi chairman of the "Movement of Free Citizens" and one of the most interesting minds in the (currently largely irrelevant) Serbian opposition"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Grbovi was very careful not to criticize the students saying he understands how "hellishly difficult" it is to find a political position especially for people just entering politics. Finding [---] decent candidates (Serbias parliament has as many members) is not easy he said:"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
""It's about choosing [---] people who will have to completely transform their lives () for the next few years. What they have been running away from all these years and what seemed dirty and dishonorable to them will become part of their everyday life from morning to night"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Dirty Dishonorable Indeed many Serbian students especially in the early phase of the protests considered party-political engagement in such ways. In the student movement there was (and is) a pronounced distance from political parties. All parties. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/serbia-street-protests-students-split-elections https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/serbia-street-protests-students-split-elections"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Grbovi makes it clear that anyone who wants to shape politics in a democracy must be able to tolerate political differences diversity and differing opinions. He describes some of the crossroads that the so far politically amorphous student movement will inevitably encounter:"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
""They must decide whether to continue on the European path. They must decide whether we will continue negotiations over Kosovo and whether we will do so under the auspices of the EU and Western partners or whether as some demand we will pursue the path of reintegration""
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"(Digression: Some Serbs still believe that one day somehow Kosovo will be part of Serbia again. Grbovi said that this would not be possible without mobilization indirectly indicating that a peaceful re-integration of [---] mio Albanians into the Serbian state is impossible.)"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
""Just like with millions of other questions you have to give realistic answers at a certain moment. And when you are confronted with such a moment you realize that politics might not be as simple as you once thought" Grbovi says"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"It is not up to opposition politicians to hinder or discourage the political profiling of the Serbian student movement Grbovi underlines. However as a representative of the pro-European opposition in Serbia he was also adamant:"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
""For us anything that is not clearly pro-European is not an acceptable option." Under Vui's rule the level of democracy and parliamentarism in Serbia has reached an all-time low Grbovi stated adding the only way to restore basic normality was via a pro-European Serbia"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"We also discussed events at what so far has been the second-largest rally of the protest movement held on June 28th (anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389) when most speakers chosen by the students turned out to be Serbian nationalists. https://www.rferl.org/a/33577967.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33577967.html"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"To give their protests a "patriotic color" the (mostly truly disgusting) speeches on that day were as they were Grbovi said adding that this was exactly what Vui had been hoping for. https://a2news.com/english/rajoni-bota/ballkani/si-reagoi-rajoni-per-nacionalizmin-ne-protestat-studentore--i1151974 https://a2news.com/english/rajoni-bota/ballkani/si-reagoi-rajoni-per-nacionalizmin-ne-protestat-studentore--i1151974"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
""That very evening his people ran to the Western embassies and the international community to explain that the protests were actually backed by the Russians or that the students were extreme nationalists who would lead Serbia to ruin." Still the June rally did show something:"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"For the pro-Western opposition parties in Serbia it is not enough to simply support the student movement Grbovi says: "We cannot declare a moratorium on our political action and hope that the students will do everything for us"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"But if there will be a student list in the election what should the opposition parties do Support it and withdraw from the race Or compete thus undermining it For (much) more check Frankfurter Allgemeine/FAZ online or in todays paper edition:"
X Link 2025-11-01T08:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Midnight greetings from Republic Square in Yerevan the impressive capital of a country that is struggling under the most difficult conditions to break free from Russian dominance. What is happening in Armenia currently is truly truly remarkable. Will it work"
X Link 2025-11-01T22:58Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@alfabrk Dont need a brand have a job and a salary for [--] years. I use X to reach an audience beyond traditional FAZ-readership. If you disliked Mr. Grbovics approach - tell that to him. If you dislike mine - think whatever pleases you. It does not matter to me & for my work"
X Link 2025-11-02T07:57Z 16.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@stefanauer_hku True. But hanging out with Plato in Athens was a lot more fun especially on Friday nights. Plato was a blast and usually stayed until the last Symposion closed. Aristotle always had to go home early. First because he lived way out in Alopeke and second because of Xanthippe"
X Link 2025-11-02T16:20Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The division of Cyprus will stay not least because the Greek elite in the south does not want to share power and wealth with the Cypriot Turks on equal terms. But could the UN buffer zone at least be used to produce solar energy About a reasonable idea. For details see FAZ:"
