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Andrej Matisak

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#StandwithUkraine. Journalist, deputy head of foreign desk, Slovak daily @pravdask.bsky.social. The usual caveats apply. 🎙 #TheGlobalAgora #podcast https://ko-fi.com/amatisak

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · Dec 12

Great to see so many new followers. Thank you very much. And if you want to support my work, please, buy me Ko-fi :-) ko-fi.com/amatisak and listen to my #podcast #TheGlobalAgora about foreign affairs, politics, security... creators.spotify.com/pod/show/and...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 3h

#Science fiction's ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality
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Science fiction's ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are working to make it so.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 11h

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 13h

#Ukraine Braces For Winter As #Russia Escalates Energy Attacks
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Ukraine Braces For Winter As Russia Escalates Energy Attacks

On October 3, Russia unleashed its biggest-ever attack on Ukraine’s natural gas sector. A week later, a nighttime barrage knocked power out across a large swath of Kyiv. As temperatures drop and Moscow steps up attacks on the energy sector, Ukrainians are preparing for a rough winter.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 14h

Takže prvý vianočný darček je objednaný. 😁 Kalendár od @rosienaiveart.bsky.social.
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Veľký nástenný kalendár A3 pre rok 2026

Veľký nástenný kalendár, 13 listový, predná strana plus 12 mesiacov, rozmer A3, papier 150g, matný. Autorský kalendár je vyskladaný z profesionálne nafotených fotografií originálov mojich obrazov. Ka...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 15h

Did Wall Street Just Admit It’s a Casino After All?
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Did Wall Street Just Admit It’s a Casino After All?

On this week’s Everybody’s Business, we break down the Polymarket deal and look at whether AI is a bubble waiting to burst.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 16h

Putin’s Dushanbe visit highlights Russia’s waning influence, expert says
tvpworld.com/89406025/put... #Russia #CentralAsia

Putin’s Dushanbe visit highlights Russia’s waning influence, expert says

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Tajikistan this week for a three-day diplomatic mission aimed at buttressing Moscow’s influence in Central Asia, as its sway in the region continues to decline...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 17h

‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar

‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances

Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n... #Trump

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

#Putin is still playing #Trump like a fiddle... Putin praises Trump’s peace efforts despite failing to win the Nobel prize
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Putin praises Trump's peace efforts despite failing to win the Nobel prize

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel prize, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms ...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

Le Pen opens door to 'governing agreement' with mainstream right
www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/... #France #politics

Le Pen opens door to 'governing agreement' with mainstream right

Marine Le Pen and her lieutenant Jordan Bardella have, for the first time, suggested they would be willing to work with other parties if they fail to secure a majority in the event of new elections.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects #Trump administration deal for priority federal funding, the first university to publicly turn down the offer s2.washingtonpost.com/454489b/68e9...

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the #NobelPeacePrize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

Jacques Rupnik - Surging support for the #farright in Central Europe: Dispatches from the Czech Election 2025 www.big-europe.eu/publications... #Czechia #politics

Surging support for the far right in Central Europe: Dispatches from the Czech Election 2025

The convincing victory in the Czech elections by Andrej Babis’s populist movement ANO (‘Yes’) with some 35% of the vote heralds his return as prime minister of the Czech Republic and immediately...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

Rare earths stocks surge after #China tightens grip on global supplies
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/c... #economy #politics

Rare earths stocks surge after China tightens grip on global supplies

Rare earths stocks were jumping Thursday

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 1d

The new AI arms race changing the war in #Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article... #Putinswar #Russia

The new AI arms race changing the war in Ukraine

Both Ukraine and Russia use AI in battle, but removing human decision-making comes with risks.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

#NBA games back in #China for first time since Hong Kong row
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NBA games return to China for first time since Hong Kong pro-democracy row

Two games in Macau this weekend will be the first since the league was effectively frozen out in 2019.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

💯 agree. And I know thing or two about being teargased. It happened to me on various continents...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

Good night from Bratislava. :-)

Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

Orbán's regime is a psychiatric case: László Krasznahorkai, #NobelPrize for Literature winner.
yalereview.org/article/l%C3... #Hungary

László Krasznahorkai on hope, apocalypse, and his new short story

Hari Kunzru interviews the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

When #Ideology Writes the Check: Washington’s Risky Bet on #Argentina
warontherocks.com/2025/10/when... #politics #economy

When Ideology Writes the Check: Washington’s Risky Bet on Argentina

Last month, Javier Milei, Argentina’s flashy libertarian leader, arrived in New York City not with his trademark chainsaw, but with his hat in his hand.

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

A to má Slovensko prezidenta a premiéra mieru...

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

The #NobelPrize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

Tomahawks for #Ukraine? #Trump wants to hand over the war to the Europeans. My 🎙️ #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora, with @hoanssolo.bsky.social:
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▶️ Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/74jM... #Putinswar #Russia

Tomahawks for Ukraine? Trump wants to hand over the war to the Europeans

Podcast Episode · The Global Agora · 10/06/2025 · 23m

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

#China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
www.ft.com/content/c4b2...

China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’

Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 2d

#Europe worries it’s already at war — and #America hasn’t noticed
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar

Analysis: Europe worries it’s already at war — and America hasn’t noticed | CNN Politics

“We are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either.”

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