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Bosna i Hercegovina - Koračamo Zajedno

Winner of the week: 🥇46

Bosnia is a southeastern European federal state. Geographically, it consists of the Bosnia region in the north - which occupies around 80 percent of the national territory - and the smaller Herzegovina region in the south. The federal state's political areas are the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska and the Brčko District as a special administrative region. The state's capital and largest city is Sarajevo; other major cities are Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica, Bijeljina and Mostar.

The national territory lies east of the Adriatic Sea on the Balkan Peninsula and is almost entirely in the Dinaric Mountains. Neighboring states are Croatia to the north and west, Serbia to the east and Montenegro to the southeast. The state also has an approximately 25 kilometer long coastal strip on the Adriatic near Neum in the Neum corridor. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian population was a good 3.3 million in 2020 (see Bosnians and Herzegovinians).

The state in its current form emerged from the Dayton Agreement (1995) and, according to this, is the legal successor to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was founded immediately after a referendum at the beginning of 1992 and was the only internationally recognized of a total of four state entities on the island during the Bosnian War territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Treaty of Dayton ended war within the country and created a unified but highly decentralized (federalist) state. Today Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of the two entities Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (populated mostly by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats) and Republika Srpska (populated mostly by Bosnian Serbs). The Brčko special administrative region was subsequently created from parts of the pre-war Brčko municipality belonging to both entities and today functions as a condominium for both entities, but manages itself independently.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement, the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (observer status), the Council of Europe, a participant in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Cooperation Council for Southeastern Europe. Furthermore, the state has been an official candidate for NATO membership since 2010. At the summit of the EU member states in Brussels on December 15, 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina was officially granted status as a candidate for accession to the European Union. On March 12, 2024, the EU Commission recommended starting accession negotiations. On March 21, 2024, at the EU summit in Brussels, the heads of state and government of the European Union agreed to start accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia&Herzegovina - Koracamo Zajedno

Bosnia&Herzegovina 🥇 - Koracamo Zajedno

Belize - Wi Neva Break

Winner of the week: 🥇29

Belize is a state in Central America that emerged from the colony of British Honduras in 1981. International borders exist with Mexico and Guatemala.

Belize is the only Central American country where English is the official language. About a third of the population has African ancestry. The country's culture is influenced by the Maya. When Belize gained independence in 1981, it became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Belize - Wi Neva Break

Belize 🥇 - Wi Neva Break

United States of America - Voices

Winner of the week: 🥇8

The United States of America is a democratic, federal republic in North America and, with some islands, in Oceania. It consists of 50 states, the capital Washington, D.C., which is its own federal district, as well as five major territories and nine island territories.

The 48 contiguous states, the so-called Lower 48, together with Alaska, from which they are separated by Canadian territory, form the Continental United States. The state of Hawaii and some smaller outlying areas are located in the Pacific and Caribbean. The country has a very high geographical and climatic diversity with a large variety of animal and plant species.

The United States of America is the third largest country in the world both in terms of area and population. Its area of ​​9.83 million square kilometers is exceeded only by Russia and Canada and its population of more than 334 million inhabitants is exceeded only by India and China. The most populous city in the USA is New York City, a global metropolis and one of the most important cultural, media, economic, trade and financial centers in the world. Important metropolitan areas are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco, each with over 5 million inhabitants. The degree of urbanization is 83 percent. A well-known national myth is that the United States is one of the most multicultural countries in the world; However, empirical studies show that the United States performs only averagely in global comparisons of ethnic and cultural diversity.

On July 4, 1776, delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence of the United States and thus the founding of the USA. The American War of Independence, which ended with the recognition of independence in the Peace of Paris (1783), was the first successful war of independence against a European colonial power. The current constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. 27 additional articles were added. The first ten amendments, collectively called the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and guarantee a variety of unalienable rights.

Driven by the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, the United States expanded its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific throughout the 19th century. This included the violent expulsion of indigenous Indian tribes, the acquisition of new territories, etc. in the Mexican-American War and the founding of new states. The American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the United States in 1865 and to the fact that it finally embarked on the path to becoming an industrial state. By the end of the 19th century, the United States was the preeminent power in the Americas, and its economy had become the largest of the time.

