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22nd Sep 2015

Kosovan Prime Minister has to be protected by a brolly as politicians throw eggs at him

He was left shellshocked

Carl Kinsella

He could have used a JOE brolly.

Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi was left shellshocked this afternoon after opposition politicians in Kosovo expressed their dissatisfaction through the age-old art of egg-pelting.

While Thaçi spoke in front of the parliament, a barrage of eggs began to rain down on him – prompting his bodyguard to run to his defence and protect him with an umbrella.

The recent history of Kosovo, a fledgling state that was once part of Yugoslavia, is a bloody so in many ways eggs are probably not too a big a deal to their politicians.

Let’s hope this doesn’t give Fianna Fáil or Sinn Féin any ideas…

Clip via Al Jazeera Balkans.

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