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Reads stuff. Gets on planes. Previously fell from them.
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Jasmin MujanoviÄ
12 days ago
This year's January 9 paramilitary march by the Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist regime in Banja Luka, glorifying the onset of the Bosnian Genocide, was noteworthy for two reasons: 1. Despite the US decision to lift sanctions against Dodik and his regime late last year...
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Scott Lincicome
about 1 month ago
"Only Kafka would appreciate a fuel-economy system that makes small fuel-efficient cars hard to sell and giant trucks easy. Yet the looser rules remove a barrier to greener vehicles while also handing a windfall to big truck makers."
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
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Secretary of Defense Rock
2 months ago
It is really annoying that people have to keep saying this, and yet the gizmo cult is just going to keep raking in that cash
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Jasmin MujanoviÄ
3 months ago
The imposition of US sanctions vs. Serbia's NIS, the Russian-owned crude oil refiner, are welcome, and hopefully a signal of a broader recalibration of US policy in the region, recognizing that Belgrade has unequivocally sided with the Moscow regime.
www.rferl.org/a/serbia-oil...
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Serbia Braces For Fallout After US Sanctions On Oil Firm NIS Take Force
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said sanctions against the Russian-owned Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), Serbia's sole crude oil refiner, have taken force after several delays, a move that could hit the Balkan nation hard.
https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-oil-sanctions-nis-ofac/33555386.html
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Joe Stieb
3 months ago
Inject this directly into my veins
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RG Poulussen
4 months ago
Around this day in 1944, Nijmegen. Local volunteers, young ones, helping men from American 82 Airborne Division. š
#WW2
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Paul Reed
4 months ago
#Arnhem81
: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.
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Jasmin MujanoviÄ
5 months ago
The Court of BiH has officially rejected secessionist Dodikās appeal re: removal of his mandate as entity president following his criminal conviction. His tenure is now irrevocably terminated. The RS entity PM, also a Dodik cadre, has resigned. Major developments in BiH.
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
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Milorad Dodik viŔe nije predsjednik Republike Srpske, Sud BiH odbio njegovu žalbu
Apelaciono odjeljenje Suda Bosne i Hercegovine odbilo je žalbu Milorada Dodika na odluku Centralne izborne komisije (CIK) kojom mu je oduzet mandat predsjednika...
https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/milorad-dodik-vise-nije-predsjednik-republike-srpske-sud-bih-odbio-njegovu-zalbu/250818116
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Kristof Bender
5 months ago
Editorial board
@financialtimes.com
: "Realpolitik has reflected a desire not to see
#Serbia
slip into Russiaās orbit. But this hands-off approach is no longer tenable. VuÄiÄ has to be pushed to be more accountable and hold genuinely fair elections; ...
www.ft.com/content/c232...
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Time to stop indulging Serbiaās authoritarian president
Europe must raise pressure on Aleksandar VuÄiÄ to avoid a deeper democratic retreat
https://www.ft.com/content/c232a3c8-3f0e-495f-8280-dea6fccd292e
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Iāve been lucky enough to spend time with Harry on a few occasions. Heās been an inspiration, as well as a hoot each, each and every visit. Heed his message on this important anniversary.
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Foreign Affairs
10 months ago
Under the leadership of Milorad Dodik, a collection of Serbian-controlled territories known as Republika Srpska is trying to secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina, writes
@ifcbih.bsky.social
. Dodikās actions are a pivotal test for European leadersāand they must respond quickly.
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How Bosnia Could Break Europe
The Return of Serbian nationalism could start another war on the continent
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/bosnia-herzegovina/how-bosnia-could-break-europe?utm_medium=socal&utm_source=bluesky_posts&utm_campaign=blue_soc
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