James Barišić 🇭🇷

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The last sentence of this comment is chef's kiss !

Indian waiters are consistently among the very best I've come across anywhere in the world for politeness, efficiency and kindness. Given a choice, I doubt even British teenagers would want to be served by British teenagers. Rupert Lowe is the pied piper of thick racists.

In other news, there are still a lot of houses in our commune who have not had electricity since the storm last week and are still waiting...

This says EVERYTHING about Vučić and the environment he nurtured. Good riddance to him. Everyone, give Serbia some time and space to recover. They can do it. Believe. news.sky.com/share/13603462

It is difficult to fully explain how significant this is to the region and to the EU more widely.

Sadness in his eyes. #Vučić #Serbia

You may all use this... #Serbia

Crack open the champagne !

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!

WTF?! Vučić has conceded defeat already?!? #Serbia

It's gonna be a long few hours. Send good thoughts in the direction of Serbia, everyone!

Serbia: Polling stations across the country have now closed in today's national parliament elections. There will be no exit polls. Non-governmental organisations will provide a parallel count. #Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

Voting is over in Serbia (unless you're in the queue!). And now we wait while Vučić tries to rig things...

Police is defending criminals in the city of #Lazarevac. They came with car full of bats and other blunt objects and their intention was to attack peaceful citizens. But, people from this town seized their weapons and surrounded them. Then police came to protect criminals.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media strongly condemns the ban on entry into #Serbia of Denis Mahmutović, a journalist from Telegram & Marko Miščević, a photographer (both from #Croatia), who tried to enter the country to report on the elections. europeanwesternbalkans.com/live-blog-pe...

...and the same will likely be called upon again to act if the Student List genuinely has a breakthrough tonight. As such, do not expect a Hungary-style change in government in Serbia even if the opposition clearly wins; think Pakistan, or Egypt.

Both also celebrated the assassination of the country’s one genuine, senior reformist figure, PM Zoran Djindjic, in 2003. Djindjic was killed by elements of Serbia’s expansive and influential security apparatus, who are connected to the country’s likewise powerful organized crime underground...

c. Serbian politics remains dominated by the dark, brutal horrors of the 90s. Vucic and his long-time No. 2 Dacic both served under Milosevic and remain beholden to his core project; i.e. authoritarianism at home, militarism and expansionism abroad (e.g. Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro).

b. A close finish between the two blocs – Vucic’s SNS et al and the Student List – will mean protracted instability in the country. Violence in the streets is quite likely, again primarily directed by the regime as we have already seen in and around Belgrade today.

...which the regime will further try to derail by delaying the count. A significant number of invalidated ballots will be one of the clearest signs of significant regime-direct fraud. It may take days to have real clarity on the outcome.

A few basic points as we await results from Serbia later today: a. It is unlikely that we will have a clear winner tonight. Turnout is looking impressive, and Serbia’s ballot counting is slow at the best of times. High turnout also suggests large mobilization by the opposition...

This could be Vučić's last hurrah. The regime is on its last legs. I've got everything crossed that this is the end.

This could be amazing!

Come on, Serbia! 25 minutes to go!

Under 2 and a half hours left for voting in Serbia. Keep everything crossed, people!!

Brutal.

Thank you, again, to Ukraine for defending Europe's freedom. Not only are you heroes, you're also bloody good warriors! May these figures continue to rise until the remaining invaders go back to where they came from. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

To be fair, Trump is visionary. If, by visionary, you mean hallucinanting.

Not only was Reddit Mod World really good, the merch has been topped by a free year of Reddit Premium! Happy camper!

This is your reminder that, in the UK, clocks go back one hour this weekend. In Britain, since 1916, the clocks go forward in spring (normally March, and back in autumn (normally October). However, in June 2016, the UK voted to turn the clocks back 100 years.

50,000 still without electricity in Bretagne as of Saturday morning. New period of high winds has started.

Robert De Niro with a message. #VoteBlue #Pinks ⭐️

For those who are keeping count, we are currently within the bounds of a category 1 hurricane here in Finistère. This is the weakest hurricane. Which is a bit like having a mild kick in the testicles. It's still unpleasant, can do serious damage and is something you'd rather avoid. #StormAusten

Finistère has already recorded gusts of over 148kmh. It's 01h27. Gonna be a long one... #StormAusten

If Putin believes this and is still happy to murder people he considers 'his own ', that should ring plenty of alarm bells telling you what he would happily do to the rest of us who aren't 'his people'. Psychopaths gonna psychopath.

Winds currently at 120kmh at Pointe du Raz, Finistère. #StormAusten

Christ on a bike! AI became sentient quicker than Musk!