@SilenceInPolish Indeed… This could be a shock. Soon, together with the Poles, falafel and kebab stands will appear, and a stall will be added to the front of every terraced house.
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Marcin Sułkowski
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Marcin Sułkowski
@Sullkowski
Journalist & balkanologist || Broadcaster & news manager Grupa ZPR || EU• BALKANS•BELARUS•DIPLOMACY ||
F✈BG✈PL✈BY✈SRB Beigetreten Kasım 2013
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@Sullkowski But if you're in rural Scotland, that is *a lot* of Poles to suddenly arrive in your neighbourhood
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15,000 Poles arrived in the summer of 1940. Many never left.
We like to keep the whole invasion thing quiet.
Wolfson History Prize@WolfsonHistory
#DidYouKnow that the last time England was successfully invaded was 1066? For the first time since it was made, the Bayeux Tapestry is returning to England on loan to the @britishmuseum. This 70-metre tapestry provides a profound insight into life before and after the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. To see this precious historical record, visit the link below. ⬇️ britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ba…
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#Serbia remains "partly free", according to the latest report by @freedomhouse 🔴The country scores 53/100 in 2025, down 3 points, one of the region’s #Balkans biggest declines. The report highlights a continued erosion of democratic standards.
Key concerns:
- Ongoing pressure on independent media, opposition & civil society.
- Anti-government protests met with police violence.
- Reports of attacks on protest supporters and pressure on teachers.
- Allegations of surveillance targeting journalists and activists.
Political rights: 18/40
Civil liberties: 35/60 (down from 39)
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🔵Another Balkan country is giving up fleecing its citizens. #Albania moves to stabilize #fuel prices. #Economy Minister announced:
* Fuel Transparency Board restored to monitor pricing.
* Excise tax cut by 20%.
* Fixed pricing margins maintained to prevent abuse.
Despite an 80% rise in global costs, domestic fuel prices increased by just 24%, with company margins at 8-9%. The govt also plans strategic fuel reserves and is ready to support vulnerable groups if food prices rise. #Balkans
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@Layemie001 Have you seen anything like this? I’ll allow myself to answer… Yes, I have. It’s standard in Europe. That’s simply how it’s done.
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@SilenceInPolish As far as I remember, the O2 Arena in London holds 24,000 spectators… 😆
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@Sullkowski Both Polish and British writers in 1940 referred to a 'Polish invasion' in reference to the arrival of Polish soldiers - Pruszyński for one. I think it falls under the category of 'humour'.
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@DailyMail Let them paint the fence blue and it will be just like the neighbors’.
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Couple are ordered to tear down 6ft garden fence outside their £1.15m home after council officials rule it 'ugly' and 'out of character' in upmarket neighbourhood trib.al/oqjdBGW
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The most important thing is to have plans... 🇧🇬 #Bulgaria sets ambitious goals for 2030/2040.
By 2030:
- GDP per capita to reach 65% of EU average (up from ~55%)
- Major boost in R&D investment (€1.4b)
- Employment rate up to 78%
- Significant reduction in poverty risk
By 2040:
- All regions to exit the #EU’s poorest group
- GDP per capita to hit 75% of EU average
- Strong innovation-driven #economy with higher global competitiveness
- R&D spending to reach 3.7% of GDP
- Employment at 80%, with minimal regional disparities
#Balkans
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Marcin Sułkowski retweetet
On March 30, 1822, the Chios Massacre took place. The Muslim Turks slaughtered 42.000 women, men & children (Greek Christians). Additionally, 52.000 were sold as slaves in the markets of Smyrna & Constantinople.
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Marcin Sułkowski retweetet
Somewhere in the palace, the ceiling is missing insulation😂
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Marcin Sułkowski retweetet
Reconstructing the likes of sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Desislava from the Boyana church (XIII century). They ruled over Sofia and the region during the late 1250s. kaloyan was cousin to Bulgarian tzar Konstantin Tikh Asen and grandson of Serbian king Stephen II Nemanic
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Archaeo - Histories@archeohistories
Croatian women in Bosnia and Herzegovina displaying traditional tattoos known as sicanje or bocanje. These pagan designs were worn by Balkan Slavs to avoid forced conversion to Islam, 1930-1940... Sicanje tattoos were used by Catholic women to identify themselves as Catholics and thus save themselves from forced marriages, abduction into the harem, and rape during the Ottoman period. This method of tattooing in our country arose during the Ottoman occupation of medieval Bosnia and continued to be practiced extensively until the end of the Second World War. After the end of the Second World War, sicanje slowly disappeared into oblivion, but in certain areas, it can still be found. During Ottoman times, anyone who was marked in this way would be prevented from converting to another religion, that is, to Islam. However, this was not always the case. According to the traditions collected by Croatian ethnologist Ćiro Truhelka, there is evidence that some Catholic women who were tattooed, but who still converted to Islam so they could marry the man they loved. According to one of the articles in the Glasnik magazine, published by the BiH National Museum, Truhelka and Dr. Leopold Glück were the first to talk about “common” tattooing, as it was called then. Marking religious, ethnic, or any other affiliation with tattoos was common at that time, but much more so among Catholics than any other peoples. “When we were little girls, Mare’s aunt used to do it. That’s how it was in the old days, that’s what our people did to show that they were Croats during the Turkish occupation,” explained Marta, also a resident of Rumbok. The girls who decided to get sicanje tattoos mostly did so between the ages of 10 and 15. Those I spoke to told me that they had done it at the age of 15. “When I was little, this [tattoo] was done by your late relative,” Marta tells Mare, laughing. A question that really intrigued me was whether men also tattooed each other. The answer I received was “rarely,” to which Mare added, “It was so nice for us and us women wanted to do it.” They confirmed that while “almost every girl had tattoos,” it was rare for men. Later in the conversation, Marta mentioned that her late brother had tattoos similar to hers. Truhelka’s sources confirm that tattooing was more frequent among women. Both hands were tattooed, but according to Truhelka, the left hand was slightly more tattooed. Sometimes women had so many tattoos on their hands that the color of the hand wasn’t visible. Women tattooed their arms, above and below the elbow, as well as their hands. Chests were also tattooed along the sternum. Sometimes you could also see some simple design on the forehead. Truhelka says that in that period, it was mostly women from Central Bosnia who were tattooed, especially in the cities of Sarajevo, Visoko, Travnik, Fojnica, Prozor/Rama, Bugojno, and the Banja Luka area. The custom was slightly less common in Olovo, Vareš, Vijaci, and in the Neretvica river valley. When men decided to get tattooed, they would get a simple design above their right elbow or a cross on their index finger. The men also used to get tattoos under their armpits or behind their ears. They even got designs from stećaks or traditional tombstones. © Matija Krivošić #archaeohistories
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@ANDRZEJKARPINS7 Przegub był dla mięczaków. Ferajna bujała zawsze ogonem.
