—🎤 🇲🇰 NEW: North Macedonia’s public broadcaster MRT has confirmed the country will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, citing financial difficulties as the main reason for a fourth consecutive non-participation.
➡️ MRT’s stance on the new Eurovision rules and on Israel’s participation remains unclear, although the broadcaster still plans to air all three live shows in May.
🔗 Macedonia in Eurovision
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍8👌4🥱1🦄1
—🤝 🇦🇹 /🇽🇰 NEW: Austria has approved the continuation of its Kosovo deployments, allowing up to 600 Austrian soldiers to serve in NATO’s KFOR mission in 2026, backed by up to 200 additional troops in reserve forces for KFOR and EUFOR.
➡️ Vienna will also maintain its presence in UNMIK through liaison officers and military personnel and keep police and justice experts in the EU’s rule of law mission EULEX, underscoring Austria’s long-term security and rule-of-law role in Kosovo.
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
🤮25❤7🖕3
—🇧🇬 Bulgaria faces new no-confidence vote amid nationwide protests
➡️ After five failed attempts, the liberal opposition succeeded in placing a new vote of no confidence against Prime Minister and the government on parliament’s agenda.
➡️ The motion will be debated and voted on next week, around December 8–9, with larger protests expected to accompany the sessions.
➡️ On December 1, major cities including Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, and Plovdiv saw thousands rallying, with the One Piece flag seen across demonstrations.
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤3👍1🥱1
Balkan Spectator
—🇧🇬 Bulgaria faces new no-confidence vote amid nationwide protests ➡️ After five failed attempts, the liberal opposition succeeded in placing a new vote of no confidence against Prime Minister and the government on parliament’s agenda. ➡️ The motion will…
—This post was possible thanks to our source in Bulgaria, who kindly shared with us the information and pictures you now have at your disposal here on Balkan Spectator.
You guys make this channel. Thank you so much, friends!
You guys make this channel. Thank you so much, friends!
🔥2
Balkan Spectator
—🇧🇬 Bulgaria faces new no-confidence vote amid nationwide protests ➡️ After five failed attempts, the liberal opposition succeeded in placing a new vote of no confidence against Prime Minister and the government on parliament’s agenda. ➡️ The motion will…
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.
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.
🥱7❤1🥴1
Balkan Spectator
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…
📰_Investigative_Article_The_Hidden_Empire_of_Hristo_Kovachki.pdf
210.4 KB
Balkan Spectator
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…
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.
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.
🤔4👍1
Forwarded from Visegrad24
BREAKING:
Moldova requests emergency electricity assistance from Romania after today’s Russian missile attacks on Ukraine caused major power outages also in Moldova
🇺🇦🇷🇴🇲🇩
Subscribe Visegrád24
Moldova requests emergency electricity assistance from Romania after today’s Russian missile attacks on Ukraine caused major power outages also in Moldova
🇺🇦🇷🇴🇲🇩
Subscribe Visegrád24
😁9💩8🤔7🤬3❤2🤣2
Forwarded from The Bosnian Kingdom
Israeli-developed "zero-click" spyware, known as "Sherlock," infects smartphones via online ads, requiring no user interaction. Developed by Insanet and sold with Israeli government approval, it exploits online ad networks’ real-time bidding process to deliver malware instantly before a webpage even loads. The spyware grants full access to devices, including cameras, microphones, chats, emails, and GPS. Security experts say there's no defense against this type of attack. Insanet’s technology is restricted to Western nations, though at least one non-democratic country has bought it. This threat is separate from the well-known Pegasus spyware by NSO Group, which also uses zero-click exploits. Additionally, ironSource, another Israeli firm, has been linked to intrusive adware on Samsung phones.
🤮12❤5👎1
—🇺🇸 NEW: A new Trump national strategy document is seen by analysts as undermining US support for the existing EU integration and enlargement framework in the Western Balkans, raising doubts over Washington’s long-term commitment to Dayton, Ahtisaari, Prespa and Ohrid-based arrangements that shaped the post-1990s regional order.
➡️ The shift is viewed as opening space for regional spoilers to push historical revisionist agendas while pressuring the EU to deliver more convincingly on enlargement if it wants to retain influence and protect its interests in countries such as Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Kosovo.
🔗 Adi Ćerimagić
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
🫡7❤1💯1🖕1
Balkan Spectator
—🇺🇸 NEW: A new Trump national strategy document is seen by analysts as undermining US support for the existing EU integration and enlargement framework in the Western Balkans, raising doubts over Washington’s long-term commitment to Dayton, Ahtisaari, Prespa…
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.
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.
💯5💩2🥱1
—🇷🇸 /🇽🇰 NEW: Belgrade-backed Serb List has formally retaken control in all four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo, ending a boycott of Kosovo’s local institutions that lasted more than two years.
➡️ The handover from acting ethnic Albanian mayors was peaceful, with new Serb List mayors and councilors taking office under Kosovo’s laws and symbols, as the EU welcomed the move as one of the conditions for lifting sanctions on Pristina.
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
😁11❤7🖕2🤡1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
—🇷🇸 /🇽🇰 WATCH: Serb List supporters in North Mitrovica staged a celebration, waving Serbian flags and chanting “Serbia” as the new Serb mayor addressed the crowd with a nationalist-themed speech.
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤24😁5🤡4🙏2👏1💩1🤣1
Balkan Spectator
—🇷🇸 /🇽🇰 WATCH: Serb List supporters in North Mitrovica staged a celebration, waving Serbian flags and chanting “Serbia” as the new Serb mayor addressed the crowd with a nationalist-themed speech. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
>Serbia 2010 "Kosovo je Srbija"
>Serbia 2025 "Mitrovica je Srbija"
>Serbia 2025 "Mitrovica je Srbija"
🤣23🤬12🤡2❤1😢1
—🇷🇸 ❌ 🇭🇷 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Croatia of blocking Serbia’s EU accession, claiming Zagreb is acting out of fear that Serbia could become a “dominating force” in the region.
➡️ He said Croats had expected to become the dominant power, but that “Serbia rose like a phoenix from the ashes.”
✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👏11🤡10😁7💯2🤣2🤪2❤1🤬1