Prediction

Shorn of the usual political news cycle, and thrown back on royals attending church services at Christmas to supply "news", some media in the UK have given top billing over the festive season to a long dead-Bulgarian blind mystic's predictions for the coming year.

Nostradamus has got nothing on this. 

22-years ago Greg Wilkinson probably didn’t consider himself to be one of the great seers of our lifetime, but he can certainly call himself that now.

Back in 1995, he wrote a letter, speculating on what might happen in the near future and buried it in a wall of a house in Sydney, Australia.

BELGRADE - An illiterate peasant, Mitar Tarabic, who lived in Serbia in the 19th century is believed to have predicted major historic events, like WWI and the rise of Nazis.

According to conspiracy theories that have been circulating among social media since the conclusion of the US presidential elections, and as reported by the British press, Nostradamus, the 16th century French apothecary and reputed seer, predicted both ‘audacious’ Trump’s victory from 4 centuries ago, how it ties in with Greece’s current woes, and the end of the world.

I keep hearing the following phrase: "these guys will never leave," over and over again. Greece is a democratic European state, so they (the government) are bound to leave, just like the ones who will succeed them, at one point. No one can tell exactly when this will happen or in what way. One thing we should have learned by now is that there is little point in making predictions.

Humans have always been fascinated by the idea of being able to see into the future and predict what will happen. Some researchers say it is possible to predict where your next travel destination will be, based on data taken from photographs on your mobile phone, with a high degree of accuracy!

The construction of the third metro line in Bulgaria's Sofia could be delayed over appeals lodged against a decision of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Sofia chief architect Petar Dikov said.

A new regulation drafted by the Environment Ministry will exempt many facilities, including residential estates, hospitals and golf courses from environmental assessments.

A local administrative court has halted the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HES) in the center of the Black Sea port of Arhavi in the northeastern province of Artvin, canceling the environmental impact report submitted to the authorities by the company.

Hydroelectric power plant (HES) projects threatening rare biological life on natural protected areas will not be permitted, but other protected areas are “open” for construction, according to an Environment Ministry resolution.

The resolution will likely set a precedent for dozens of legal disputes over the growing number of HES projects.