@carldecraene.bsky.social
EUropean 🇪🇺 of Belgian 🇧🇪 nationality.
EU and NATO are the cornerstones of our national security and defence policy.
EU and NATO are the cornerstones of our national security and defence policy.
Pinned
Russia, the aggressor, is launching strikes against civilians: these are war crimes and, by their systematic nature, crimes against humanity.
Ukraine is responding and striking military targets in legal accordance with UN Charter Art. 51.
Difference matters.
Period.
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Ukraine is responding and striking military targets in legal accordance with UN Charter Art. 51.
Difference matters.
Period.
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Four dead in Russian drone attack on Kyiv as Ukraine targets Russia’s air fields
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least four people and wounding 20 more, Ukrainian authorities said Friday. Ukraine's armed forces…
www.france24.com
A reminder for those who tend to forget.
bsky.app/profile/nico...
bsky.app/profile/nico...
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New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Ook rechtse revoluties eten hun eigen kinderen op.
vrtnws.be/p.lOj09KD4E
vrtnws.be/p.lOj09KD4E
Donald Trump breekt met bondgenote Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Het enige wat ze doet, is klagen, klagen, klagen" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump trekt zijn steun terug voor de Republikeinse volksvertegenwoordiger Marjorie Taylor Greene. Dat schrijft hij op zijn socialmediakanaal Truth Social. Volgens Trump...
vrtnws.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ook rechtse revoluties eten hun eigen kinderen op.
vrtnws.be/p.lOj09KD4E
vrtnws.be/p.lOj09KD4E
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🇰🇵 North Korea has more than halved the volume of artillery ammunition supplies to Russia in 2025!
This was announced by Vadym Skibitsky, Deputy Head of GUR, in an interview with Reuters.
The reason was the depletion of ammunition stocks in Pyongyang.
This was announced by Vadym Skibitsky, Deputy Head of GUR, in an interview with Reuters.
The reason was the depletion of ammunition stocks in Pyongyang.
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🇰🇵 North Korea has more than halved the volume of artillery ammunition supplies to Russia in 2025!
This was announced by Vadym Skibitsky, Deputy Head of GUR, in an interview with Reuters.
The reason was the depletion of ammunition stocks in Pyongyang.
This was announced by Vadym Skibitsky, Deputy Head of GUR, in an interview with Reuters.
The reason was the depletion of ammunition stocks in Pyongyang.
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De kost van de Vlaamse identiteitspolitiek is kinderen die niet meer op school geraken.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
De kost van de Vlaamse identiteitspolitiek is kinderen die niet meer op school geraken.
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Een Rolex en een goudstaaf voor Trump www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Column | Een koning spreek je niet tegen, je overlaadt hem met geschenken
Vorige week kreeg Donald Trump bezoek in het Witte Huis: zes prominente zakenlui uit Zwitserland. Allemaal mannen. Zij kwamen niet met lege handen. Trump kreeg een Rolex en een goudstaaf met inscripti...
www.nrc.nl
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Een Rolex en een goudstaaf voor Trump www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Beschamend en vernederend voorbeeld van Zwitserland en Trump. En zo openlijk. Bizar. En buitengewoon verontrustend. Verhelderend beschreven door @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
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Europese kredietbeoordelaar verlaagt rating België
Europese kredietbeoordelaar verlaagt rating België
23:02 Het Duitse ratingbureau Scope heeft de kredietwaardigheid van België verlaagd, omdat de overheidsfinanciën verzwakken in een gefragmenteerd politiek klimaat.
www.tijd.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Europese kredietbeoordelaar verlaagt rating België
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🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US has decided to remove Russian gas from Europe "to the last molecule". US officials have been traveling around Europe to promote American energy instead of Russian, — Financial Times
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US has decided to remove Russian gas from Europe "to the last molecule". US officials have been traveling around Europe to promote American energy instead of Russian, — Financial Times
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Chinese hackers misleiden AI-agent tot wereldwijde hackaanval: ‘Als andere hackersgroepen hier nog niet mee bezig waren, zullen ze dat nu wel doen’
Chinese hackers misleiden AI-agent tot wereldwijde hackaanval: ‘Als andere hackersgroepen hier nog niet mee bezig waren, zullen ze dat nu wel doen’
www.demorgen.be
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Chinese hackers misleiden AI-agent tot wereldwijde hackaanval: ‘Als andere hackersgroepen hier nog niet mee bezig waren, zullen ze dat nu wel doen’
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Europe’s top defense officials used a meeting in Berlin today to send a unified message of support for Ukraine.