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@JanMolskiIII Proces legislacyjny jeszcze trwa. To nie koniec głosowań.
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Wczoraj Izba Lordów przegłosowała ustawę pozwalającą na Aborcje od poczęcia, aż do narodzin.
Wytłumaczcie mi, jak można w takim obrzydliwym kraju jak Anglia żyć?
Ohyda.
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#Balkans #TIR #infrastructure 🔴 Bosnia and Herzegovina's #BiH logistics consortium announced new protests by freight carriers starting March 23.
*** Truck drivers say cross-border transport has become nearly impossible, blocking their basic right to work. They demand unrestricted intl transport, clear professional status, and amnesty for entry bans.
*** Carriers stress protests will remain peaceful and fully comply with police and authorities: "This is not against the state. It’s a fight for work, dignity, and survival of a sector vital to the economy".
*** Tensions have been rising since stricter enforcement of the EU's 90/180-day rule under the EES system, impacting drivers across the Western Balkans. #Bosnia
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"Konieczność wykazania interesu prawnego w przypadku chęci otrzymania kopii ankiet osób, które podpisały Niemiecką Listę Narodową wynika z art. 16b. ustawy z dnia 14 lipca 1983 r. o narodowym zasobie archiwalnym i archiwach (t.j. Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 164, z 2025 r. poz. 1173)". W moim przypadku oznacza to kwerendę w archiwum diecezjalnym i przerzucenie rocznika bądź kilku roczników metryk, żeby udowodnić, że ja to ja, a ów wuj to mój wuj.
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@Sullkowski @PaweMicha51698 @Archiwa Tego jeszcze nie grali.
A jaka jest podstawa prawna, na którą się powołują?
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Wasz odzew w sprawie bazy członków NSDAP totalnie mnie przerósł! 🤯 Dziękuję za każde dobre słowo i ogromne wsparcie. Cel mam jeden: jawny i czytelny dostęp do prawdy historycznej dla każdego. 🇵🇱📜 Wąskie gardło: OCR (odczytywanie dokumentów). Szukam serwer AI / mocne GPU (3090+)
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Zacytuję jedną z odpowiedzi od AP: "Dokumenty zawierają informacje, których przekazanie mogłoby nastąpić tylko i wyłącznie w przypadku wykazania interesu prawnego, (...) na obszarze Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej akty władz okupacyjnych uznawane są za nielegalne, a żaden przepis prawa polskiego nie wymaga wykazania się przez obywatela wpisem na niemiecką listę narodową. Wskazywany przez Pana cel uzyskania kopii ankiet wskazuje, iż nie ma Pan interesu prawnego do uzyskania kopii tych dokumentów tylko interes faktyczny".
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@Sullkowski @PaweMicha51698 @Archiwa Tak i zasłaniają się RODO, choć nie dotyczy to badań naukowych i osób zmarłych.
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#Greece reaches agreement with fuel retailers, easing tensions and likely averting planned protests. Development Minister met with industry representatives, securing a deal that 🔴includes €3000 vouchers (!) for gas stations to upgrade fuel monitoring systems (the system for monitoring incoming and outgoing fuel quantities). 🔴The govt also confirmed that the cap on profit margins for unleaded gasoline and diesel will end on June 30, as initially planned.
*** The measures were introduced amid the global #energy crisis linked to #Middle East tensions, though authorities say violations of the margin cap have been nearly nonexistent. #Balkans
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@Bart_Wielinski To nie fejk, tylko nieścisłość i manipulacja. Sprawa musi jeszcze przejść przez Izbę Gmin, poprawki i dopiero potem trafi do króla, do podpisu.
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Płażyński podaje dalej ordynarne fejki.
British members of parliament have voted to decriminalise abortions for women, not legalise all abortion up to birth, contrary to online posts using the different legal terms interchangeably.
reuters.com/fact-check/bri…
Kacper Płażyński@KacperPlazynski
Odrażające. Nowy Babilon.
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