Over 95% votes now counted. Babis’s ANO wins over a third of the vote. Some form of coalition with ANO at the helm likely.

80% now counted in Czech elections.

2/3 votes counted in Czech elections. 🧵🧵

Name changes and parties. The number of times former Slovak PM Igor Matovic has changed the name of his party is striking ….

Rachmaninov’s piano concerto no.2 at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. музыка для души

Fascinating and insightful book, #MythsOfGeography, written by my #UniversityofBirmingham colleague Paul Richardson

Congratulations & thank you to @sathnam.bsky.social for his insightful and much needed books Empireland and Empireworld. Although I would suggest the idea of legacies could be teased out a little more and his criticisms of Band Aid are a bit harsh, I’d encourage all to read these important books.

Hi Cas, how about a bit more on the eastern half of Europe such as this one …. 😉? global.oup.com/academic/pro... Happy New Year. Best wishes for 2025.

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Explaining the 2023 #elections in #Poland and #Slovakia and their aftermaths. #backsliding #coalitions #ElectoralSystems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

For all interested in #NewParties & #CentralAndEasternEurope please have a look at our OUP book #TheNewPartyChallenge global.oup.com/academic/pro...