Key
Takeaway: The Kremlin is losing initiative and influence in several
Balkan states. North Macedonia joined NATO despite Russia’s efforts to
prevent it. Russia’s strategic partner Serbia is increasingly vocal
about its aspirations to join the EU. Balkan states are curbing the
influence of Russian energy and the Russian Orthodox Church in their
countries. The Kremlin is attempting to counteract these potential
influence losses by exploiting its connections to Serbia’s defense
establishment to prevent Serbia from deepening ties with the EU. The
West should keep the Kremlin on the defensive in Europe by supporting
ongoing EU and NATO efforts to integrate the Western Balkans.
Almost
alluding to a poetic note, a clay plaque found in Olympia – the home to
ancient Olympics and feats of athleticism, might just pertain to the
oldest known extract of Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. The potential
discovery was made courtesy of the three-year-long The Multidimensional
Site of Olympia project, a collaborative effort from researchers at Ilia
regional unit Ephorate of Antiquities, German Archaeological Institute
and the Universities of Darmstadt, Tübingen, and Frankfurt am Mainz.





















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