X Link 2025-11-03T07:18Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Harsh analysis of the student movement in Serbia. One might object that it generalizes when pointing out the deficiencies of the movement (after all the activists ran & cycled to Brussels and Strassburg not to Moscow or Minsk). But still worthwhile reading. Some key points:"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:05Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The protests have become a self-sufficient ritual. Like a liturgy without faith. Marches slogans candles applause and then - nothing. https://www.cdm.me/kolumne/bursac-a-sta-ako-vucic-ostane-i-protesti-ne-promijene-nista/ https://www.cdm.me/kolumne/bursac-a-sta-ako-vucic-ostane-i-protesti-ne-promijene-nista/"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:05Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone dreams of Vuis fall. () As if his departure alone would be enough. It isnt. If he leaves and everything else stays the same - Vui is still here"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:05Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Comment: While this damning condemnation suffers from a lack of nuances as there are of course many members of the student movement who are not nationalist and very much aware of the problems (ask the students from Novi Pazar for example) it is still relevant"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:05Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Some will accuse the author of being on Mr. Vucics payroll as this is the usual reaction in certain Serbian circles when people do not indulge in the apotheosis of the student movement. But for others this view from outside of Serbia is a valuable addition to the debate"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:05Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"(Digression: In highly secular Kosovo there is a slightly similar phenomenon with Kosovar Albanians converting (or returning as they call it) to Christianity. Will write about that later this year.) https://x.com/Andric1961/status/1916400496719315250 Kosovo Bishop Dod Gjergji during our interview. Among other issues we spoke about the wave (or phenomenon) of conversions of Kosovo Albanians from Islam to Christianity (allegedy several thousands so far) and the Catholicism of Ibrahim Rugova. More later. https://t.co/pXjFJUTlRA https://x.com/Andric1961/status/1916400496719315250 Kosovo Bishop"
X Link 2025-11-07T08:31Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"(Some) students in Serbia want journalists to not investigate who might be the candidates on their lists aimed to challenge the systematic intransparency in Serbia. This is allegedly part of their fight against systematic intransparency in Serbia. Interesting. But thank you no. . . . . . "
X Link 2025-11-11T19:26Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
": The American philosopher and former Yale professor Jason Stanley a descendant of Holocaust survivors was prevented by the Jewish community in Frankfurt from finishing a speech. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung decided to publish it. So what happened"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"In a nutshell: Stanley had been invited to Germany to give a speech in a synagogue on the historic date of November 9th. But when he mentioned not only German crimes in [----] but Israeli crimes in Gaza today he was forced to leave the stage and was thrown out"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"On its homepage the community had previously announced the guest speakers appearance in grand words: The son of Jewish Shoah survivors is one of the worlds most influential intellectuals in the fields of political ideologies antisemitism and the culture of remembrance"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"So what was it that Stanley said What caused the expulsion of the son of Jewish Shoah survivors which is now drawing much more attention to his words than they would otherwise have received Here are some excerpts from the speech:"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The German-Jewish tradition embodied by my fathers family is one of humanitys greatest legacies. German-speaking Jews have contributed so much to mathematics physics philosophy literature and art"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"In the twentieth century German Jews won more than twenty Nobel Prizes. From our mathematicians and philosophers to our writers and thinkers - the modern world of culture art and science would simply be unimaginable without the contribution of German-speaking Jews"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"My father a German-Jewish intellectual always rejected the idea of a state that privileges one religion. He always saw in the dispossession and loss experienced by the Palestinians something similar to his own familys history"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Supporting the mass murder of our people by Hamas on Oct. [--] is intolerable antisemitism. It is equally intolerable antisemitism to support the expulsion of Jews from Israel without at the same time () supporting the expulsion of all white Europeans from the USA and Canada"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Of course it is also a fallacy to conclude from this unfinished speech that freedom of expression in Germany is completely broken"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"This is not the case as shown by the fact that Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published the speech. Still there are indeed problems with freedom of expression in Germany when it comes to Israels crimes. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/jason-stanley-zum-9-november-110774123.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/jason-stanley-zum-9-november-110774123.html"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:54Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"So: Carla del Ponte & the Tribunal in the Hague (ICTY) which dealt with war crimes for over [--] decades whose prosecutors interviewed 1000s of wittnesses producing millions of pages of evidence never came across this but some random guy and Italian prosecutors now do Credible When it comes to the Balkans it sometimes seems that no rumor or claim is too bizarre to be taken as truth and picked up by some Western journalists or politicians. https://t.co/nmpcKf3mtN When it comes to the Balkans it sometimes seems that no rumor or claim is too bizarre to be taken as truth and picked up by some"
