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The fight with illegal octopus traps

“In a few years, there won’t be a single octopus left. Greek tourism is associated with the species, but soon we’ll only see them in photos”

https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1280723/the-battle-to-save-octopuses-one-trap-at-a-time/

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EPP to review the associate membership status of Vucic's SNS

The European People's Party, which is the largest party in the European Parliament, vows to discuss the violence against protesters in #Serbia.
However Bulgaria and Hungary know that when Manfred Weber and his Bavarian CSU party have a say, dictators tend to find support

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/09/european-peoples-party-to-investigate-membership-of-serbian-sns-party

Edit: in an earlier version I've mistaken the abbreviation of the Serbian party

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[–] mapto@masto.bg 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@mapto@feddit.bg they do talk about the train station collapse:

>National Assembly Speaker Ana Brnabić told TV Pink earlier this week that she is convinced the canopy “did not collapse by accident” and described it as a “planned act of sabotage”.
>
>Brnabić further suggested that the collapse was “the beginning of a colour revolution”, the term the government uses to describe anti-government protests led by students.

https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/08/22/brnabic-novi-sad-railway-station-collapse-was-a-planned-act-of-sabotage/

 

Vucic goes full-Lukashenka

Last night police violently dispersed protests, he blames foreign interference. Corruption that makes train stations collapse does not get mentioned

#Serbia
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Is Serbia's Vucic preparing his escape to Russia?

Putin and Vucic met once again and officially they spoke about gas deliveries through Hungary. But strangely the transcript doesn't mention that Ukraine interrupted these deliveries last month.

So they must have spoken about something else pressing that cannot make it into the official transcripts. Right now Russia could hardly afford sending any form of support to violently suppress protests. So...?

@balkanika

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/959303-at-meeting-with-putin-vucic-stresses-russian-gas-importance-for-serbia

 

Mickoski out of a sudden approves railroad to Bulgaria

Mickoski now claims that obstacles for the construction of the railroad from the Adriatic sea to the Black sea (EU Corridor 8) have been overcome, but he never made clear what these obstacles were.

https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/otstraneti-prechkite-za-izgradba-na-tretata-delnica-od-prugata-kon-bugarija-veli-mickoski/

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Work-week reductions across the Balkans?

Countries in the region have the longest working weeks in Europe. Is this set to change? This is being talked about, let's see if politicians follow up with bolder actions.

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/956130-is-four-day-workweek-gaining-ground-in-balkans-

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[–] mapto@masto.bg 1 points 2 months ago

@tentaclius @mapto@feddit.bg Bulgarian pot bellies are too far away from anything different than making money. This wouldn't have been such a big problem per se if Bulgarians weren't too far away from getting them removed. I guess without your first passport, you're better off elsewhere unfortunately.

[–] mapto@masto.bg 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@tentaclius @mapto@feddit.bg I actually thought it's easy to get residence and work permit. In my head it is then only a matter of time. So it isn't then?

[–] mapto@masto.bg 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)
 

Associated Press: Western Balkans region faces severe drought and water restrictions during heat wave

Reports of extreme heat and water shortages

https://apnews.com/article/western-balkan-drought-heatwave-no-rainfall-2843b95842e75807a608e7eaa57a96f1
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Apparently Vucic suspects Russia is behind the Serbian protests

"We will maintain order in the country, thanks for the attention of our Russian friends, but I want to tell them and tell everyone else that whatever they organize, however much they pay... it's over."
https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/921107-president-vucic-thanks-russia-for-its-stance-against-protesters-in-serbia
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Industrial farming in the EU is out of control and is destroying our environment

Someone might think in Europe things are not as bad as in the US, but higher population density means more toxicity per area. In the Balkans the numbers might be lower for now, but we all know control is also weaker.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/research-reveals-24000-megafarms-across-europe
@balkanika

 

A report by IBM explains part of the hype around GenAI:

25% of AI initiatives have delivered expected ROI over the last few years

52% of CEOs say their organization is realizing value from generative AI investments beyond cost reduction

For 64% of CEOs the risk of falling behind drives investment in some technologies before they have a clear understanding of the value they bring, but only 37% prefer to be “fast and wrong” than “right and slow”

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-05-06-ibm-study-ceos-double-down-on-ai-while-navigating-enterprise-hurdles
@techtakes

 

Serbian Government Minister Calls for Belgrade University Rector's Arrest

Clearly unaware of the notion of academic freedom:
"Serbia's Public Investment Minister Darko Glisic on Friday called for the arrest of the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Djokic, over his support for the students who have been blocking more than 60 university faculties across Serbia in anti-corruption protests which began in November 2024."

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/balkans/861352-serbian-government-minister-calls-for-belgrade-university-rector-s-arrest

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[–] mapto@masto.bg 5 points 7 months ago

@IndustryStandard @Blaze on mastodon it's a reality. It's not on lemmy

[–] mapto@masto.bg 2 points 7 months ago

@PixelPilgrim there certainly are. One is going around various platforms on the fediverse under the name of fediversechick.

[–] mapto@masto.bg 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

@alsternerd @atomicpoet @fediverse @crossgolf_rebel would be nice if the !group@domain.com reference becomes an ActivityPub standard

[–] mapto@masto.bg 2 points 8 months ago

@lurch they thrive on the same fears as AfD, at least CSU does.

[–] mapto@masto.bg 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

@avidamoeba I was expecting CSU (the Bavarian sister party which is much more hard-line) to be the first ones, but CDU beat them to it

[–] mapto@masto.bg 0 points 11 months ago

Here's another one for you. This one is considered "foreign agent" in Georgia. Certainly, in the country, probably also for #MAGA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu0ypdMDFc

@TheGuardian_uk @MediaBiasFactChecker

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