Former ambassador of Belgium (ret.) to Ukraine (2011-2014) and Colombia (2017-2021). Memories of Soviet tanks are part of my Czech roots (remember 21.8.1968 ?) Here mainly to denounce Putin's war on 🇺🇦. @DefendDemocracy team member 🇪🇺
Jana Zikmundova
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"The 42 names included in the proposed sanctions list also include Arkady Dvorkovich, a former deputy prime minister who is now the head of the International Chess Federation, known as FIDE."
Like in #URSS times, chess serves as vehicle of 🇷🇺 propaganda, and #FIDE agrees...♟️
#OpEd Putin may have stayed in St. Petersburg if the electoral defeat of his political mentor hadn't propelled him to pursue a career in Moscow, writes Sergei Shelin.
My latest discussion with the Frontline team at Times Radio about the war in Ukraine, and Putin’s losing strategy. youtu.be/ZRaBS0Mm21o?...
If possible, try to be born as far from Russia as possible
Twee dagen trok ik op met Oekraïense drone-eenheid SIGNUM aan het front in Donetsk. In de killzone is de oorlog een macabere videogame met echte levens, waar FPV-drones continu jagen op alles wat beweegt. Lees het verslag vandaag op @vrtnws.be
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Jana Zikmundova
Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany was achieved by massive Allied support - Europe can and should do a great deal more to help Ukraine.
Thank you, @tilmane.bsky.social.
tilmaneichstdt.substack.com/p/soviet-vic...
The Moscow Times
"Owing to their already dominant positions, US Big Tech firms have a panopticon-like view of most emerging technologies, business models, and industry developments, allowing them to stay ahead of shifts in adjacent or potentially disruptive markets."
It happens because we let them.
#StopBigTech
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Arnaud De Decker
No words...please stay safe. Admirable that #Ukrainians still continue to defy this force of evil.
#Kharkiv 🩶
Ariana Gic
Congratulations #OTD @archive.org : just discovered today that you hold *for free* in your vaults treasures of 🇨🇿 exile litterature that consigns many pre/post #WWII events, now to serve as warnings for today. 👏
#FreeBooks 📚
Mick Ryan
Opinion | The history of Russia, and of humanity, was set on its current course 30 years ago, when then-St.
How does Europeans support for Ukraine compare with previous WW2 and Afghanistan engagement? (FIRST DRAFT ASSESSMENT , May 8th 2026)
tilmaneichstdt.substack.com
"Dit is het einde." Dat dacht journalist Arnaud De Decker toen hij onlangs 2 dagen doorbracht bij de Oekraïense drone-eenheid Signum, aan het front bij Slovjansk. Een Russische FPV-drone, waarbij een ...
Read. This. Excellent piece by the brilliant @helenamalikova.bsky.social. Below the surface, invisible to the naked eye, American tech has acquired even more power in Europe than you thought. Europe really, urgently needs to wake up.
Belgium's PM Bart De Wever has slammed France and Germany for failing to agree on a joint program to build a new fighter jet.
The Future Combat Air System, which also involves Spain, was meant to replace Germany’s Eurofighter and France’s Rafale jets by around 2040.
🇺🇦 I'm in Kharkiv, the situation here is surreal: just now there was a huge explosion, I think it was a rocket from the sound. Moments ago, Shahed drones were looming over us in the city, along with their horrible sound. Thankfully P1sun interceptor drones were also flying. They sound like bees.
POLITICO Europe
Emmanuelle Chaze
📜 Archives help safeguard rights, strengthen accountability, and preserve our shared histories.
Today, on INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES DAY, learn more about #IAW2026 and its theme, #ArchivesForJustice: Rights, Memory & Futures.
Details ⤵️
www.ica.org/internationa...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [Unofficial]
Sophie in't Veld
www.rferl.org
The European Union is calling for financial sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian head of the world chess federation, a historian who is a close adviser to President Vladimir Putin, and other top officials.
