🇬🇷 — Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias has announced a major shift in Greece’s defence strategy, revealing plans to deploy mobile missile systems across hundreds of Aegean islands. The move is aimed at strengthening deterrence and expanding defensive coverage amid rising regional tensions.

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We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria PP-DB, a center right, liberal, pro-EU and self declared Atlanticists party has taken credit for the recent (and future) protests.

PP-DB had controversies earlier this year on corruption allegations that saw PP co-leader Kiril Petkov resign as MP despite being an anti-corruption party.

PP-DB also has notable ties with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms who advocates for minority rights and is headed by a controversial Delyan Peevski.

I can see why some Bulgarians are saying these protests are irrelevant.

A party which has a controversial history, with controversial 'allies', which had a shot at governing and was criticized for corruption and ineptitude -- came out and promoted a protest for a no confidence vote which would give it a shot at increasing its influence.

The elephants in the room (people like kovachki) are not even discussed.

BREAKING:

Moldova requests emergency electricity assistance from Romania after today’s Russian missile attacks on Ukraine caused major power outages also in Moldova

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The disconnect between what is published by paid analysts and what the reality is on the ground is something that always baffles me.

Step outside in any of these countries and you'll get two groups of people. Retirees (+60) and families (+30 w/ 1 or 2 children)

The average age in Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia is between 38 - 43.

This means boomers are at minimum 10% of the population and maximum 20%. When they die off in the next 10 years, they will leave behind assets to the next of kin in most circumstances.

Even if somehow the EU and the US get vaporized tomorrow - the region will truck on as it is because nobody gives a shit nor has the energy to give a shit. The only region that has some sort of disposable demographic is Kosovo since the average age is 30. Even then, it's limited.

Why? Because people are more concerned with their immediate bubble: work, family, rest. Until the region's demographic landscape recovers where countries have expendable men; nothing will happen.

P.S. Dayton isn't even a long-term commitment. It's a short term treaty that has expired long ago and people are following it because they just don't give a fuck.