U. S. A. - Voices

U. S. A. 🥇 - Voices

日本 (Nihon) - この道 (Kono Michi)

Winner of the week: 🥇11

Japan is an East Asian state in the Pacific comprising 14,125 islands, indirectly bordering Russia to the north and northwest, North and South Korea to the west, and Taiwan and China to the southwest. It is the fourth largest island state in terms of area and the second largest in terms of population. The de facto capital and largest urban settlement is Tokyo, which was abolished as a political entity in World War II; de jure there is a “capital area” made up of eight prefectures including Tokyo.

The formation of the Japanese state began in the 5th century under the cultural influence of the Chinese Empire. Japan had been in contact with the West since the 16th century and rose to become a great power in the 19th century, acquiring colonies such as Korea and Taiwan, taking part in both world wars and briefly ruling large parts of Southeast and East Asia. Until 1947, the Japanese Empire was a constitutional monarchy based on the monarchical principle, partly based on the Prussian model, with the Japanese emperor as head of state.
His aggressive expansion policy in the Republic of China in the run-up to and during the Second World War (Pacific War) ultimately led to defeat on the side of the Axis powers in August 1945. In the Japanese state formed under Douglas MacArthur's occupation government since 1947, the sovereign is the people, the highest organ of state power the parliament, whose chambers have since then both been directly elected by the people. The empire was not abolished, but the emperor, as a “symbol of the state,” was reduced to ceremonial tasks without independent authority in state affairs. Apart from Japan, there is no longer any country in the world whose head of state is an emperor.

Japan is one of the most densely populated countries in Asia and, with almost 126 million inhabitants, is the eleventh most populous country in the world. Most residents are followers of Shintoism and Buddhism.

As the historically first industrial nation in Asia, Japan has a very highly developed economy and was, for many decades, the world's second largest economic power behind the United States, with which it has been a military ally since 1952, until the economic upswing of the People's Republic of China in the early 2000s. As a member of the Group of Seven, Japan is one of the largest industrial nations and part of the OECD. The United Nations Development Program lists Japan as one of the countries with very high levels of human development. It is the country with the highest life expectancy and the third largest national wealth.

Japanese Studies deals with the research and teaching of the language and culture of Japan in its historical development.

Japan - Kono Michi

Japan 🥇 - Kono Michi

Россия (Rossiya) - Мы на пути (My Na Puti)

Winner of the week: 🥇13

Russia is a federal state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, with the exclave of Kaliningrad in Central Europe. In terms of area, Russia is the largest country in the world at around 17 million square kilometers and covers around a ninth of the earth's land mass. With 144.5 million inhabitants (2019), it is the ninth most populous country and is also one of the least populated.

The European part of the national territory is significantly more densely populated than the Asian part, which is over three times as large: around 77% of the population (110 million inhabitants) lives west of the Urals. The capital Moscow is one of the largest cities and metropolitan regions in the world. The second most important center is Saint Petersburg, which was the capital from 1712 to 1918 and is now primarily an important cultural center. The next largest cities with millions of inhabitants are Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod. In total, there are 15 megacities and almost 70 agglomerations with over 500,000 inhabitants in Russia.

The federal structure of Russia consists of eight federal districts and 83 federal subjects. Russia is a multi-ethnic country with over 100 ethnic groups, with ethnic Russians making up almost 80% of the population. Russia is now an emerging country in the upper middle income sector. After recovering from the post-communist transformation crisis of the 1990s, the country became what is now the eleventh largest economy in the world and fourth largest in terms of purchasing power parity, just ahead of Germany. Its raw material reserves are probably the largest in the world at around 20 to 30%, with significant deposits of primary energy sources - especially natural gas. Russia has been subject to a steady decline in economic, demographic and military performance since the mid-1980s, when it was still part of the Soviet Union. According to the SIPRI Institute, it has the largest number of nuclear warheads of any country at 4,489, of which only 1,674 are ready for use while the rest are in storage.