Europe’s defense chiefs: We’re with Ukraine for the long haul
Meeting in Berlin, Europe’s five leading military powers argued the continent must take more responsibility for its own security.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Europe’s top defense officials used a meeting in Berlin today to send a unified message of support for Ukraine.
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⚡️ Ukraine launches mass production of Shahed interceptor drones "Octopus".
The technology has been transferred to the first three manufacturers, and eleven more are preparing production lines. It works at night, under jamming and at low altitudes.
The technology has been transferred to the first three manufacturers, and eleven more are preparing production lines. It works at night, under jamming and at low altitudes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
⚡️ Ukraine launches mass production of Shahed interceptor drones "Octopus".
The technology has been transferred to the first three manufacturers, and eleven more are preparing production lines. It works at night, under jamming and at low altitudes.
The technology has been transferred to the first three manufacturers, and eleven more are preparing production lines. It works at night, under jamming and at low altitudes.
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"Dat er vanuit de oppositie vragen gesteld worden die gebreken blootleggen, maakt deel uit van de normale werking van het parlement. Het zijn de veelheid en de mate van detail die voor onrust zorgen."
AfD stelt in Duitse parlementen de vragen waarop Moskou graag een antwoord wil
Laten politici van de extreemrechtse AfD zich gebruiken als pionnen voor Moskou? De vraag dringt zich opnieuw op na opvallende uitspraken van partijvoorzitter Tino Chrupalla en een resem gedetailleerde parlementaire vragen over gevoelige militaire dossiers.
www.standaard.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Dat er vanuit de oppositie vragen gesteld worden die gebreken blootleggen, maakt deel uit van de normale werking van het parlement. Het zijn de veelheid en de mate van detail die voor onrust zorgen."
Interesting read. 🙏 👇
Mulling about European strategy and how it has (not) changed in the first year of Trump 2.0.
What has changed: "Europe alone" is not just a hypothesis
What has not changed: Europe still afraid to bite
Plus ça change...
More here:
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/trump-shoc...
What has changed: "Europe alone" is not just a hypothesis
What has not changed: Europe still afraid to bite
Plus ça change...
More here:
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/trump-shoc...
Trump shock 2.0: how European strategy has (not) changed
14 November 2025
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Interesting read. 🙏 👇
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Better late than never: Germany has set up a new expert group to rethink how it trades with China after recent export curbs showed how dependent German industry still is. The team will draft concrete advice as ministers head to Beijing amid growing worries about political and economic pressure.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Better late than never: Germany has set up a new expert group to rethink how it trades with China after recent export curbs showed how dependent German industry still is. The team will draft concrete advice as ministers head to Beijing amid growing worries about political and economic pressure.
Responsibility to Protect.
Protect UKR skies.
Protect UKR skies.
🇺🇦🙏 Zelensky: About 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the strike, including ballistic and aeroballistic missiles.
This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure. In Kyiv alone, dozens of apartment buildings have been damaged.
This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure. In Kyiv alone, dozens of apartment buildings have been damaged.
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Responsibility to Protect.
Protect UKR skies.
Protect UKR skies.
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🇰🇵 GUR: By the end of 2025, the Russian Federation plans to recruit approximately 12,000 North Korean citizens to work at enterprises in Alabuga, specifically the production of Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs.
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🇰🇵 GUR: By the end of 2025, the Russian Federation plans to recruit approximately 12,000 North Korean citizens to work at enterprises in Alabuga, specifically the production of Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs.
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Don’t forget about our event next week! It’ll be great!
❗Register Now❗
➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
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➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
csds.vub.be/event/caught...
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Don’t forget about our event next week! It’ll be great!
Die oorlog was toch beëindigd?
Helemaal in de war. 🤔
Helemaal in de war. 🤔
La Thaïlande augmente la pression sur le Cambodge en suspendant le cessez-le-feu
La Thaïlande augmente la pression sur le Cambodge en suspendant le cessez-le-feu
Bangkok se défie des Etats-Unis, qui ont imposé le cessez-le-feu du 26 octobre, et fait des appels du pied à la Chine, tandis que Washington cherche un accès au Cambodge, traditionnellement inféodé à Pékin.
www.lemonde.fr
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Die oorlog was toch beëindigd?
Helemaal in de war. 🤔
Helemaal in de war. 🤔
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Politicised intelligence underpinning bad law. "The memo...is said to open with a lengthy recitation of claims submitted by the White House, including that drug cartels are intentionally trying to kill Americans and destabilize the Western Hemisphere" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Politicised intelligence underpinning bad law. "The memo...is said to open with a lengthy recitation of claims submitted by the White House, including that drug cartels are intentionally trying to kill Americans and destabilize the Western Hemisphere" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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With the INF treaty gone, Russia firing INF-range missiles into Ukraine, NATO is seeking INF-range missile able to reach far into Russia. An INF-range missile arms race is in full swing. www.iiss.org/globalassets...