X Link 2025-11-14T05:59Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"According to German public Television ZDF in Srebrenica "the Bosnian army killed more than [----] men." The Bosnian army Really This was probably ignorance not malice. Still some fact-checking by editors with basic knowledge of the topic would have been helpful"
X Link 2025-11-21T07:29Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Serbian "journalism" at its finest: A Serbian propaganda outlet compares German foreign minister @JoWadephul to Hitler on its front page. Does Mr. Wadephul know that those headlines/cover pages do not go to print without permission of the presidential palace in Belgrade https://t.co/lKWGAtXnLq https://t.co/lKWGAtXnLq"
X Link 2025-11-21T10:34Z 16.7K followers, 42.9K engagements
"Update: Sources say "Novosti" is financed by the Russian Embassy directly. Fine. But the substance is precisely what you can see in Serbian Gongo-tabloids or (a bit less primitive) in "Politika" as well. Serbian "journalism" at its finest: A Serbian propaganda outlet compares German foreign minister @JoWadephul to Hitler on its front page. Does Mr. Wadephul know that those headlines/cover pages do not go to print without permission of the presidential palace in Belgrade Serbian "journalism" at its finest: A Serbian propaganda outlet compares German foreign minister @JoWadephul to Hitler on"
X Link 2025-11-21T11:01Z 16.7K followers, 18.1K engagements
"Update of the update: If my sources are correct (and I believe they are) the Serbian president mihht comment on this incident and Nazi-comparison this afternoon. Update: Sources say "Novosti" is financed by the Russian Embassy directly. Fine. But the substance is precisely what you can see in Serbian Gongo-tabloids or (a bit less primitive) in "Politika" as well. Update: Sources say "Novosti" is financed by the Russian Embassy directly. Fine. But the substance is precisely what you can see in Serbian Gongo-tabloids or (a bit less primitive) in "Politika" as well"
X Link 2025-11-21T11:50Z 16.7K followers, 26.1K engagements
"Idea: To compensate the Ukrainans for losing Donnass give them Slovakia and Hungary. Not much but better than nothing. Slovakias Prime Minister Fico in enthusiastically welcoming Trumps plan for Ukraine says the quiet part aloud: If this agreement is signed Russia will emerge from it as a total winner. https://t.co/jJl3SimchA Slovakias Prime Minister Fico in enthusiastically welcoming Trumps plan for Ukraine says the quiet part aloud: If this agreement is signed Russia will emerge from it as a total winner. https://t.co/jJl3SimchA"
X Link 2025-11-22T06:45Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Frankfurter Allgemeine is not just "probably" the No [--] paper in the German-speaking world dear Carl.😉 But the rest is spot-on: It is Ribbentrob-Molotov [---]. Will our time also have its Churchill though No hope for a Roosevelt/ Eisenhower obviously. The US is morally dead. The way the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - probably No [--] paper in the German-speaking world - describes the situation is worth noting. https://t.co/rt8W7weC5D The way the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - probably No [--] paper in the German-speaking world - describes the situation is worth noting. https://t.co/rt8W7weC5D"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:17Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin has [--] famous allies in Europe: Viktor Orban in Hungary Robert Fico in Slovakia and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik the most loyal one. For a while it seemed as if he was on his way out. But after the USA lifted sanctions against him he might be able to retain power"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"During his second (and maybe last) term as RS president Dodik had increasingly sharpened his age-old separatist stance. The RS parliament dominated by his party passed numerous laws aimed at undermining the Bosnian state. https://balkaninsight.com/2025/03/14/bosnian-serbs-adopt-new-draft-constitution-despite-condemnation/ https://balkaninsight.com/2025/03/14/bosnian-serbs-adopt-new-draft-constitution-despite-condemnation/"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"But contrary to initial expectations Trumps USA did react to attempted dismantling of a state in Europe. On March [--] US secratry of state Marco Rubio spoke out forcefully against Dodiks dangerous and destabilizing behavior. https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1898180490869588305 The actions of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik are undermining Bosnia and Herzegovina's institutions and threatening its security and stability. Our nation encourages political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to engage in constructive and responsible dialogue. Wecall"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Several countries had invested a lot to draw Rubios attention to Dodiks activities. Turkish President Erdogan who maintains good relations with parts of the political elite in Sarajevo held at least [--] meetings with members of the Bosnian presidency: https://www.iletisim.gov.tr/english/haberler/detay/president-erdogan-meets-with-members-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-presidential-council- https://www.iletisim.gov.tr/english/haberler/detay/president-erdogan-meets-with-members-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-presidential-council-"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"After Rubios tweet and the six-year ban from politics Dodiks end seemed possible - mainly because even Trump-USA initially showed no interest to lift sanctions (initiated during Joe Bidens time) against Dodik and dozens of his friends & companies"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Dodik spent a great deal of (taxpayers) money hiring American lobbyists to campaign in Washington for the lifting of these sanctions. The most prominent among them was New Yorks former mayor Rudy Giuliani. https://www.dw.com/bs/faz-presuda-dodiku-i-carevi-bez-odijela/a-71754156 https://www.dw.com/bs/faz-presuda-dodiku-i-carevi-bez-odijela/a-71754156"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"At the end of October the surprising news came that the sanctions against Dodik and his clan had indeed been lifted. What exactly was part of the deal is not publicly known but conclusions can be drawn from the events of recent weeks. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-lifts-sanctions-bosnian-serb-leader-dodik-his-allies-2025-10-29/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-lifts-sanctions-bosnian-serb-leader-dodik-his-allies-2025-10-29/"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"But so far Dodik remains party leader. Perhaps he can hold on for many more years. @adicerimagic a Bosnia specialist at the think tank European Stability Initiative warns against believing that Dodik is a man of the past just because he is not allowed to run in the elections:"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Over the decades Dodik has repeatedly served as president and prime minister of the RS. He was also a member of the Bosnian state presidency. But none of these positions were ever the real source of his power Cerimagic says"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] under Karadis leadership the Bosnian Serbs left the Bosnian institutions. At that time a large majority of Serbs followed the separatist course. This time it was different"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"By the way: In [----] Dodik was strictly against Karadi. He had joined the pro-Yugoslav party of Yugoslavias last Prime Minister Ante Markovi who would tragically fail. Displaying loyalty even [--] years later Dodik attended Markovis funeral in [----]. http://nezavisne.com/novosti/ex-yu/Sahranjen-Ante-Markovic-Velikom-vizionaru-poklonili-se-Mesic-Loncar-i-Dodik-Foto/117466 http://nezavisne.com/novosti/ex-yu/Sahranjen-Ante-Markovic-Velikom-vizionaru-poklonili-se-Mesic-Loncar-i-Dodik-Foto/117466"
X Link 2025-11-23T10:11Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@GreekAnalyst "Is the @GreenAnalyst (a profile on X) only a brilliant liberal who (for good reasons) was very critical of the Tsipras government or also a standard Balkan/Greek nationalist on issues like Macedonia/Cyprus/Turkey whod rather shit in his/her pants than criticizing Greece""
X Link 2025-11-23T17:04Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Sources from Berlin: German chancellor Friedrich Merz could be visiting Serbia (and possibly Bulgaria but that is a claim from a different source) rather soon. Nothing fixed yet but a third source says February [----] might be the date"
X Link 2025-11-25T11:59Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"In [--] years Ive never heard Serbian officials speaking so negatively about Russia as in the last couple of weeks. The conflict around the Russian-owned Serbian Oil Industry (NIS) has the potential of costing Russia a lot of credit in Serbia. Moscow plays its cards badly"
X Link 2025-11-26T13:28Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"For Putin independent states do not exist. He knows only empires and colonies. Currently he tries to treat traditional pro-Russian Serbia as a colony by threatening to stop gas deliveries as a revenge for losing control over the Serbian Oil Industry (NIS). A bluff FAZ:"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:26Z 16.7K followers, 21.2K engagements
"Bosnia: Have folks in or around the Trump administration negotiated a deal for the imminent dismissal of High Representative Christian Schmidt in Sarajevo How substantial are these rumors What does Schmidt himself say about it"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:18Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Many Bosnian media outlets that have no sympathy for Dodik such as Oslobodjenje from Sarajevo also report on Schmidts allegedly imminent removal as if it were a done deal"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:18Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"One example: Schmidt is leaving office is a headline in Oslobodjenje. The opening sentence reads: High Representative Christian Schmidt is ending his mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina and will leave this position. (True: one day he will. But when) https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/christian-schmidt-odlazi-s-funkcije-1086694/ https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/christian-schmidt-odlazi-s-funkcije-1086694/"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:18Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"A widely read portal claims: American diplomats have demanded from Christian Schmidt to resign as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina several diplomatic sources confirmed to https://istraga.ba/diplomatski-sukob-na-relaciji-washington-berlin-amerikanci-trazili-od-schmidta-da-podnese-ostavku-on-odbio-i-rekao-da-o-njemu-odlucuju-nijemci/ http://istraga.ba https://istraga.ba/diplomatski-sukob-na-relaciji-washington-berlin-amerikanci-trazili-od-schmidta-da-podnese-ostavku-on-odbio-i-rekao-da-o-njemu-odlucuju-nijemci/ http://istraga.ba"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:18Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"In Berlin people who closely follow Bosnia (alle three of them 😇) have some assumptions. Spoke to Christian Schmidt about this issue. For his response and the full context read the text "When silence becomes a weapon" in F.A.Z.:"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:19Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"We (insert name of a nation/people) believe/dont believe this and that. We (insert name of a nation/people) dont want/want this and that. Whoever pretends to speak in the name of an entire nation is worth to be ignored"
