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[Arta @artaa81]

@realMaalouf Hijabi women are the worst

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Denmark's Bold Stand: When Animal Welfare Meets Religious Tradition 🇩🇰

In 2014, Denmark drew a line in the sand. Every animal entering a slaughterhouse must be stunned before slaughter. No exceptions. No religious exemptions. The reason? To minimize suffering in an animal's final moments. 💔

This meant the end of unstunned kosher and halal slaughter practices that had previously been permitted. Animal welfare advocates cheered. The government was clear: protecting creatures from extreme pain takes priority. 🛡️

But the response wasn't unanimous. Jewish and Muslim communities pushed back hard, arguing that Denmark was trampling on their religious freedoms and centuries-old traditions. Some observers agreed, saying governments should protect both animal welfare AND religious rights. ⚖️

The law's supporters had a counterargument though: stunning animals doesn't ban religious meat production entirely. It simply adds one step—a humane one—before the traditional process continues. Today, halal meat is still produced in Denmark when this requirement is met. Kosher meat, however, is largely imported from elsewhere. 📍

Denmark isn't alone. Other European nations have adopted similar standards, turning this into a defining debate of our era: tradition versus compassion, rights versus welfare.

So we ask you: When deeply held beliefs clash with animal suffering, where should society draw the line?

Do you agree with Denmark's choice?

[Epirote Report 🌕 @EpiroteReport]

How many times are Greeks and Albanians mentioned in Homer's epic "Iliad and Odyssey"

[Ernesto Ferrari @ErnestoFerrari9]

🔴Perandoria #Osmane nuk i mbrojti trojet shqiptare🇦🇱 si atdhe të shqiptarëve🇦🇱.
I administroi për 5 shekuj, mori taksa, ushtarë dhe besnikëri, por kur erdhi ora vendimtare, #Shqipëria u trajtua si monedhë negociimi në pazaret diplomatike të një perandorie në rënie.

[Admirim @admirim]

Albanian students are holding another massive protest in North Macedonia, demanding their constitutional right to take the bar exam in 🇦🇱 Albanian.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

If animals could talk, the world would be filled with tears… And perhaps also with shame.

[The Dodo @dodo]

Beagle rescued from a lab barks for the first time — and he loves it! ❤️

Keep up with Reggie: https://t.co/Nhnlqj5aU0. And Laurie: https://t.co/lhKVzYrvzp, https://t.co/cI33Lt4nD4

Check Beagle Freedom Project out here: https://t.co/c3jA6YAxJZ & follow: https://t.co/LcRX3Ebv4W.

[Epirote Report 🌕 @EpiroteReport]

🇬🇧 1913: Satirical Newspapers from the Ambassadors' Conference in London

Mother Europe forces Albania 🇦🇱 to sleep despite the pain

Albania lost 60% of it territories in this conference

Kosovo, Chameria, Macedonia, Sanjak, Highlands were all ceded to other countries

[Alex Velaj @alex_velaj]

French academic Mourice Druon: Albanians, one of the world's oldest nations

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Not ours to use and abuse 😢.

Donkeys are among the most abused animals on this planet 😢.

They face severe neglect, overwork, and a brutal skin trade. At least 5.9 million donkeys are slaughtered annually for their skins to make traditional Chinese medicine (ejiao), often leading to stolen, mistreated, and abandoned animals. They frequently suffer from starvation, untreated injuries, and painful, excessive labour.

[PETA UK @PETAUK]

They experience this agony over and over again.

[Ric @veganfitnessric]

We need to say goodbye to:
Fur farms
Animal testing
Trophy hunting
Factory farming
Elephant rides
Dog fights
Horse racing
Compassion isn’t optional. It's overdue.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Hero’s every one of them

[Action for Primates @Action4Primates]

The tragic fate #monkeys face in UK testing laboratories. Hundreds of Endangered long-tailed #macaques - originating from #Mauritius & #Vietnam - are imported into the UK every year through @manairport to be used in toxicity tests. https://t.co/7bcbLMgHrX

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

I am not your experiment. I am a dog. A life. A soul. A heart that feels pain. 🐾💔
Stop testing on dogs. Stop treating innocent lives like they don’t matter.
They deserve love, care, and protection — not suffering.
Be their voice. Speak for those who cannot.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Absolutely horrendous.

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

This is disgusting. Why are the authorities supporting animal torture 😡!

End animal testing NOW!!

[Nora @noraleonora94]

In 2023, during construction works in the Karposh neighborhood of Shkupi, a Dardanian funerary plaque was discovered with the inscription "Dardanus".

According to archaeologists, the plaque belongs to a late antiquity grave around the 6th century.

The inscription also contains the word Scup- Shkup, which is connected to the ancient Dardanian city of Scupi, the predecessor of modern Shkupi.

This discovery is closely linked to the ancient history of the Dardanians, an Illyrian people 🇦🇱 who lived in the territories of today Kosova and Macedonia.

[Arta @artaa81]

@ProtectAndSerb @kos_data His name is Ylli Pacuku

[Ancient Dardania 🇦🇱🇽🇰🇺🇸🇬🇧🦅 @AncientDardania]

When King Otto of Bavaria came to rule Greece in 1834, he went to Plaka Athens, which means “the old lady” in Albanian. He heard Albanians talking and said, “Is this the Ancient Greek language we have been searching for?” Someone replied, “This is not Greek, this is ancient Albanian language. Keep quiet, these Albanian people have just defeated the Ottomans. Respect them and they will obey you.”