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
With the INF treaty gone, Russia firing INF-range missiles into Ukraine, NATO is seeking INF-range missile able to reach far into Russia. An INF-range missile arms race is in full swing. www.iiss.org/globalassets...
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A question to be asked after watching the excellent @artefr.bsky.social documentary : are we about to forget the lessons of #WWII as geopolitical conditions seem ripe for same horrors to be repeated ❔️
#NeverAgainAuschwitz
#NeverAgainHiroshima
#NeverAgainAuschwitz
#NeverAgainHiroshima
Holocaust survivor reframes Nuremberg trials
ARD’s new docu‑drama "Nürnberg 45" and an Arte documentary recast the Nuremberg trials for German television through Ernst Michel, a Holocaust survivor who later reported on the proceedings.
With posts by 🎓Martin Shaw, 🎓Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò +1 more scholars.
ARD’s new docu‑drama "Nürnberg 45" and an Arte documentary recast the Nuremberg trials for German television through Ernst Michel, a Holocaust survivor who later reported on the proceedings.
With posts by 🎓Martin Shaw, 🎓Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò +1 more scholars.
Holocaust survivor reframes Nuremberg trials
Replies by 🎓Martin Shaw, 🎓Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, 🎓Brooke Harrington
www.lightnews.app
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A question to be asked after watching the excellent @artefr.bsky.social documentary : are we about to forget the lessons of #WWII as geopolitical conditions seem ripe for same horrors to be repeated ❔️
#NeverAgainAuschwitz
#NeverAgainHiroshima
#NeverAgainAuschwitz
#NeverAgainHiroshima
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Again and again, massive and deadly missile and drone attacks against Kyiv.
When will European leaders finally decide to save lives? When will they decide to defeat russia? When will they start acting responsibly?
More than ever, #SkyShieldNow is imperative.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When will European leaders finally decide to save lives? When will they decide to defeat russia? When will they start acting responsibly?
More than ever, #SkyShieldNow is imperative.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Again and again, massive and deadly missile and drone attacks against Kyiv.
When will European leaders finally decide to save lives? When will they decide to defeat russia? When will they start acting responsibly?
More than ever, #SkyShieldNow is imperative.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When will European leaders finally decide to save lives? When will they decide to defeat russia? When will they start acting responsibly?
More than ever, #SkyShieldNow is imperative.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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StRaTeGiC cOmPeTiTiOn WiTh ChInA
Scoop, for @zeteo.com with @premthakker.bsky.social
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
Trump’s Unpublished National Security Strategy Is Stephen Miller’s Far-Right Wet Dream
The president’s new national-security draft document rants against migration and cultural “erasure” – and endorses far-right political parties abroad, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
StRaTeGiC cOmPeTiTiOn WiTh ChInA
Benieuwd naar de reacties van de Europese landen wanneer US Venezuela zal aanvallen zonder VN mandaat. Zullen ze opkomen voor het internationaal recht?
Bij de aanval op IRN (in het weekend voor de NAVO top in Den Haag) was het alvast heel stil. 🤔
Bij de aanval op IRN (in het weekend voor de NAVO top in Den Haag) was het alvast heel stil. 🤔
The United States has escalated its military operations in the Caribbean with the launch of Operation Southern Spear.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/us-launches-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/us-launches-...
US launches Operation Southern Spear in Caribbean
The United States has escalated its military operations in the Caribbean with the launch of Operation Southern Spear.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Benieuwd naar de reacties van de Europese landen wanneer US Venezuela zal aanvallen zonder VN mandaat. Zullen ze opkomen voor het internationaal recht?
Bij de aanval op IRN (in het weekend voor de NAVO top in Den Haag) was het alvast heel stil. 🤔
Bij de aanval op IRN (in het weekend voor de NAVO top in Den Haag) was het alvast heel stil. 🤔
Als ik zo’n titel lees, dan stel ik me de vraag wie/wat daar achter zit.
Het gaat uiteraard om veel meer dan “politieke rivaliteit”.
Het gaat uiteraard om veel meer dan “politieke rivaliteit”.
Wat winnen Democraten met onthulling van Epstein-mails? ‘Ze zijn hun tijd aan het verdoen’
Wat winnen Democraten met onthulling van Epstein-mails? ‘Ze zijn hun tijd aan het verdoen’
www.demorgen.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Als ik zo’n titel lees, dan stel ik me de vraag wie/wat daar achter zit.
Het gaat uiteraard om veel meer dan “politieke rivaliteit”.
Het gaat uiteraard om veel meer dan “politieke rivaliteit”.