Southeast Europe

Animation director Teodor Ushev:

I come to watch a performance, and the police in a legal state are obliged to ensure access to the performance for every citizen.

There has to be a [police] cordon. This cannot happen in a normal European country. I may be of their opinion.

I may not like the show, I want to see what it is. I didn’t say anything and some lumpen here stop me and beat me and hit me.

In the film, Thessaloniki itself becomes the protagonist - the city with its people, old stones, houses and streets. Is it easier to suffer from amnesia than to remember the past?

Tourism-dependent Greece currently is experiencing one of the highest growth rates in Europe, with the government forecasting 2.2% growth for 2024 and the IMF forecasting 2.3%. This is well above the weak overall 0.8% IMF growth forecast for the euro zone, where industrial economies including Germany and Italy are struggling.

Greece’s finance ministry has committed to early repayment of some $8 billion in bilateral debt in 2026, 2027 and 2028, estimating that this would push down the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio – Europe’s highest – from 162% this year to 149% in 2025 and 133.4% by 2028.

If it stays on that path, Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio in 2028 would be lower than Italy’s, which Rome has forecast at 135.8% this year, rising to 137.5% in 2027.

Преди години Румъния беше отделена, да не бъде завличана надолу от българските упражнения в харакири. Днес Албания е отделена от Северна Македония по абсолютно същите причини. Остава въпросът: коя тъмна сила кара държави като България и Северна Македония да се самобичуват по този начин. Въпросът е риторичен, а отговорът както обикновено е „проследете откъде идват парите“