Russia has been a permanent member of the UN Security Council since 1946 and is also a member of the WTO, OSCE, APEC and the SCO, as well as a leading member of the regional organizations CIS, CSTO and EAEU.

The Russian Federation is the “continuor state” of the Soviet Union in international organizations. The Soviet federal state was preceded by the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and originally the Grand Duchy of Moscow, a sub-principality of the former East Slavic Empire of Kievan Rus. The Cold War ended around 1990, and Russia became a little more democratic and moved slightly closer to the West. The constitution at the time envisaged a semi-presidential democracy for Russia, but according to democracy indices, the constitutional reality today corresponds to that of an autocracy, or a “super-presidential rule” or post-democracy. Corruption and human rights violations are widespread.

Russia's share of global gross domestic product has fallen from 4 to 2.85% (2022) since the sanctions began in 2014 as a result of the annexation of Crimea and intensified with the attack on Ukraine in 2022. Especially since the attack on the neighboring country, economic and political relations with the West have been very strained.

Russia is predominantly viewed as an autocracy. In political science and Eastern European studies there is a debate as to whether it is now an increasingly totalitarian dictatorship or whether it is already a fascist regime due to domestic political tightening and the attack on Ukraine (fascism discussion).

Russia - My Na Puti

Russia 🥇 - My Na Puti

中國 (Zhōngguó) - 在路上 (Zài Lùshàng)

Winner of the week: 🥇15

The People's Republic of China is a state in East Asia. With more than 1.4 billion inhabitants (2020), China is the second most populous country in the world after India and the third largest country in terms of total area. According to its socialist constitution, the People's Republic of China is "under the democratic dictatorship of the people", but has been from the beginning Governed throughout by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in an authoritarian to totalitarian manner. To this day she is accused of serious human rights violations.

Since 2016, the World Bank has classified the country as one of the states with an income level in the upper middle range. On average, China's economic power grew by 8.9% annually from 2000 to 2019. In addition to the doubling of China's share of world trade, the gross domestic product increased sixfold during this time, so that by the end of that period China had grown into the second largest economy in the world. However, according to observers, since the "Outstanding Leader" Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the People's Republic has again taken steps backwards in social and economic freedom and has become increasingly ideologically and internationally aggressive.

The People's Republic of China is the world's largest exporter, the second largest importer, the country with the largest industrial production, the second highest spending on research and development, the second largest total national wealth, the largest standing army and the second largest defense budget and, depending on the source, is considered an emerging or already established country Superpower of the 21st century alongside the United States.

The People's Republic of China is one of the official nuclear powers and, as one of the five official victors of the Second World War, is a permanent member of the World Security Council and a member of the World Trade Organization, World Bank, APEC, BRICS, UNESCO, Interpol and G20, among others.

China 

China 🥇 - Zài Lùshàng

Untergrund (Joe Bin Hood Version)

جمهوری اسلامی ايران (Dschomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān) - می رویم جلو (Mi Ravim Jelo)

Winner of the week: 🥇20

Iran (historically as an exonym until 1935 and partly beyond that, Persia) is a country in the Near East. The country is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the north and the Persian Gulf to the south.

With around 90 million inhabitants (as of 2024) and an area of ​​around 1.65 million square kilometers, the state of Iran is one of the 20 most populous and largest countries in the world. The capital, largest city and economic and cultural center is Tehran with 8.7 million inhabitants; other cities with more than 1.5 million inhabitants are Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz and Tabriz. In early antiquity, the Persian Empire was a powerful civilization in today's national territory.

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been ruled in an authoritarian manner by a Shiite “Supreme Leader” (Ali Khamenei since 1989). Other political institutions have little power and exist more in appearance. The regime regularly commits serious violations of human rights. It also controls almost every aspect of daily life in terms of religious and ideological conformity, thereby curtailing the freedom of every citizen. Iran is a member of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran's good relations with Western states have turned into open hostility, which is firmly anchored in the state ideology, especially with regard to the formerly friendly USA and Israel. However, relations with Russia and China have deepened, especially since the late 2010s, and there are also military cooperations with both. In particular, Iran supports Russia in the war against Ukraine.

