Dua Lipa calls Albanian protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort 'inspiring'
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Dua Lipa calls Albanian protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort ‘inspiring’
Pop star, whose parents are Kosovan Albanian, expresses admiration for demonstrations, which are entering their sixth weekHelena Smith (The Guardian)
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We live in sorry times: singers/pop stars (#Albania) and comedians (#Zelensky) must do the jobs of politicians.
But then, we have a former gameshow host who has turned the US and foreign affairs into #RealityTV.
#SoSad.
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However, let's hope that the peaceful uprising of the #Albanian people will not fall victim to the #ArabSpring but will lead to an East-#German, #WieSindDasVolk!
The #EU has already lost #Türkiye in...
Dua Lipa calls Albanian protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort ‘inspiring’
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...in a, with hindsight overly rigurous accession process, loosing a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to finally reconcile the Near East with #Europe after milennia of warfare...and historically brief interregna of #AlexanderTheGreat and the (Eastern) #RomanEmpire. 1)
The same must not happen again with the current accession candidates from the #Balkans, and #Ukraine.
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....the several hundred years of the subjugation of the #Balkans by the #OttomanEmpire).
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