Balazs Wirth
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Wide eyed wanderer. Opinions are my own, re-post usually mean endorsement.
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2025 war ein Jahr fortwährender Gipfel und Spitzengespräche, in denen nicht um Frieden für die Ukraine sondern um Trumps Gunst gerungen wurde.
December 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2025 war ein Jahr fortwährender Gipfel und Spitzengespräche, in denen nicht um Frieden für die Ukraine sondern um Trumps Gunst gerungen wurde.
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Due KPÖ zielt mit diesen Slogans aus dem kalten Krieg wohl auf die alte Friedensbewegung.
Erstaunlich wie wenig man dazulernen kann, außenpolitisch bezüglich EU und Moskau und einiger anderer Länder nach wie vor eben die KPÖ, die man kennt, nicht nur eine "Wohnpartei"
Erstaunlich wie wenig man dazulernen kann, außenpolitisch bezüglich EU und Moskau und einiger anderer Länder nach wie vor eben die KPÖ, die man kennt, nicht nur eine "Wohnpartei"
December 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Due KPÖ zielt mit diesen Slogans aus dem kalten Krieg wohl auf die alte Friedensbewegung.
Erstaunlich wie wenig man dazulernen kann, außenpolitisch bezüglich EU und Moskau und einiger anderer Länder nach wie vor eben die KPÖ, die man kennt, nicht nur eine "Wohnpartei"
Erstaunlich wie wenig man dazulernen kann, außenpolitisch bezüglich EU und Moskau und einiger anderer Länder nach wie vor eben die KPÖ, die man kennt, nicht nur eine "Wohnpartei"
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Spanish investigators say the Russian shadow fleet vessel Ursa Major, which sank off Cartagena on Dec. 23, 2024, was carrying secret strategic cargo, two VM-4SG nuclear reactor cores reportedly bound for North Korea. Hull damage showed signs of an external strike consistent with a torpedo.
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Spanish investigators say the Russian shadow fleet vessel Ursa Major, which sank off Cartagena on Dec. 23, 2024, was carrying secret strategic cargo, two VM-4SG nuclear reactor cores reportedly bound for North Korea. Hull damage showed signs of an external strike consistent with a torpedo.
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Russische Propagandanarrative dienen auch dazu, das Gewissen zu beruhigen. Ukraine nicht zu helfen, Geschäfte mit Russland zu forcieren, eigene schändliche Vergangenheit, Naivität und Ideologie zu verteidigen, all das gelingt viel leichter mit einer gehörigen Portion Täter-Opfer-Umkehr
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Russische Propagandanarrative dienen auch dazu, das Gewissen zu beruhigen. Ukraine nicht zu helfen, Geschäfte mit Russland zu forcieren, eigene schändliche Vergangenheit, Naivität und Ideologie zu verteidigen, all das gelingt viel leichter mit einer gehörigen Portion Täter-Opfer-Umkehr
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Trump on the highly convenient Russian claims of a Ukrainian attack: "I learned about it this morning from President Putin, I was very angry about it." Putin and Trump are demonstrating how entirely worthless a Trump security guarantee for Ukraine would be.
Trump to a reporter: "You're saying maybe the attack didn't place? That's possible too I guess. But President Putin told me this morning it did."
December 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump on the highly convenient Russian claims of a Ukrainian attack: "I learned about it this morning from President Putin, I was very angry about it." Putin and Trump are demonstrating how entirely worthless a Trump security guarantee for Ukraine would be.
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Echoing similar earlier statements by ECB officials.
It’s interesting how the risk awareness that dependence on US systems - be it in digital services, defence, or payment methods - has been internalised fairly quickly in Europe.
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen: Sverige för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag - Ekot
Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen anser att Sveriges betalsystem är för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag som Mastercard och Visa.I nuläget tycker Erik ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Echoing similar earlier statements by ECB officials.