In the Middle East, Iran is a regional power and leads an unofficial military coalition with the Axis of Resistance, which includes, among others, the authoritarian governments in Syria and Gaza as well as Hezbollah and Houthis. With this it fights in several wars against other regional powers such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, such as the war in Syria, the war in Yemen and the war in Israel and Gaza.

Thanks to its natural resources, especially the world's largest natural gas and fourth-largest oil reserves, Iran has a major influence on the world's supply of fossil fuels. Apart from that, the Iranian economy was in a deep crisis for a long time, due, among other things, to the high proportion of inefficient state-owned companies, corruption and the sanctions as a result of the conflict over the Iranian nuclear program.

Iran - Mi Ravim Jelo

Iran 🥇 - Mi Ravim Jelo

Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan Respublikasy) - Біз Бірге (Biz Birge)

Winner of the week: 🥇21, 🥇23

Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The border with Russia is the country's only northern border and is over 7,600 kilometers long. To the south, Kazakhstan borders Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, and to the southeast, over a length of almost 1,800 kilometers, it borders the People's Republic of China.[5] Kazakhstan's total land border is 13,200 km. With a land area of ​​more than 2.7 million km², Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country and the ninth largest in the world. The country's landscape is primarily characterized by the Kazakh steppe and it has extensive oil resources.

Kazakhstan has a population of approximately 20 million, the majority of whom are Muslim Kazakhs. The capital is Astana, with 1.1 million inhabitants and an area of ​​722 square kilometers. The most populous city is Almaty, with 1.9 million inhabitants and an area of ​​682 square kilometers. Other important cities in the country are Shymkent and Qaraghandy, both with a population of one million.

Even in ancient times, various empires existed in the territory of present-day Kazakhstan. The western part of the First Turkic Khanate emerged between the 6th and 8th centuries. In the 13th century, the Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded. After the conquest by the Uzbek Timur in the 15th century, the Kazakhs were able to separate from the Uzbek Khanate and establish the Kazakh Khanate under a native Genghis Khanid dynasty. This allowed the Kazakhs to resist the introduction of Islam and remain connected to their traditional traditions. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dzungarian Khanate expanded until the Kazakhs submitted to the Russian Tsar. In 1925, the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, which from 1936 onwards formed a union republic within the Soviet Union as the Kazakh SSR.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country declared its independence as the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 16, 1991. Kazakhstan is a full member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The presidential republic was ruled by Nursultan Nazarbayev from 1991 to 2019. Kazakh, a Turkic language, and Russian, a Slavic language, were declared official languages ​​upon independence, and the former capital, Alma-Ata, was renamed Almaty. In 1997, the seat of government and parliament was relocated to Akmola. The city was proclaimed the official capital and renamed Astana ("capital") one year later; this name was changed to Nur-Sultan in 2019 and back to Astana on September 17, 2022.

Kazakhstan is governed by an authoritarian regime, and corruption is widespread. The human rights situation is considered critical; for example, freedom of expression is severely restricted. In 2022, major anti-government protests broke out for the first time and were violently suppressed. Since then, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has embarked on a cautious reform program aimed at increasing pluralism and bringing the country closer to Western countries.

Kazakhstan - Biz Birge

Kazakhstan 🥇🥇 - Biz Birge

Österreich - Wir San Am Weg

Winner of the week: 🥇28

Austria is a Central European landlocked country with around 9.2 million inhabitants. The bordering states are Germany and the Czech Republic in the north, Slovakia and Hungary in the east, Slovenia and Italy in the south and Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the west.

Austria is a democratic federal state, specifically a semi-presidential republic. Its nine federal states, which emerged largely from the historical crown lands, are Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna. The state of Vienna is both the federal capital and the most populous city in the country. Other population centers are Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Austria is a mountainous country, with the Eastern Alps taking up around two thirds of the area, which is why the state is also known as the Alpine Republic. The highest mountain in the country is the Großglockner, which lies in the Central Alps in the Hohe Tauern area. The most important settlement and economic areas are the flat and hilly regions (Alpine and Carpathian foothills, Vienna Basin, Graz Basin).

