Writing. Mostly in English or auf Deutsch, Иногда по-русски, понекад на српском. Private account. Posts may occasionally contain traces of satire.
The basics: Rumen Radev, a former fighter pilot and air force general whose military training began back in the days of the Warsaw Pact, and who served as Bulgaria’s president from 2016 until January 2026, will in all likelihood win Bulgaria’s parliamentary election this Sunday.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik, and Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski have lost their most important political ally in the European Union. And not just that.
On a tour of the plant for a group of selected nuclear experts and interested citizens, organized by the Austrian government and the responsible energy company EVN, details were given on the plans for the opening of Austria´s only nuclear facility. 
While visiting the exhibition at the Albertina Modern – one of Europe’s most prestigious art museums – I started wondering: What kind of people are behind the accompanying wall texts for this exhibition? They seem to have a rather remarkable mindset.
In 2007, when Bulgaria joined the EU, the country had a lower GDP per capita than Serbia, according to World Bank data. Today, Bulgaria’s GDP per capita is more than $4,000 higher than Serbia’s. Average wages and purchasing power are also higher.
In July 2024, then German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to Belgrade, accompanied by powerful German business leaders such as Ola Källenius, the CEO of Mercedes-Benz. Their goal: lithium.
Some days ago, Manfred Weber, the head of the European People’s Party (EPP), announced that the EPP will "scrutinize" its relations with the Serbian Progressive Party SNS (which is an associate member of the EPP).
The recent climax of the months-long protests against the rule of Aleksandar Vučić in Serbia on June 28 brought some 140,000 people on the streets in Belgrade who demanded new elections.
Fritz was born in 1983 in the town of Lörrach in the Black Forest and only came to Romania as an adult. In 2019, he moved to Timișoara (German: Temeswar). Just a year later, he was elected mayor there. romania-insider.com/dominic-fritz-…
Met Iulia Roșu (@julieRosu) from the newly founded Romanian investigative portal “Snoop“ in Bucharest, who was part of a team uncovering amazing details about how election scams are organized in TikTok. “Snoop” has a short, but remarkble history. 
Recently, a group of cyclists from Serbia arrived in Strasbourg after a tour of +1,300 kilometers through half a dozen countries. With their journey to the main seat of the European Parliament, they wanted to draw attention to the situation in Serbia.
Some words about the author first: Gashi used to be a political advisor to Kosovo´s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, but was sacked after he dared to say that not only Serbs, but individual members of the „Kosovo Liberation Army“ (KLA) also committed war crimes
In the most famous version of the most famous song about the most famous city in the world, Frank Sinatra famously sings about New York: "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere."
Background: Fritz was born and grew up in Germany, but moved to Romania in 2019, where he was elected mayor of Timișoara, the country’s third-largest city. He was re-elected in 2024. He is also the first vice chairman of the liberal opposition party Save Romania Union (USR).