The clearest example of how corruption kills, literally. Macedonia is a failed state in the rank of Bosnia, both states are the biggest losers from the disintegration of Yugoslavia because they are not self-sustaining societies.
"In these most difficult moments for our country and for me personally, I announce that I am submitting my irrevocable resignation from the position of mayor of the municipality of Kočani. This loss is huge! There are no words that can describe the pain we all feel. Those children were our children. I knew most of them, I knew their families, and I was family friends with some of them. The shock and brokenness I feel will last my whole life. This tragedy has enveloped the people of Kočani and Macedonians in darkness." - Ljupčo Papazov
What a tragedy. Especially for such a small place. Kočani has 28,000 inhabitants and 59 young people aged 14 to 25 have already died. Terrible
which reminded us of the interrogations we endured at the hands of the Security Services and the debates in Communist courts.
Lech Walesa is mentioned in this interrogation scene in the film Balkan Spy where a neighbour and his brother interrogate someone they believe is a western spy.
Balkanski Špijun - Em Stranac Em Poljak.....
After Tito broke his relations with Stalin anyone found to be a Stalinist supporter would be arrested and sent to a prison camp in Goli Otok (the Barren Island) where he would be forced to do hard labor such as breaking rocks in the scorching sun.
LeBron James recently turned 40, Steph Curry is 36, Kevin Durant is 36, which means that the 3 best basketball players USA has won't be around for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. And there are no upcoming stars who can replace them.
Meanwhile Nikola Jokić the best player in the world who won 3 MVP awards in last 4 years is entering his prime and NBA honoured him with a new video of the 30 best plays of his career on the occasion of his 30th birthday.
I am watching the vid of the meeting in the White House again
"Listen, little man, let me tell you-- your time is up, OK? We gave you great American weapons, the greatest the world has ever seen.
Without our absolutely incredible weapons -the best, by the way- you would've lost your country in, what, two weeks? Maybe less! Probably less! Let's be honest, it would've been a total disaster, a complete wipeout.
And now? Now you give us the rare earth, the farmland-because, frankly, that's the deal. And believe me, it's a great deal."
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You can see here that this was actually cooked up by JD Vance. It was his time to shine. 😁
Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski at the final AfD convention, the whole hall applauds the statement that Kosovo and Metohija are part of Serbia.
From the day after tomorrow, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) will be the second strongest party in the German Bundestag, which is happening for the first time since 1949. Its co-president supports the withdrawal of recognition of the independence of "Kosovo", and many AfD MPs apologized for Germany's participation in the NATO aggression and supported the Serbs.
The new reality is that the so-called "grand coalition" is actually an agreement with the AfD. 😉
A small coalition, an agreement with the SPD is "premeditated suicide" for the SPD itself. They have a very bad trend, and if they continue like this Die Linke will eat them alive (they now have SW even more to the left than them, so they can move a little towards the center).
The third option is to form a minority government with the Greens 🤦