The name Austria was first handed down in its Old High German form “Ostarrichi” in 996. In addition, the Latin name Austria was in use from the early Middle Ages. Originally a border region of the tribal duchy of Bavaria, Austria was made an independent duchy within the Holy Roman Empire in 1156. According to a city charter from 1212, Enns is the oldest city in Austria. After the Babenberg family died out in 1246, the House of Habsburg prevailed in the fight for rule in Austria, which also provided the emperors of the (Roman-)German Empire for centuries. With the destruction of the (Roman-)German Empire by Napoleon, the Austrian Empire was established in 1804. Austria was a leading member of the German Confederation founded in 1815, but was ultimately pushed out of the German Confederation by the growing Prussia in 1866 during the German War. The dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary was then established in 1867.

Today's republic emerged in 1918, after the First World War, which was lost by Austria-Hungary, from the German-speaking parts of the monarchy, initially known as German Austria. The Treaty of Saint-Germain established the state border and the name Republic of Austria. This was accompanied by the loss of South Tyrol and the gain of Burgenland. The First Republic was characterized by domestic political tensions that resulted in civil war and the dictatorship of the corporate state. As a result of the so-called “Anschluss”, the country was under National Socialist rule from 1938 onwards. After the defeat of the German Empire in the Second World War, Austria once again became an independent state. At the end of the Allied occupation in 1955, Austria declared its permanent neutrality and joined the United Nations. Austria has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1956, a founding member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) established in 1961 and a member state of the European Union since 1995.

Austria - Wir San Am Weg

Austria 🥇 - Wir San Am Weg

Rzeczpospolita Polska - W Jedności Naprzód

Poland is a parliamentary republic in Central Europe. The capital of the country is Warsaw (Polish Warszawa), the largest conurbation in the metropolitan region (GZM) around Katowice. Other cities with over 400,000 inhabitants are Kraków (Krakow), Lodz (Łódź), Wrocław (Wrocław), Poznań (Poznań) and Gdansk (Gdańsk). Poland is a unitary state divided into 16 voivodeships. With an area of ​​312,696 square kilometers, Poland is the sixth largest country in the European Union and the fifth most populous with 38.18 million inhabitants. The climate is predominantly oceanic in the north and west and continental in the south and east of the country.

In the early Middle Ages, during the migration period, tribes of the western Polans settled in parts of today's state territory. The first documented mention of Poland dates back to 966 under the first historically documented Polish Duke, Mieszko I, who opened the country to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, until it united with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569 through the Union of Lublin to form the Royal Republic of Poland-Lithuania, becoming one of the largest and most influential states in Europe. During this period, Europe's first modern constitution was created in 1791.

Robbed of its sovereignty by its neighbouring states in the three partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, Poland regained its independence in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles. The invasion of the German Reich and the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Second World War and their occupation cost the lives of millions of Polish citizens, especially Jews. As a result of the war, Poland shifted westwards in 1945 and was henceforth under Soviet influence as the People's Republic of Poland. In 1989, thanks in particular to the Solidarity movement, the country experienced a political and economic change with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the establishment of the Third Polish Republic. Poland has been a member of the European Union since 2004.

Poland's economy developed remarkably from 2004 to 2023. After joining the EU in 2004, the country experienced strong economic growth, driven by investments, exports and EU funding. GDP per capita rose significantly and unemployment fell. Poland weathered the 2008 global financial crisis relatively well and was the only EU country without a recession. The economy diversified, with growing services and technology sectors. Strong economic growth and falling unemployment led to a general rise in living standards and an expansion of the middle class. Many Poles benefited from higher wages and better job opportunities, especially in the growing services and technology sectors.

