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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 6d

A very rich study published by our partners from Socioscope on civil society dynamics in #Armenia since Covid-19 and the 2020 Karabakh War, offering excellent recommendations for civil society ahead of Armenia's critical 2026 parliamentary elections.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · 9d

A letter from Georgia's political prisoner, journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.

From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli

My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

www.theguardian.com

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 9d

Livestream, dossier, illustrations ➡️ www.boell.de/en/25th-fore...

25th Foreign Policy Conference | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

In an increasingly fragmented world, it is time to rethink peace and security. What does it take to reclaim these concepts from a progressive, green perspective? These questions will be explored at ou...

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 9d

Great start to the @boell.de 25th Annual Foreign Policy Conference. Excellent inputs by Pavlo Klimkin, Olha Aivazovska, Gustavo Westmann, Marvin Jerzewski and others. In the words of @agnieszka-brugger.de: “We need to build alliances with everyone who is not willing to let the bully win.” 💪

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 14d

Just in: German Ambassador Peter Fischer was summoned to Georgia’s MFA, first time in Georgia’s history a German envoy has been called in.

He called the move “a diplomatic sanction,” vowed to reject “baseless, provocative accusations,” and condemned GD’s course against EU membership.

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 15d

What does #peace mean to you? What does #freedom mean to you? What does #security mean to you? Join the livestream of our @boell.de Annual Foreign Policy Conference: “Reclaiming Peace? Freedom and Security in a Fragmented World” on 29/09 calendar.boell.de/en/event/25t...
Artist: Gianluca Costantini

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Marc Berthold @marcberthold.bsky.social · 20d

Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung #KAS grüßt die ihr nahestehende Partei. Das kann man nicht hoch genug schätzen.

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 20d

Der Rechtsruck beschäftigt nicht nur Deutschland, in anderen EU-Ländern versuchen sich rechte Parteien in Regierungsverantwortung. Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung hat untersucht, was das für Konservative bedeutet.

CDU – AfD: Studie legt nahe, dass Kooperation mit rechten Parteien nicht helfen

Der Rechtsruck beschäftigt nicht nur Deutschland, in anderen EU-Ländern versuchen sich rechte Parteien in Regierungsverantwortung. Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung hat untersucht, was das für Konservative bedeutet.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 17d

This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18d

Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 21d

Letzte Woche haben wir bei Böll Global den Aufstieg der extremen Rechten diskutiert. Das Gespräch kann man sich jetzt auch hier ansehen.

www.youtube.com/live/Gakwgrp...

Böll.Global | Vom Rand zur Macht - Der Aufstieg der extrem Rechten in Westeuropa und den USA

YouTube video by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · 21d

EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos begins her visit to the South Caucasus, heading to Armenia and Azerbaijan but skipping the region's only EU candidate country.

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 24d

Neue, bewegende Doku verfügbar auf Arte über #Leihmutterschaft in #Georgien. www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...

Wer mehr wissen möchte: @boell.de / @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social Artikel aus dem Jahr 2022. "Georgien: Hotspot des transnationalen Leihmutterschaftsmarktes" www.gwi-boell.de/de/2022/08/1...

Mutter unter Vertrag - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Zhana trägt zum dritten Mal ein Kind für eine fremde Familie aus – als Leihmutter in Georgien. Sie hofft, damit ihrer Tochter Elene ein besseres Leben zu ermöglichen. "Mutter unter Vertrag" erzählt vo...

www.arte.tv

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 24d

"Armenia’s EV surge has become a rare policy success...Yet without long-term solutions on quotas, infrastructure, taxation and recycling, the boom risks running into roadblocks." www.civilnet.am/en/news/9737...

Armenia sees EV boom as state subsidies cut prices by a third - CIVILNET

By Hayk Hovhannisyan Armenia has seen a dramatic transformation of its car market in just five years, as electric vehicles (EVs) move from a curiosity to a mainstream choice on Yerevan’s streets. Once...

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Mariam Nikuradze @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social · 24d

290th day of protest.
"Protect visa free [regime with EU]" - was the main message for today.
More photos: www.instagram.com/p/DOjd0SPjIw...

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · 24d

"Protect visa free" - large crowds marched today in Tbilisi as Georgian Dream's anti-democratic policies threaten losing visa-free travel that Georgians have enjoyed with EU since 2017. Day 290 of #GeorgiaProtests
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 27d

For more background, here's a video about Chiatura we @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social produced in 2022: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKg...

