Illiberal political movements in Europe, associated with their ideological allies from Russia, China, and the Global South, cannot be countered by the committees of overthinking everything - Europe is doing itself a disservice by getting dragged into foreign cultural conflicts and upholding foreign values that go against rationalism and the Enlightenment.
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Deus Ex – A gamer’s perspective on techbro eschatology
The global case of life imitating art - "Deus Ex," a 2000 sci-fi action role-playing game, explores the cyberpunk dystopia ushered in by a conspiracy of billionaires, and why their schemes ultimately failed.
Croatian JANAF pipeline stands to lose up to 18 million Euros after Serbian NIS hit with sanctions
The American sanctions on Serbia's Oil Industry might lead to significant financial losses for Croatia's Adriatic Pipeline (JANAF). Croatia put forward a feeler to acquire control over Serbia's Oil Industry (NIS) to stabilize JANAF's operations, sparking political banter between Croatian and Serbian leaders, which reflects old Balkan rivalries and energy independence goals.
Nedeljnik: Another company from the Gazprom group now has 11.3 percent of the capital of NIS
The St. Petersburg firm "Intelligence" acquired 11.3 percent of Naftna industrija Srbije's NIS shares, previously owned by Gazprom, without compensation. This change comes amid NIS's repeated requests for exemptions from US sanctions. The largest shareholder remains Gazprom Neft, while Serbia's potential interest in buying NIS faces financial constraints.
Dances with ruins
Foreign commentators like Rachel Maddow and Timothy Snyder, just to name a few, who come in support of the supposed anti-authoritarian, anti-corruption protests in Serbia are not doing us any favors by basing their opinions on wishful thinking and second-hand information.
Stopping the USAID might be a good thing
The axing of the USAID program by the second Trump administration under the auspices of Elon Musk's DOGE will harm the developing nations. But have you ever considered that maybe the recipients of USAID never deserved help in the first place?
Russo-Serbian oil conundrum
The latest exemption from US Treasury Department sanctions aimed at the Russo-Serbian oil company NIS AD has been extended until June 27th 2025.
Putin’s war against the reality of planet Earth
Predominant sentiment in Serbia and its national ambition is the revanchism for the lost wars of the 1990s and that achieving Greater Serbia can only be done with Russia and China asserting itself over the Collective West. That is why the Serbian people are Russia's most loyal cheerleaders in Europe.
Musk is trolling you again
The alt-right movements trolling as an inflammatory tactic to galvanize its own followers is not counterproductive to their cause, because their followers relish in "owning the libs", even if it hurts their own wellbeing, standard of living and chances in life.
Why Serbia stands with Trump
Yes, yes, Serbia 35% tariffs, Trump crazy. But Serbian political discourse and The Donald already have some history behind them. Read which convicted Serbian war criminal supported Trump's presidential bid since 2016, and how and why Carl Bildt got to mock Vučić on Twitter.