In 2023, the liberal-conservative civic coalition led by Donald Tusk won the majority in the parliamentary elections. The new Tusk government initiated reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and campaigned for the restoration of the rule of law. This led to an improvement in relations with the EU and the release of 137 billion euros in EU funds. Poland is thus turning away from the authoritarian policies of the previous PiS government and is striving for greater integration into the EU under Tusk.

Measured by gross domestic product, Poland is in 22nd or 19th place among the largest economies in the world, depending on the method of calculation. The United Nations Development Program ranks Poland among the countries with very high human development. Located between Western and Eastern European cultural areas and characterized by an eventful history, the country has developed a rich cultural heritage. Poland is a member of the United Nations, the OSCE, NATO, the Council of Europe and the European Union.

Poland - W Jednosci Naprzód

República de Colombia - Vamos Adelante

Winner of the week: 🥇24, 🥇26

Colombia is a republic in the northern part of South America and the second largest country in terms of population and fourth largest in terms of area. It borders both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and on the mainland to the northwest by Panama, to the east by Venezuela, to the southeast by Brazil, to the south by Peru and to the southwest by Ecuador. Bogotá is Colombia's economic and cultural center and the country's capital.

The country was originally inhabited by a large number of indigenous peoples. From 1510 it was settled by Europeans and over time colonized by Spain. During colonial times, Colombia was last part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada. In 1810 it gained its independence from Spain.

Colombia has suffered from armed conflict since the mid-20th century. In the 2022 presidential election, Gustavo Petro, a former revolutionary leftist, was elected president of the country for the first time in Colombia's republican history.

Colombia - Vamos Adelante

Colombia 🥇🥇 - Vamos Adelante

Dawlat Lībiyā - Namshi Lil'amam

Libya is a 1,759,541 km² Maghreb state in North Africa with approximately seven million inhabitants. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt and Sudan to the east, Niger and Chad to the south, and Tunisia and Algeria to the west. Tripoli is the capital and, with approximately three million inhabitants, the largest city of Libya. Other important cities in this predominantly Islamic country, which was formally governed by direct democracy until 2011 but de facto autocratically, are Benghazi, Misrata, and Tobruk.

Libya, along its current borders, emerged in 1934, following the Second Italo-Libyan War, when the former Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan were combined to form the colony of Italian Libya. In 1951, the Kingdom of Libya, under Idris al-Senussi, declared its independence. In 1969, the king was overthrown and the Libyan Arab Republic was proclaimed by Muammar al-Gaddafi. Gaddafi was overthrown by armed rebels in the 2011 civil war. From the 2014 parliamentary elections until the signing of the ceasefire in 2020, another civil war raged, and the country split into western and eastern parts. In 2019, the conflict escalated when eastern Libyan forces under Khalifa Haftar, with the support of the Russian Wagner group, invaded western Libya. This led to a military agreement between the western Libyan government and Turkey in December 2019, which in turn carried out a military intervention and brought thousands of Syrian mercenaries into the country. In 2021, a unity government was formed, which was unable to assert its authority throughout the country. Free elections were also announced, but were subsequently canceled. Because the country has been controlled by various political and military forces for many years, Libya is considered a failed state according to a controversial political science definition.

Libya - Namshi Lil'amam

República Argentina - Vamos Caminando

Winner of the month: 🏆Jun'25
Winner of the week: 🥇38

Argentina is a republic in southern South America. It borders Chile to the south and west, Bolivia to the north, Paraguay and Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.

The country's name is derived from the Latin word for silver – argentum – and dates back to the Spanish colonial period, when people hoped to find precious metals there. Until its independence in 1816, it was part of the Spanish colonial empire. Politically, Argentina is a presidential federal republic in which the individual provinces have extensive powers. According to the Argentine Constitution, in addition to República Argentina, Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata and Confederación Argentina are considered official names for Argentina.

With an area of ​​almost 2.8 million km², Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world and the second-largest in South America and the fourth-largest in the Americas. Due to its large north-south extension, the country is located in several climate and vegetation zones. In terms of population, with approximately 45 million inhabitants, it is the third-largest in South America (after Brazil and Colombia) and the fifth-largest in the Americas. About a third of the population is concentrated in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital, Buenos Aires, which is considered an important cultural center of the Americas and where, among other things, Argentine tango originated. Other urban centers are the cities of Córdoba, Rosario, Mar del Plata, and Mendoza. Large parts of the dry and cold south, in contrast, are very sparsely populated.

