One is comedy, the other one is tragedy

Hola! Por clarificar: Los donativos no son para Bluesky (una empresa, efectivamente) sino para crear una fundación de interés público www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...

The dinner of Costa and Von der Leyen with Vuĉić is scheduled for 6pm today. Will the EU send a strong signal today defending the right to protest and the rule of law, or will they just discuss lithium? According to the reporting, just the latter.

People in Serbia (especially in big cities) seem to be all tired of the current situation. From former hooligans to taxi drivers to local farmers, the support for the protests is widespread. The EU risks again giving the impression of double standards when material interests are at stake

Students are leading the protests, which have 4 clear demands which are straightforward. They ask for an investigation of the accident in Novi Sad, to prosecute those who attacked protesters, to free imprisoned protesters and to increase funding for education diem25.org/serbian-stud...

“The EU keeps doing business as usual with Vučić as if nothing happened, ignoring hundreds of thousands Serbs on the streets,” Slovenian Green MEP Vladimir Prebilič told Politico. www.politico.eu/article/serb...

Today Council President Costa and Commission President Von der Leyen are to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vuĉić. Green and Left MEPs expressed their concerns given the recent protests (which I witnessed last week) www.politico.eu/wp-content/u...

Join us on 21 March for a conversation about the future of social media - how open protocols & algorithmic pluralism can change things for the better.

with @marietjeschaake.bsky.social , @emilyliu.me , @robin.berjon.com and @sherifea.com

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Starting in less than one hour! Webinar on the human rights situation in Afghanistan (with a focus on women's rights), organized by our EMAlumni organisation (emalumni.org) in collaboration with the Global Campus of Human Rights. Register if you still want to join: bit.ly/3CEgJp7

📣 Habemus new College of Commissioners

On tech, Virkkunen, Ribera and Zaharieva will be key techcrunch.com/2024/11/23/m...

What this new "investment Commission" will mean regarding the European Tech Deal and how tough Ribera will be on tech competition will be some of they key areas to follow

At the Future of Technology Institute (FoTI) we're launching a survey to inform our upcoming white paper to understand what the challenges for growth for tech startups, SMEs and coops.

Please share this survey with any tech startup, SME or coop that may be interested! s.surveyplanet.com/ym5pidbw

Tapas, sol and... Bizum. There is no visit to my home country where I apologize for not using the online payment system Bizum. As I read that a "European" payment alternative was coming to replace Belgium's payconiq, I thought that a joint e-payment system for all was coming.

Tomorrow, on International Children’s Day, the Global Campus Arab World is organising a roundtable on the challenges children in Gaza face in accessing education after 13 months of genocide marked by mass displacement, famine, siege and massacres. Register here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...