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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: 12 more people have been arrested in connection with the October 4 mass demonstration, bringing the total to 35.

Georgia now has 103 political prisoners! #GeorgiaProtests

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 16h

It's an art form that has allowed Belgium to hold the world record for not having a government. But hasn't the same thing happened to France since the July 2024 snap polls?

Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 17h

🇧🇪❤️🇫🇷As #France sinks into a new government crisis, it is worth looking to #Belgium, where political parties are masters of the art of negotiation – for better or worse. By @gpaccardo.bsky.social & Adrian Burtin. voxeurop.eu/en/belgium-c...

Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 16h

Un art qui a permis à la Belgique de détenir le record mondial de l'absence de gouvernement. Mais n'est-ce pas ce qui est arrivé à la France depuis la dissolution de juillet 2024 ?

Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 17h

🇧🇪❤️🇫🇷Alors que la #France s'enfonce dans une nouvelle crise de gouvernement, cela vaut la peine de regarder du côté de la #Belgique, dont les partis sont, eux, des artisans de l'art de la négociation – pour le meilleur et le pire. Par @gpaccardo.bsky.social, Adrian Burtin : voxeurop.eu/fr/belgique-...

En Belgique, la coalition est un art et une nécessité

En Belgique, le système proportionnel oblige les partis à s’entendre sur la base de compromis longuement négociés entre les partis. Analyse.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 2021–2023 data from France, Italy and Romania, reveals a consistent pattern: Cars that receive subsidies for “cleaner” performance emit far more CO₂ in real life than lab tests show.
Work by Lorenzo di Stasi, Adrian Burtin, Adrian Mihălțianu, Stefano Valentino, @voxeurop.bsky.social
🔗 t.ly/5kePy

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 2d

People get subsidies from governments to buy less-polluting cars. The eligibility criteria are based on lab emission measurements, wich do not correspond to the real-life ones. So subsidies end up funding the wrong cars. Check out our latest investigation:

Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 2d

🚗💨 Billions in “green” car subsidies, but dirty emissions on the road. Check out a new cross-border investigation into #France #Italy and #Romania's automotive industry. #lobbying @transportenvironment.org : voxeurop.eu/en/europes-car-lobby-emissions/

Clean on paper, dirty on the road: Europe’s car-subsidy paradox

Italy, France and Romania have dispensed billions in subsidies to promote cleaner cars. The subsidised cars’ emissions were measured by lab tests, but in practice many of the vehicles emit far more CO...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 3d

'Our worst enemy is There Is No Alternative, and the idea that people have no agency on what happen to them and on politics. The latest spontaneous demonstrations on #Palestine or against #deportations show that people have agency.' – Luciana Castellina.

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 3d

Tech bros having in common is that they gave up on this world and live in an apocalyptic mindset where they want to save themselves is helping creating the conditions for a broad coalition of anti-fascist movements of people willing to save this planet from around the world – @astra.bsky.social

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 3d

✊'We should not resist – we should fight back! Resisting is not enough to win!' against right-wing forces and influence. Former Left Italian senator and MEP Luciana #Castellina (96), speaking at @internazionale.it festival in #Ferrara. W/ @astra.bsky.social

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 5d

🔴 Join our Georgia 2025 local elections live coverage on OC media website.

🔻 Today Georgia is witnessing two historic events: a partial boycott and a ‘peaceful revolution’ announced by some opposition members.

Live updates | Polls open in Georgia as protesters prepare for ‘peaceful revolution’

Georgia is witnessing two historic events: a partial boycott and a ‘peaceful revolution’ announced by some opposition members.

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 4d

Amnesty International has published a statement ahead of the Georgian elections, emphasising that they were taking place ‘amid severe political reprisals against opposition figures and civil society’.

Live updates | Polls open in Georgia as protesters prepare for ‘peaceful revolution’

Georgia is witnessing two historic events: a partial boycott and a ‘peaceful revolution’ announced by some opposition members.

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Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 4d

1️⃣ Here’s what you need to know about the pre-election environment in Georgia ahead of October 4.

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 5d

A fascinating conversation on 🇷🇺 #Russia's authoritarian spiralling, the risks of being a Russian journalist in exile and opposing #Putin's regime and the invasion of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine, by my friends @andreisoldatov.bsky.social , Irina Borogan and Andrea Pipino, at @internazionale.it in Ferrara.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 5d

Interested in issues such as migration, climate change or the rise of the far right covered from a broad and multilingual European perspective? Support @voxeurop.bsky.social with a donation or by buying shares.

Full disclosure: I write for them and have some shares.

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 5d

Grazie mille, Cas!

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 5d

Ready, steady etc. #intfe

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 6d

Where else? #intfe #InternazionaleaFerrara @internazionale.it

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Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 6d

💌 Your favourite #newsletter is out today. This week, a special message from our #migration editor, and, among others:

🔸The 2015 migration crisis 10 years on
🔸 “Remigration”: empty slogan or mass deportations?, by @annalisacamilli.bsky.social

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Our weekly email newsletter - Voxeurop

Every Thursday We send out a newsletter focused on a major topic that affects people right across Europe. You'll receive a selection of articles hand-picked from hundreds of European sources or writte...

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 7d

'Since June [...] 131 new political prisoners have been locked up, representing almost exactly double the total number released during the same period. Today, around 1,300 Belarusian political prisoners remain behind bars.´

Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 7d

#Belarus I argue in my latest Atlantic Council piece:

Lukashenka's "release" of political prisoners is not reform, it's hostage diplomacy. For every freed activist, more are jailed. Rewarding Minsk entrenches dictatorship and gives Putin loopholes ➡️
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Belarus dictator must not be rewarded for releasing his own prisoners

Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is attempting to repair relations with the West by trading political prisoners for concessions. If this hostage diplomacy proves successful, it will strengthe...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10d

Moldova 🇲🇩 👍

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10d

The pro-EU Party of Action & Solidarity has crushed the pro-Russia Patriotic Electoral Bloc in the Moldovan election.

It won 51 seats - an outright majority.

Moldova is now on a trajectory towards EU membership.

A very bad night for Putin, who targeted Moldova with a wave of election propaganda.

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Gian-Paolo Accardo @gpaccardo.bsky.social · 10d

The fate of journalists working in #Gaza has become the number one topic in the latest #journalism events I attended: #iMEdDijf25 and #DIG. Be it through the reporting of @972mag.com or Hélène Lam Trong and Aslıan Eker Çakmak.

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Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 10d

On #WorldNewsDay, we’re reminded of a fundamental truth: #journalism is not just a profession:
it’s a public service, a bulwark of democracy, and a sacred bond between truth and society. Yet, as @brankobrkic.bsky.social underscores, it is under unprecedented attack.
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Freedom of the press: the light we cannot lose

On World News Day, journalism stands at a crossroads: fragile, under siege, yet more vital than ever to democracy, truth and civilisation’s survival. Support the news that supports you, says Project K...

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Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 10d

🗳️ 🇲🇩 As Moldovans head to the polls today, it's worth checking this exclusive conversation with the country's president Maia Sandu on what is at stake in this election #PulseEurope. voxeurop.eu/en/maia-sand...

Maia Sandu: ‘We will do everything to make sure that Russia does not get to control Moldova’

In this conversation with two reporters from the PULSE network Moldova’s President reaffirms her country’s EU path by 2030, warns of Russian election interference, and highlights cooperation with Ukra...

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