ცხოვრება მანგანუმის ქალაქში | Living in the city of manganese

YouTube video by Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 27d

Important article by @politico.eu about the dramatic human and environmental costs of #manganese mining in #Georgia.

Good to see it link to a study we @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social supported in 2022. www.politico.eu/article/geor...

The controversial Georgian mine fueling Europe’s new industrial arms race

A troubled manganese mine in the former Soviet state is exposing the European Union’s double standards on environmental and worker protections.

www.politico.eu

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · 28d

Tensions are rising in #Georgia ahead of the local elections, boycotted by most of the opposition parties. The Georgian Dream initially refused to invite the OSCE/ODIHR, only to invite them when it was already too late. There won't be substantial election observation. www.rferl.org/a/georgia-de...

Georgians Keep Up Protest Despite Attacks Against Rally Day Before

Protesters gathered on September 9 in the Georgian capital a day after supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decis...

www.rferl.org

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Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · 29d

📢 Honoring courageous investigative journalism under extreme conditions, the @frittord.bsky.social & ZEIT Stiftung announce #FreeMediaAwards2025 winners: jailed Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli and journalists/media from #Ukraine, #Hungary, #Russia, #Belarus & #Azerbaijan.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

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Andreas Oetker-Kast @andreasok.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ein rabenschwarzer Tag für 🇬🇪 .. und den Westen.

Kommentar von @thomasfranke.bsky.social im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy

www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommentar-zu...

Kaukasuskrieg 2008 - Kommentar: Georgien schreibt Geschichte im Sinne Putins um

Georgien erklärt die Rosenrevolution zum „Putsch“, den Krieg 2008 zur eigenen Schuld - und folgt damit den Propagandalügen des Kremls.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Individuals I spoke to confirmed feelings of bitterness, failure, guilt, & numbness in returning to “business as usual.” The strike, existential in its pathos, dissolved – not because the underl. pol. grievances were addressed, but because survival demanded it." www.textezurkunst.de/de/articles/...

STANDING/FLYING Elene Pasuri on an Art Sector Caught Between Protest and Practice in Authoritarian Georgia

Elene Pasuri on an Art Sector Caught Between Protest and Practice in Authoritarian Georgia

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Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social · Sep 3

“What I think civil society should do now is to make a return to the public sphere and reclaim its place with the people...We need to build networks of solidarity between civil society and the public.” humanrightshouse.org/interviews/t...

“The progressive human rights agenda is almost absent [in lead-up to 2026 elections in Armenia]” - Human Rights House Foundation

With human rights crises unfolding in neighbouring Azerbaijan and Georgia, Armenia remains the story of hope for human rights and freedoms in the South Caucasus, but civil society in the country faces...

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · Aug 29

The European Union urged Georgian authorities to “immediately” reverse their decision to freeze the bank accounts of seven civil society organizations, calling the move “another assault on fundamental rights” and “an act of political persecution.”

Read in full: civil.ge/archives/698...

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · Aug 29

Georgian Dream responded with arrests, violence, dismissals, and a crackdown to the protest wave that erupted last November. Here are key figures on repression, based on our calculations, official data, and stats from civic initiatives: civil.ge/archives/697...

Repression in Numbers - Civil Georgia

Georgian Dream authorities responded with repression to the wave of protests that erupted after the

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Peter Breuer @peterbreuer.bsky.social · Aug 23

Instagram „Bundeskultur“
Links: Amtszeit Roth
Rechts: Amtszeit Weimer

Screenshot aus der Amtszeit Claudia Roth, bunte Mischung von Fotos

Screenshot aus der Amtszeit Wolfram Weimer, sieben von zwölf Bildern zeigen Porträts von ihm

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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung @boell.de · Aug 27

🟢 Wir laden ein zu "Doctors under Attack" I 📅 Mi, 10.09.2025 I 🕕 18:30 - 21:00 Uhr I 🎬 Filmvorführung mit anschließender Diskussion 📍 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/doc...

Doctors under Attack Film und Diskussion zum völkerrechtlichen Schutz medizinischer Einrichtungen mit Fokus auf Gaza

In bewaffneten Konflikten sind medizinisches Personal, Krankenhäuser, Rettungseinrichtungen und Patient*innen durch das humanitäre Völkerrecht besonders geschützt. „Healthcare is not a target!“,...

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