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Sorry, World: Silvio Berlusconi's Fortune Teller Has Bad News

When he was just another millionaire businessman, Silvio Berlusconi consulted with Teodora Stefanova, an alien-communicating psychic, who told him he would become prime minister. Her reward for being right: fame, fortune and the chance to tell millions...

When he was just another millionaire businessman, Silvio Berlusconi consulted with Teodora Stefanova, an alien-communicating psychic, who told him he would become prime minister. Her reward for being right: fame, fortune and the chance to tell millions of her predictions on Italian television (owned of course by Berlusoconi). Blagovest Blagoev of Vice recently spoke to her and asked about the hot topic of 2012: the end of the world.

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Will the world be ending soon? 2012 will not be the end of the world. However, the system will change, and the year will provide answers to a number of important questions that have been piquing the human mind. For instance, the euro will continue to decline, and by 2016 there will be a new European currency. The much relied-on Germany will embark on a new path and will establish its own currency. Italy will be revived and, though not among the biggest world powers, will prosper once more. The Balkans will unite when all borders get abolished. Turkey, in turn, will become the leader of the Islamic world. China has been trying to see how the land lies before it starts to expand and will eventually become one of the leading world powers alongside Russia and India. How about the USA? America is still the top power, but China is claiming the position. There will be much arguing and disagreement as to who is the world leader; there will be some turmoil over the countries' debts, but the future belongs to the Asian race. This will favor Europe, for it is advantageous to have a partner as financially and economically stable as China. America will clash with Iran in an Israel-inspired conflict. Chemical and nuclear war will start from there.

For the rest of the interview, including exactly how the world might end, click through to Vice.