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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 16h

The man who financed a paramilitary attack in Banjska and refuses to this day to hand over the terrorists, is now talking about stability. There is nothing more stable to the region than NATO allies supporting a Kosovar state to defend itself.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 9d

They thought that through Trump they will get Srpska and Kosova. Once they realized that's not the case his popularity fell.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 9d

IRI poll

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 9d

4 soldiers with a UK trainig exercise. Was a mistake imo

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 9d

Watched Vucic's interview for Newmax. He literally starts by lying about Trumps popularity in Serbia. Trumps actual popularity in Serbia is at 44% and below Putin and Xi. (IRI poll Sep. 2025). Serbia is not an ally of the U.S.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 13d

The United States and the European Union support including these Serbian Paralell structures with extended autonomy into the Kosovar institutional framework

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 13d

Serbian Paralell structures in Kosova are used to intimidate and threaten local Serbs. Local politician Petrovic and Ristic, who ran against the Serb List, state that Kosovo-Serbs in those institutions have been either fired or had a massive reduction of salary for not supporting the Serb List.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 13d

Yesterday, in his speech at the United Nations Assembly, Vučić stated that people were accusing him of wanting to start a war, and that he was peaceful.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 13d

In 2023, YIHR identified 250 graffitis "When the army returns to Kosovo" around Serbia. Now 🇷🇸 engineer Danijel Dasic said that State Auditor of Serbia, during an audit of the Serbian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, found that this ministry spent €217k for the murals.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · 16d

Në çdo palë zgjedhje lokale në Kosovë fillojnë shakatë për asambleistat. Në një shkrim për Sbunker kam folur për rëndësinë politike që mund të ketë asambleisti në përfaqësimin e lagjës e fshatit në kuvendin komunal

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Mes talljes dhe votës: pse kandidatët për anëtarë të kuvendeve komunale në Kosovë duhet të merren seriozisht

Deri në vitin 2023, paga bazë e anëtarëve të kuvendit komunal (asamblistit) ishte vetëm 220 euro. Për vite me radhë, paga e ulët e ka bërë pothuajse të pamundshme që subjektet politike të rekrutojnë i...

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wanted to read something from Africa and opted for this anthology. The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry contains poems from various poets of the continent. I especially enjoyed the political ones.

#raftiimehes

Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fun-fact there are more Kosovar-Swiss players playing for Kosova than Switzerland.

While Switzerland has only Xhaka (who played for them before the Kosovar team entered FIFA), Kosova has at least 5 Swiss-born players, with Avdullahu being the latest addition.

Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Aug 31

A thought-provoking! In The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker argues that much of what we do is shaped by our fear of mortality. To cope, we create “immortality projects” in the form of families, causes, nations, legacies to have a lasting impact in the world. #raftiimehes

Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Jul 31

How Kosova's media is being captured by corporate interests

www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Business over bylines: How Kosovo’s media is being captured by corporate interests - Euractiv

With media outlets in Kosovo and the region increasingly concentrated in the hands of major business moguls, journalists say censorship to protect the owners’ interests has become ‘the norm’

www.euractiv.com

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Jul 17

I had the opportunity to present my work at the IPSA World Congress in Seoul, South Korea #IPSA2025. The substantial participation of scholars from the Global South brought enriching perspectives to the conference.

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Jul 6

Zgjimi kombëtar shqipëtar – Stavro Skendi open.substack.com/pub/terechil...

Zgjimi kombëtar shqipëtar – Stavro Skendi

Vështrim kritik

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Jul 6

Ese recensuese per librin "Zgjimi kombetar shqiptar" nga Stavro Skendi #raftiimehes

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Mehdi Sejdiu @mehdisejdiu.bsky.social · Jun 30

Why does every political movement in 🇷🇸 feel the need to prove its “patriotism” by obsessing over a state that is neither ethnically, culturally, nor politically Serbian? The lack of corruption & anti-corruption protests in 🇽🇰 says it all.