X Link 2025-12-05T06:26Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Miljenko Jergovi who recently received death-threats in Zagreb where he lives will receive the "Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europischen Verstndigung 2026" (Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding) endowed with [-----] . Cestitam Miljenko https://www.mdr.de/kultur/buchmesse/leipzig-buchpreis-europaeische-verstaendigung-jergovic-kultur-news-100.html https://www.mdr.de/kultur/buchmesse/leipzig-buchpreis-europaeische-verstaendigung-jergovic-kultur-news-100.html"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:08Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Very Viennese. A (once) famous writer mentions a restaurant in one of his stories and the restaurant has it carved in stone proudly displaying it next to the entrance"
X Link 2025-12-14T09:13Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"If even the combined power of the Trump-Clan & Belgrade could not get this done this is also a sign that Serbian civil society is alive and kicking. The building from which Serbia directed numerous criminal wars against its neighbors was saved. For now: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst-und-architektur/architektur/belgrad-beendet-trump-clan-was-die-nato-1999-begann-accg-110783135.html Jared #Kushner pulled out of a planned #Trump-branded development in #Belgrade after the project sparked protests and the indictment of a senior Serbian politician. we are withdrawing our application"
X Link 2025-12-16T17:18Z 16.8K followers, 11.7K engagements
"@sadwerkl So let the Russian Central Bank and Mrs. Hjalmar Nabiullina cry us a river"
X Link 2025-12-17T20:48Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@vlada_mc From what I hear there is a huge difference between the latest statements of chancellor Merz and the mood in his party especially when considering the (stoppable) rise of anti-EU-AfD. Not to mention Paris. An alternative might be possible. But full-fledged membership Hardly"
X Link 2025-12-18T06:51Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@vlada_mc The (provisional) plans for the EU budget [------] do not include any funds for new member states. Zero. Some say that can be changed when time comes. Will it come though PS: There is talk about a new momentum since February [----]. Would wish to believe it. But"
X Link 2025-12-18T06:56Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Go. This is a big deal. As with most things Germans have a very complicated relationship to their intelligence agencies. If it goes through it could be yet another way to strengthen Germany's ability to defend itself This is a big deal. As with most things Germans have a very complicated relationship to their intelligence agencies. If it goes through it could be yet another way to strengthen Germany's ability to defend itself"
X Link 2025-12-18T17:08Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"How will the powerful axis Nassau-Prishtina influence the path of mankind in the [--] century (From or popular program: Niko ne moe niko ne smije da nas odvoji od Gambije") Bahamas recognizes the Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state We just signed our bilateral agreement with Prime Minister @honphilipedavis. On behalf of the people of Kosovo I extend my sincere gratitude for this decision of historic significance Full https://t.co/a9LLtW2BW7 Bahamas recognizes the Republic of Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state We just signed our bilateral agreement with Prime"
X Link 2025-12-19T17:40Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@DimitarBechev True. But no matter where you go in the - Prague Brussels Sofia Vilnius Vienna Athens etc: When you compare those places with what they were decades ago (or with present shithole-countries as Russia or Belarus) you understand the miracle which the EU is"
X Link 2025-12-23T22:12Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@burgesschats @SouthVarangian @DimitarBechev Indeed it has been. Ask Greeks why a clear majority never wanted to leave the Eurozone (let alone the EU) even at the hight of the crisis 2010-2016. Or compare Greece when it joined in [----] poor and backward with today"
X Link 2025-12-24T08:57Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Once mocked as the 16th Soviet Republic Bulgaria used to be desperately poor. But that changed. After joining the EU in [----] and the Schengen Area [----] as of today Bulgaria is also a member of the Eurozone. This has made & will make a difference as figures clearly show"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.8K followers, 117.3K engagements
"What Bulgarias EU membership means economically becomes clear when compared with its neighbor Serbia a country of roughly the same size. When Bulgaria joined the EU in [----] its GDP per capita was below Serbias. Today it stands well above it"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.9K followers, 43.2K engagements
"Worldbank-Data: GDP per capita of Serbia in 2007: [----] $. GDP per capita of Bulgaria in 2007: [----] $. GDP per capita of Serbia in 2024: [-----] $. GDP per capita of Bulgaria in 2024: [------] $"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.9K followers, 37.5K engagements
"Thats hardly surprising. Bulgaria has access to the vast structural funds and multibillioneuro special programs such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Serbia does not. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2871 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2871"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As an EU member Bulgaria also has access to special funds such as the [---] billion SAFE (Security Action for Europe) program which for example helps cofinance a [--] billion investment by Rheinmetall. Serbia has no such access. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/bulgaria-rheinmetall-seal-1-billion-euro-deal-produce-gunpowder-ammunition-2025-10-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/bulgaria-rheinmetall-seal-1-billion-euro-deal-produce-gunpowder-ammunition-2025-10-28/"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Bulgaria also enjoys free access to a vast market of more than [---] million people. Serbia does not. No wonder there is no political majority in Bulgaria for leaving the EU no matter how hard & propaganda tries to advocate for it. For more: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/bulgarien-bekommt-den-euro-accg-200397325.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/bulgarien-bekommt-den-euro-accg-200397325.html"
