Serbianism

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Hello there, green one.

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Adorable young kestrels startled by a butterfly.

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On this Europe Day, Serbia is still moving away from Europe

The internal political and social dynamics of Serbia, dictated by both dominant political tribes, keep it moving further away from membershi

The internal political and social dynamics of Serbia, dictated by both dominant political tribes, keep it moving further away from membership in the European Union, and tightly in the grip of authoritarianism, superstition, revanchism, and nationalism, closely aligned to Russia and China.

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Serbian eighth graders celebrated their last day of school. Scenes of them parading around with anti-Western and nationalist iconography and chants could be seen all across the country. It isn't a new development - such attitudes have been common and socially acceptable for four decades now.

Here we have school kids chanting the name of Ratko Mladić, a Bosnian Serb general convicted of war crimes (downtown Belgrade). Mladić is considered a hero amongst the more nationalist inclined Serbs.

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One of the reasons for the enduring popularity of the government of Serbia (which most people erroneously keep referring to as "Vučić") is the procurement of new Chinese and Russian weapons - air defense, drones, missiles, attack helicopters. Pointing it out is not damaging to Progressives - to the Serbian electorate, it is a praise of the highest order.

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The Defence Ministry of Romania confirmed that the drone that hit the apartment building in Galați came from Russia. Two people were slightly injured, and about 70 residents were evacuated.

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Peak Serbia - a 40-year-old tramcar went off the rails in Old Town, Belgrade, and rammed itself into a sports betting and gambling parlor operating in a space rented from the Serbian Orthodox Church, leaving 20 people injured.

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Premio al mejor humano de la historia!

Naweboná

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Dunkey’s just a bigger dog.

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Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue). Go figure, only Nvidia is in the green. Gee, I wonder why? /s

Is it because they are selling all the shovels to gold rush prospectors?

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Thousands of students and citizens gathered at Slavija Square in Belgrade on Saturday for a major anti-government protest organized by students leading Serbia’s ongoing university blockades.

Saturday’s protest at Slavija was expected to include new announcements from student organizers, who have become one of the main driving forces behind anti-government demonstrations in Serbia over the past year and a half.

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Thousands of students and citizens gathered at Slavija Square in Belgrade on Saturday for a major anti-government protest organized by students leading Serbia’s ongoing university blockades.

The rally, held under the slogan “You and Me, Slavija, Because Students Are Winning,” brought together protesters and activists from across the country as student-led demonstrations entered their 18th month.

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Russia reportedly struck Kyiv Oblast with an Oreshnik intercontinental ballistic missile. Ukraine's monitoring channels have reported that Russia has likely used its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile on Bila Tserkva in Kyiv Oblast. This system is designed to release up to six individual warheads at hypersonic speeds, which then fall and strike separate targets independently. The city's residents report hearing a loud, "unusual" blast, followed by several "smaller" explosions. They described it as the sound of metal, scattering across the air. This happened during a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Russia launched at least 16 missiles on the Ukrainian capital, SK monitoring channel reports. Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian intelligence, citing data shared by US and European partners, informed him that Russia was preparing a combined strike against Ukraine, including the third operational use of the "Oreshnik" intermediate-range ballistic missile with Kyiv among the likely targets.

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One person has died, and seven others suffered serious burns after an explosion at MOL Petrolkémia’s facility in Tiszaújváros, eastern Hungary, during the restart of its Olefin-1 plant. Hungary’s largest energy company, MOL, and Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar confirmed the casualties and injuries. The Olefin ​1 plant is ⁠a steam cracker unit at MOL's petrochemical plant in Tiszaujvaros. The production capacity of ​MOL's Olefin-1 plant is approximately 370,000 metric ​tons ⁠of ethylene per year. There are two steam crackers in Tiszaujvaros with 660 kt/y ethylene capacity according to MOL's ⁠own website.

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Do us all a favor and stop platforming Aleksandar Vučić

The foreign commentators’ cardinal mistake is foremost the fact that they even give room to Serbian top politicians, like President Aleksand

When it comes to Serbia, the foreign commentariat remains as clueless and manipulative as ever. Apart from getting most things about Serbian society and politics wrong, they also echo, without filter and sometimes with a lot of sympathy, the vicious and harmful dominant local nationalist ideology.

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Protesters gathered in Belgrade on Wednesday to call for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation. The demonstration took place in front of the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) building, where participants urged Serbia to withdraw from the song contest.

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What impact will the outcome of Hungary’s elections have on Serbia?

The aftermath of the Hungarian elections has had an effect on Serbia – the ruling coalition and its commentariat have engaged in yet another

In the aftermath of the Hungarian election, the Serbian ruling coalition and its commentariat have engaged in yet another internationally embarrassing shouting match against The Planet, more precisely Peter Magyar and the Secretary General of the European Democratic Party, Sandro Gozi.

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In another episode of "The AI is NOT taking your job", robot boxers were seen throwing punches that failed to connect during a match in eastern China. On April 6, the humanoid fighters swung wildly as the crowd watched the unusual fight unfold. So, the first rule of robot fight club is...no one wins?