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The US admin quietly lifted sanctions on several companies previously linked to supplying Russia’s defense and military industries. (Euromaidan)
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The US admin quietly lifted sanctions on several companies previously linked to supplying Russia’s defense and military industries. (Euromaidan)
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🇺🇦🙏 9-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who lost her leg during the war, won a bronze medal at the gymnastics tournament.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🇺🇦🙏 9-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who lost her leg during the war, won a bronze medal at the gymnastics tournament.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
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This is a particularly sensitive issue for Portugal, a country where cod is part of the national cuisine. Along with the Netherlands and Poland, it is among the three largest importers of Russian cod in the EU.
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is a particularly sensitive issue for Portugal, a country where cod is part of the national cuisine. Along with the Netherlands and Poland, it is among the three largest importers of Russian cod in the EU.
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3,300kilometers home.The story of an 18-yr-old who escaped the Russian army to return to Ukraine
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3,300kilometers home.The story of an 18-yr-old who escaped the Russian army to return to Ukraine
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
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D-Day for Europe to shore up Ukraine funding.
As EU leaders huddle in Brussels, Stephen Paduano and I analyse the reparations loan in a new piece.
This is not only a "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) moment—but the financial and legal risks are also manageable.
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www.cer.eu/insights/ukr...
As EU leaders huddle in Brussels, Stephen Paduano and I analyse the reparations loan in a new piece.
This is not only a "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) moment—but the financial and legal risks are also manageable.
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www.cer.eu/insights/ukr...
The Ukraine Reparations Loan: How to fix Europe's financial plumbing
As US support for Ukraine vanishes, Europe must overcome Belgian opposition and improvise fiscally to provide Kyiv with €210 billion.
www.cer.eu
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
D-Day for Europe to shore up Ukraine funding.
As EU leaders huddle in Brussels, Stephen Paduano and I analyse the reparations loan in a new piece.
This is not only a "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) moment—but the financial and legal risks are also manageable.
1/
www.cer.eu/insights/ukr...
As EU leaders huddle in Brussels, Stephen Paduano and I analyse the reparations loan in a new piece.
This is not only a "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) moment—but the financial and legal risks are also manageable.
1/
www.cer.eu/insights/ukr...
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Your daily reminder that EU farmers get enormous amounts of financial support.
#LuxuryProtests
#LuxuryProtests
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Your daily reminder that EU farmers get enormous amounts of financial support.
#LuxuryProtests
#LuxuryProtests
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CORRUPTION IS WHY THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE WILL FALL: CASE 1: IRAN
Iran’s capital Tehran is in the midst of a truly dire and entirely man made water shortage so profound widespread population movements seem inevitable.
Corruption caused it and exacerbates it every day. To the west of the city is Lake
Iran’s capital Tehran is in the midst of a truly dire and entirely man made water shortage so profound widespread population movements seem inevitable.
Corruption caused it and exacerbates it every day. To the west of the city is Lake
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
CORRUPTION IS WHY THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE WILL FALL: CASE 1: IRAN
Iran’s capital Tehran is in the midst of a truly dire and entirely man made water shortage so profound widespread population movements seem inevitable.
Corruption caused it and exacerbates it every day. To the west of the city is Lake
Iran’s capital Tehran is in the midst of a truly dire and entirely man made water shortage so profound widespread population movements seem inevitable.
Corruption caused it and exacerbates it every day. To the west of the city is Lake
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Who'd have thought the horseshoe theory would ever manifest as Trump's and Chomsky's fans both using the same excuse for their cult leader's relationship with one of the worst sex traffickers in modern times.
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Who'd have thought the horseshoe theory would ever manifest as Trump's and Chomsky's fans both using the same excuse for their cult leader's relationship with one of the worst sex traffickers in modern times.
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NATO and American imperialism made him do it.
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NATO and American imperialism made him do it.
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Ukraine has money to fight another year, Russia does not.
Frozen assets to be revisited during 2026.
All is well.
Frozen assets to be revisited during 2026.
All is well.
December 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Ukraine has money to fight another year, Russia does not.
Frozen assets to be revisited during 2026.
All is well.
Frozen assets to be revisited during 2026.
All is well.