X Link 2026-01-01T08:46Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Jerome H. Powell is resisting the attempts by Donald Trump and his gang of thugs to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserves monetary policy. Impressive. Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: https://t.co/5dfrkByGyX https://t.co/O4ecNaYaGH Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: https://t.co/5dfrkByGyX https://t.co/O4ecNaYaGH"
X Link 2026-01-12T08:30Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Many US left wingers and liberals proudly declared they would not vote for Kamala Harris because of Palestine or this & that. Must be fun for them now. They can wallow in their imagined sense of moral superiority. (Needless to say they helped Palestine a lot with their choice). This is America now. Thank you to everyone who voted for this. This is America now. Thank you to everyone who voted for this"
X Link 2026-01-13T06:09Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] when Bulgaria joined the EU the country had a lower GDP per capita than Serbia according to World Bank data. Today Bulgarias GDP per capita is more than $4000 higher than Serbias. Average wages and purchasing power are also higher. https://x.com/Andric1961/status/2006648253169766492 Once mocked as the 16th Soviet Republic Bulgaria used to be desperately poor. But that changed. After joining the EU in [----] and the Schengen Area [----] as of today Bulgaria is also a member of the Eurozone. This has made & will make a difference as figures clearly show."
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 17.2K followers, 36.2K engagements
"So did Bulgaria experience some economic miracle No. Or rather: The miracle is called EU membership. More precisely: This is about access to billions of Euros in European funds and more importantly being part of a huge market of [---] million participants"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The comparability between Bulgaria and Serbia stems from the fact that they are neighboring countries and have nearly identical population sizes (about [---] million inhabitants). Also they have roughly the same territorial extent although Bulgaria is a bit larger"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"So why and how did their economic paths diverge after Bulgaria joined the EU some [--] years ago despite (comletely justified) allegations of corruption in its political and judicial system Let us look at the funding first. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/04/eu.politics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/04/eu.politics"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"As a candidate country Serbia receives socalled Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) from the EU. But while these sums are substantial they are still just a tiny fraction compared to the structural and cohesion funds available to full member states"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"In July [----] the EU announced that for Bulgaria (still the poorest member state) more than [--] billion had been allocated for the current funding period up to [----] including [---] billion for expanding or modernizing infrastructure in neglected regions. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/newsroom/news/2022/07/07-06-2022-eu-cohesion-policy-commission-adopts-eur11-billion-partnership-agreement-with-bulgaria-for-2021-2027 https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/newsroom/news/2022/07/07-06-2022-eu-cohesion-policy-commission-adopts-eur11-billion-partnership-agreement-with-bulgaria-for-2021-2027"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The largest project is the (yet unrealized) Shipka tunnel beneath the Balkan Mountains expected to vastly improve Bulgarias northsouth connection. Without EU cofinancing Bulgaria would have far more difficulties carrying out such largescale projects. https://kinsights.capital.bg/economy/2024/08/26/4667090_the_elusive_shipka_tunnel_a_long-awaited_project_or/ https://kinsights.capital.bg/economy/2024/08/26/4667090_the_elusive_shipka_tunnel_a_long-awaited_project_or/"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"In addition to structural funds EU member states also receive money from the Recovery and Resilience Facility launched by the Commission after the pandemic to promote growth and competitiveness. Bulgaria is set to receive [---] billion from this program. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2282 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2282"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"One example of how this is used: Bulgaria got [---] million in EU grants for expanding the 3rd line of the Sofia Metro. Belgrade by contrast has no metro and whether the promises that it will get one ever materialize remains unclear. https://commission.europa.eu/projects/sofia-metro-line-3_en https://commission.europa.eu/projects/sofia-metro-line-3_en"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"However the disbursement of the funds has been repeatedly delayed. Brussels demands the adoption of [--] laws aimed at combating corruption and improving governance. As some conditions remain unfullfilled only parts of the money for Bulgaria were paid out. https://sofiaglobe.com/2025/12/02/ec-greenlights-bulgarias-third-payment-request-under-nextgenerationeu/#google_vignette https://sofiaglobe.com/2025/12/02/ec-greenlights-bulgarias-third-payment-request-under-nextgenerationeu/#google_vignette"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Among other things the European Commission insists that the powers of Bulgarias Prosecutor General must be curtailed. The lack of accountability of this office was and is one of many shortcomings in the countrys judicial system. https://verfassungsblog.de/bulgarias-prosecutor-general/ https://verfassungsblog.de/bulgarias-prosecutor-general/"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Vessela Tcherneva @vtcherneva deputy Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations highlights how important it is that the EU makes the implementation of ruleoflaw reforms a precondition for the release of funds:"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Every Bulgarian government knows there are clear criteria for what constitutes good governance - and what doesnt Tcherneva says. She points to the protests in Bulgaria last December which led to the resignation of the coalition government in Sofia. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/bulgarian-government-resigns-mass-anti-corruption-protests https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/bulgarian-government-resigns-mass-anti-corruption-protests"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The protests were directed against the power of the dubious oligarch Delyan Peevski but also against former Premier Borissov. Tcherneva: The protests in Bulgaria showed that the government has very little room to maneuver when society and Brussels share a critical assessment"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The protests in Bulgaria were relatively small and short-lived compared to those in Serbia which erupted more than a year ago. Yet the Bulgarian government resigned. No such thing happened in Serbia where the protests by now have fizzled out. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/ein-jahr-nach-unglueck-in-serbien-nur-protest-reicht-nicht-mehr-accg-110759774.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/ein-jahr-nach-unglueck-in-serbien-nur-protest-reicht-nicht-mehr-accg-110759774.html"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Back to the funds: Unlike Serbia Bulgaria can also draw on additional EU investment support programs. One example is a 1-billion- deal signed by Bulgaria and the German defense company Rheinmetall in October [----]. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/rheinmetall-waffendeal-neue-fabriken-in-bulgarien-trotz-russlands-kritik-accg-110751958.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/rheinmetall-waffendeal-neue-fabriken-in-bulgarien-trotz-russlands-kritik-accg-110751958.html"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Bulgaria is financing its part of the joint venture largely via a loan from the European program SAFE (Security Action for Europe). This financing instrument for the European defense industry provides up to [---] billion in lowinterest longterm loans. https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/safe-security-action-europe_en https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/safe-security-action-europe_en"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Bulgarian plans to draw [---] million from this program for its cooperation with Rheinmetall. In total Bulgaria has applied for loans exceeding [--] billion for its defense industry. https://x.com/Andric1961/status/1982887954273260024 On October 28th [----] an investment deal of one billion euros will be signed in Sofia between the German defense company Rheinmetall and the Bulgarian state. This cooperation is good news for Ukraine and free Europe as it is aimed against Russia. 🧵 https://x.com/Andric1961/status/1982887954273260024 On October 28th [----] an investment deal of one billion euros will be"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"More important for Bulgaria than any funding program however is the access to the European Single Market with its nearly [---] million participants. That makes Bulgaria more attractive both to investors and to its export industry. Advantages Serbia does not enjoy"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And although Serbias economy has also grown in recent years sometimes quite robustly even the difference shows. In other words: The EU matters politically and economically"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Of course Bulgaria is far from perfect. It remains the EUs poorest member state and corruption especially in the judiciary continues to be a problem just like in Serbia. (Or in Romania.) But still Bulgaria in [----] and Bulgaria today are two very different worlds"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Conclusion: With the Brexit in mind Angela Merkel said in 2016: It must and will make a noticeable difference whether a country wishes to be a member of the EU or not. And in this case she was right: It does make a noticeable difference for Bulgaria"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"(Just imagine how much more successful Bulgaria could have been by today if the corrupt part of its elite hadnt spent years stealing and wasting large parts of those billions in European funds. But thats another story.) For more see FAZ: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/warum-es-sich-lohnt-eu-mitglied-zu-sein-vergleich-zwischen-bulgarien-und-serbien-200421124.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/warum-es-sich-lohnt-eu-mitglied-zu-sein-vergleich-zwischen-bulgarien-und-serbien-200421124.html"
X Link 2026-01-13T07:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Presidents calling for the dissolution of their own country Unusual mildly put. Yet Maia Sandu has done just that by saying that in a (hypothetical) referendum she would vote in favor of uniting the Republic of Moldova with Romania. Some background: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/moldau-praesidentin-maia-sandu-spricht-von-vereinigung-mit-rumaenien-accg-200432698.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/moldau-praesidentin-maia-sandu-spricht-von-vereinigung-mit-rumaenien-accg-200432698.html"
X Link 2026-01-13T08:37Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@EricLebedel @IVejvoda In corruption it competes with Romania. Unstable Yes & no. [--] elections in a row but the state kept functioning. Protests peaceful unlike in France in recent years. Public debt admirably low compared to let alone . A non-EU Bulgaria might be in Russia's orbit today"
