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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 18h

Antisemitism is also spreading in Sweden, @expressense.bsky.social notes with dismay.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 18h

Since the October 7 attacks, Europe has seen a surge in antisemitic incidents. Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip is a key factor.

@elpais.com examines Benjamin Netanyahu’s new alliances.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Latvijas Avīze questions Merkel’s objectivity on this topic.

In an interview with the Hungarian website Partizán, former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she had sought to establish a new EU format for dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin bef...

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Merkel is right to pinpoint Europe’s disunity in the face of Russia, @telegraphnews.bsky.social writes.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Merkel is to blame for the fact that Russia felt encouraged to attack its neighbouring countries, writes @markomihkelson.bsky.social, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Estonian parliament, in Õhtuleht.

In an interview with the Hungarian website Partizán, former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she had sought to establish a new EU format for dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin bef...

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Germany’s former Chancellor Merkel has caused an uproar suggesting EU talks with Russia before the outbreak of the Ukraine war had been blocked by the Baltic states and Poland.

Merkel has discredited herself, Handelsblatt writes.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Latvijas Avīze questions Merkel’s objectivity on this topic.

In an interview with the Hungarian website Partizán, former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she had sought to establish a new EU format for dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin bef...

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Merkel is right to pinpoint Europe’s disunity in the face of Russia, @telegraphnews.bsky.social writes.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Merkel is to blame for the fact that Russia felt encouraged to attack its neighbouring countries, writes @markomihkelson.bsky.social, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Estonian parliament, in Õhtuleht.

In an interview with the Hungarian website Partizán, former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she had sought to establish a new EU format for dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin bef...

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 19h

Germany’s former Chancellor Merkel has caused an uproar suggesting EU talks with Russia before the outbreak of the Ukraine war had been blocked by the Baltic states and Poland.

Merkel has discredited herself, Handelsblatt.

The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/346374

First woman as head of the Church of England

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

The new Archbishop will face many opponents among the 85-million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion, @the-independent.com writes.

Sarah Mullally (63), Bishop of London and a former nurse, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury.

Two years after 7 October: where is Israel headed?

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah Mullally has become the first woman to be named Archbishop of Canterbury.

To @theguardian.com, Britain’s faith movements have a duty to be standard-bearers for an ethos of tolerance, generosity and inclusion, in the face of the far right.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

Latvijas Avīze sees generational change behind the strong support for Palestinians, especially among young people in Western countries.

On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a terrorist attack in southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and abducting 250 hostages to the Gaza Strip.

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

The attack and the ensuing war have further undermined the prospect of peaceful coexistence in the region, @krisenfrey.bsky.social argues in @derstandard.at.

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Two years after 7 October: where is Israel headed?

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

Israel’s response to the massacre has radically changed the balance of power in the Middle East, writes the news website Liberal.

On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a terrorist attack in southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and abducting 250 hostages to the Gaza Strip.

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 1d

On the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks, the media reflect on the situation in the Middle East.

The Israeli writer Tamar Weiss-Gabbay describes a national trauma in La Stampa.

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Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 2d

In_gr sees a moral defeat for Jerusalem.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 2d

@ilpost.it explains why the aid convoy’s journey was followed so closely in Italy.

Israel has intercepted the international Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip, long before it reached the coast, and seized its 40 ships and boats.

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 2d

Israel has been deporting members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, intercepted as they attempted to carry aid to Gaza.

In @publico.pt, columnist João Miguel Tavares takes a critical view of the flotilla’s brand of activism.

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Former PM Babiš wins Czech election

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@jhaszczynski.bsky.social in @rp.pl counting on Czech President President Petr Pavel to keep the country on a pro-Western course.

Andrej Babiš's ANO party has won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic with

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 2d

Hospodářské noviny uses a maxim to sum up Babiš’s winning campaign, which focused on domestic issues.

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Former PM Babiš wins Czech election

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@nrc.nl sees Babiš’s election victory as a challenge for the EU: integrating countries in the East without compromising the bloc’s ideals and principles.

Andrej Babiš's ANO party has won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic with

Shutdown in the US: who should back down?

eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 2d

Former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the Czech Republic is poised to make a comeback after four years in opposition.

Many Czechs see Babiš as their saviour, Český rozhlas explains.

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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 6d

Kommersant highlights Trump’s threat to make massive cuts and roll back programmes that are unpopular with the Republicans.

Many government services in the US remain closed until further notice because Congress has been unable to agree on a budget for the 2026 fiscal year which began on 1 October.