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Riesiges Problem, wir hatten es nicht nur in der Pandemie und zum russischen Krieg in der Ukraine, es verfolgt uns ohne Ende: False Balance Diskussionsrunden, Pseudoneutralität und viel Raum für faktenbefreites Geschwurbel auch außerhalb von Social Media...
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Riesiges Problem, wir hatten es nicht nur in der Pandemie und zum russischen Krieg in der Ukraine, es verfolgt uns ohne Ende: False Balance Diskussionsrunden, Pseudoneutralität und viel Raum für faktenbefreites Geschwurbel auch außerhalb von Social Media...
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🇯🇵🚀 Japan needs to possess nuclear weapons, a security official in the administration of Prime Minister told journalists.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🇯🇵🚀 Japan needs to possess nuclear weapons, a security official in the administration of Prime Minister told journalists.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
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This post was made less than 8 hours before they released a picture of Chomsky on a private jet with Epstein.
A friend of Bannon?
‘Not long after he was photographed with Steve Bannon presumably at one of Epstein’s get-togethers Chomsky gave a speech at Boston’s Old South Church denouncing Bannon as the impresario of an ultranationalist, reactionary international movement’
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
‘Not long after he was photographed with Steve Bannon presumably at one of Epstein’s get-togethers Chomsky gave a speech at Boston’s Old South Church denouncing Bannon as the impresario of an ultranationalist, reactionary international movement’
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
www.thenation.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This post was made less than 8 hours before they released a picture of Chomsky on a private jet with Epstein.
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On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
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💥The West urged resistance to Moscow, then stood aside and did nothing when Russian tanks rolled in. This narrative of Western betrayal dates back to Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. Back then the USSR was powerful — not a failing state like today’s Russia.
Will history still repeat itself?
Will history still repeat itself?
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
💥The West urged resistance to Moscow, then stood aside and did nothing when Russian tanks rolled in. This narrative of Western betrayal dates back to Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. Back then the USSR was powerful — not a failing state like today’s Russia.
Will history still repeat itself?
Will history still repeat itself?
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Just want my grand-kids to randomly find this on the internet and ask what I did at the war.
I think it really boils down to what we DID, not what we thought. Action is a decisive factor always, especially when you put your life on the line.
I think it really boils down to what we DID, not what we thought. Action is a decisive factor always, especially when you put your life on the line.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Just want my grand-kids to randomly find this on the internet and ask what I did at the war.
I think it really boils down to what we DID, not what we thought. Action is a decisive factor always, especially when you put your life on the line.
I think it really boils down to what we DID, not what we thought. Action is a decisive factor always, especially when you put your life on the line.
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I’m sure everyone is totally fine with the fact that EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Olivér Várhelyi — a long-time Orbán loyalist from Hungary — has apparently attended the far-right Patriots for Europe leaders’ summit in Brussels.
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’m sure everyone is totally fine with the fact that EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Olivér Várhelyi — a long-time Orbán loyalist from Hungary — has apparently attended the far-right Patriots for Europe leaders’ summit in Brussels.
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It's going to be a long, hard EU summit today (and maybe for a few days).
My take based on conversations in last 24 hours
- Ukraine loan I think has a good chance of getting done. Nothing final but there is room for a deal. Good news
- Mercosur also looking better than yesterday.
My take based on conversations in last 24 hours
- Ukraine loan I think has a good chance of getting done. Nothing final but there is room for a deal. Good news
- Mercosur also looking better than yesterday.
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It's going to be a long, hard EU summit today (and maybe for a few days).
My take based on conversations in last 24 hours
- Ukraine loan I think has a good chance of getting done. Nothing final but there is room for a deal. Good news
- Mercosur also looking better than yesterday.
My take based on conversations in last 24 hours
- Ukraine loan I think has a good chance of getting done. Nothing final but there is room for a deal. Good news
- Mercosur also looking better than yesterday.
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Chinese Navy (PLAN) has modified two Type-022 missile boats for some brew purpose -> www.hisutton.com/Chinese-Type...
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Chinese Navy (PLAN) has modified two Type-022 missile boats for some brew purpose -> www.hisutton.com/Chinese-Type...