X Link 2026-01-13T09:05Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@vtcherneva @faznet @ECFRSofia @ecfr True. It should be applied much stricter to all member states. THe EU must support growth of the economy not of corruption"
X Link 2026-01-13T09:07Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@EricLebedel @IVejvoda Perception-based indices are superficial. My perception from travelling to both countries is that Romania is more corrupt. But Bulgaria indeed has huge issues with corruption. Still the main point was comparing a EU with a non-EU country based not on perceptions but figures"
X Link 2026-01-13T09:29Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@EricLebedel @IVejvoda The indices you cited are perception-based. I lived years in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan with frequent visits to Tadjikistan) and live in/report on the Balkans for [--] years. Insinuating Bulgaria is more corrupt than Tadjikistan will not convince many (credible) minds"
X Link 2026-01-13T09:53Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@LucianBrujan The difference being: a) only a minority of Moldovans want to unify unlike East-Germans in [----]. b) Transnistria was never part of Romania. Would it become part of Ukraine then In any case an interesting trend to watch"
X Link 2026-01-14T16:59Z 16.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@LucianBrujan Yes but from my experience not only in Moldova a passport is not = national identity. Many Moldovans I know hold passports for practical reasons. They do not identify as Romanians. Case is even more clear for with passports. But indeed: things can change"
X Link 2026-01-14T17:51Z 16.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Austrians have learned a thing or two from history and their mistakes of the past and thus the Vienna Academy of fine arts offers Trump a place to study. Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an https://t.co/Pi6qarNT4c https://t.co/Pi6qarNT4c Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an https://t.co/Pi6qarNT4c https://t.co/Pi6qarNT4c"
X Link 2026-01-15T20:27Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"For some days in Bucharest reading the absolutely brilliant Ion Caragiale. Wondering: Are figures like 🤥 Sorin Grindeanu 💵 Lia Savonea or 💵💵 Simion real Or did they just slip out of a Caragiale-story and will soon return there Would be great news for Romania & Europe"
X Link 2026-01-16T09:18Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Interviewed Arun Chaudhary the former videographer for Barack Obama in the White House who moved to Berlin some years ago and now advises politicians and parties around the world on their digital strategies. His message to democratic parties:"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Stop complaining about Russian or domestic far-right troll factories. Found your own ones Copy your enemies successful methods to promote your values and ideas. Hire people to positively comment share and like your videos. Storm the chat forums"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Assign staff with the task of systematically generating initial engagement for your newly uploaded videos on TikTok or other platforms to push the algorithms and amplify your posts reach"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia and the European far right are not successful online because they are smarter or understand the mechanisms better Chaudhary says. They are just more diligent organized and disciplined in using these mechanisms. So copy them. Do what they do. With your messages"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Far-right activists says Chaudhary are very disciplined in the comment sections online using systematic commenting on videos for preemptive expectation management: Before I even watch a video I can already read below how Im supposed to feel about it. So do the same"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Even with just half a dozen people doing this kind of work one can influence the mood on certain pages and forums. And if their enemies are doing it shouldnt democratic forces also generate targeted engagement on TikTok to give the algorithm a nudge"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Everyone in the political arena is free to deliberately generate initial engagement after uploading a video says Chaudhary. What does that mean in practical terms Take the case of Germany the largest democracy in the biggest block of democracies in the world:"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [--] engagements
"If a dozen professional Christian-Democratic Social-Democratic Green or Liberal commentators were to fill comment sections with content in line with their parties messages this would not be illegal Chaudhary argues. And it wouldnt be wrong either"
X Link 2026-01-17T08:19Z 17.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Very honest announcement from an Austrian conductor on Eurocity train 202: A warm welcome on the train from Vienna to Krakow with stops at a bunch of places I cant pronounce. And can you blame him The stops include among others:"
X Link 2026-01-17T15:35Z 17.3K followers, 1.4M engagements
"Star Msto u Uh.Hrad Zebrzydowice Czechowice Dziedzice Oswiecim (particularly hard to pronounce for many Germans and Austrians like the word "Aghet" for many Turks for example) Chrzanow Srodmiescie Krzeszowice"
X Link 2026-01-17T15:35Z 17.2K followers, 234.4K engagements
"@carole033 I later talked to the conductor when he came to check the tickets. A refugee (Syrian Did not ask) who arrived in Austria some [--] years ago and mastered the German language beautufilly even with an Austrian accent. So I really did not consider this patronizing You"
X Link 2026-01-17T18:56Z 17.2K followers, 136.4K engagements
"@carole033 No. Conductors in this part of Europe serve on their national section until the 1st station of the next country where those of the respective country take over. In this case this was in Beclav(brtslaf) where I also left the train and from where I greet you cordially"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:47Z 17.2K followers, 32K engagements
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