Until around 1950, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. Traditionally, agriculture, livestock farming and raw material extraction played a major role in the economy, although today the service sector accounts for the largest share of GDP at around 60%.

Politically and culturally, the country was strongly influenced by immigration from Europe, especially Italy and Spain, until the mid-20th century. The most important stages since then have been Peronism (1946–1955; 1973–1976), several military dictatorships (particularly from 1976 to 1983), redemocratization (after 1983), and neoliberalism (1990s), up to the Argentine crisis (2001–2005) and the subsequent consolidation.

Argentina 

Argentina 🏆🥇 - Vamos Caminando

Република Србија (Republika Srbija) - Хајдемо заједно (Zajedno Idemo)

Serbia is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe. Serbia is located in the center of the Balkan Peninsula and borders Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, North Macedonia and Albania and Kosovo to the south, Montenegro to the southwest, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to the west.

With a population of just over 6.7 million, Serbia ranks 22nd among European countries. The country's capital and metropolis is Belgrade; other major cities are Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, and Subotica. Over 80 percent of the population are Serbs, with larger groups of Magyars, Roma, and Bosniaks also living there.

Serbia's recent history is shaped by its role as the largest constituent state of Yugoslavia. Since the final breakup of Yugoslavia in 2006, it has also been the "sole legal successor" to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1992 (2003–2006 as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro).

Serbia is a member of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), and maintains other free trade agreements. The country's economic performance declined sharply as a result of the Yugoslav Wars; it recovered somewhat between 2003 and 2008.[9] After achieving important short-term successes in the EU accession process (including the entry into force of an interim agreement for trade facilitation with the EU and the abolition of visa requirements for Serbian citizens), Serbia submitted its candidacy for membership of the European Union on December 22, 2009, and was granted candidate country status on March 1, 2012.

Serbia - Zajedno Idemo

Slovenská Republika - Spolu Kráčame

Slovakia Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordering Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and Hungary. The capital and largest city is Bratislava; other important cities are Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Nitra, and Trenčín.

Two-thirds of the country is mountainous, with a significant portion of the Carpathian Mountains forming part of the country. In the west, it extends to the part of the Vienna Basin north of the Danube, while the south and southeast, up to the Danube and a small part of the Tisza, are characterized by the foothills of the Pannonian Plain. Slovakia lies in the continental temperate climate zone, with differences between the lower-lying south and the mountainous north of the country.

The territory of present-day Slovakia was settled by the Slavs at the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries. Their first political entity was the Kingdom of Samo (7th century); later, Slovakia became one of the centers of the early medieval Moravian Kingdom. In the 11th century, Slovakia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary, which was part of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1526 and part of Austria-Hungary from 1867. After the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy in 1918, Slovakia became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia. With the dissolution of the latter by the Third Reich, the short-lived Slovak state emerged in 1939. After the end of World War II, the Czechoslovak Republic was restored in 1945. On January 1, 1993, following the peaceful partition of Czechoslovakia, the independent Slovak Republic was established as the nation state of the Slovaks.

Slovakia has been a member of the European Union and NATO since 2004. In 2007, border controls with EU member states were abolished under the Schengen Agreement, and Slovakia joined the Eurozone in 2009. The country is a democratic parliamentary republic. Slovakia forms the Visegrád Group with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

The United Nations Development Programme ranks Slovakia among the most prosperous countries.

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Even as a small child I wanted to learn a musical instrument...

...since there was a music school in our small town where I grew up, but it was limited to the activities of the local musicians' band, the choice was rather limited... because piano, guitar or saxophone were not offered and that's why I decided me for the trumpet, which was not used for cast-technical reasons, so the FLÜGELHORN became my instrument...
In my youth I turned my back on music and was active in sports towards the end of my teenage years.

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