Festival of Europe Scotland
@festivalofeurope.bsky.social
Scotland's Festival of Europe 2026 will take place from May 8-17 to coincide with Europe Day, a day to celebrate peace in Europe. Our programme will include a range of events to foster and celebrate cooperation between Scotland & Europe. Credit photo: KEVA
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Join me in conversation with one of the world's most provocative environmental thinkers, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. We talk climate, hope & action.
The event takes place @orieloxford.bsky.social on 21 Nov, 3:30pm. Free to attend. Book your place now: www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
The event takes place @orieloxford.bsky.social on 21 Nov, 3:30pm. Free to attend. Book your place now: www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
Oriel Environment Group Michaelmas 2025 — In Conversation with George Monbiot - Alumni Oriel
Climate Breakdown and Political Division: Navigating Polarisation with George Monbiot Join Professor Jan Rosenow (Jackson Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College) for a discussion with acclaimed investi...
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join me in conversation with one of the world's most provocative environmental thinkers, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. We talk climate, hope & action.
The event takes place @orieloxford.bsky.social on 21 Nov, 3:30pm. Free to attend. Book your place now: www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
The event takes place @orieloxford.bsky.social on 21 Nov, 3:30pm. Free to attend. Book your place now: www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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After Lithuania closed two border crossings with Belarus, Lukashenka is now threatening to seize over 1,000 Lithuanian trucks and drivers stranded inside Belarus.
This is not logistics — it’s blackmail by a Kremlin-aligned regime.
As European Democrats, we urge the EU to respond firmly. 1/2
This is not logistics — it’s blackmail by a Kremlin-aligned regime.
As European Democrats, we urge the EU to respond firmly. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
After Lithuania closed two border crossings with Belarus, Lukashenka is now threatening to seize over 1,000 Lithuanian trucks and drivers stranded inside Belarus.
This is not logistics — it’s blackmail by a Kremlin-aligned regime.
As European Democrats, we urge the EU to respond firmly. 1/2
This is not logistics — it’s blackmail by a Kremlin-aligned regime.
As European Democrats, we urge the EU to respond firmly. 1/2
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Ukraine’s application to join the EU has so far been blocked by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Now Brussels is hatching a plan to ensure precious time isn’t wasted.
Today's Brussels Playbook reveals details of the latest gambit. 👇
Now Brussels is hatching a plan to ensure precious time isn’t wasted.
Today's Brussels Playbook reveals details of the latest gambit. 👇
In the shadow of war
Presented by Amazon By GABRIEL GAVIN with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Contact us on X @gerardofortuna @NicholasVinocur | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser WHILE YOU WE…
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ukraine’s application to join the EU has so far been blocked by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Now Brussels is hatching a plan to ensure precious time isn’t wasted.
Today's Brussels Playbook reveals details of the latest gambit. 👇
Now Brussels is hatching a plan to ensure precious time isn’t wasted.
Today's Brussels Playbook reveals details of the latest gambit. 👇
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Throwback to Day 1 of #CoE_WFD!
An inspiring start with dynamic
plenaries on media, democracy, citizen participation & culture.
Key takeaways:
Despite challenges, hope remains.
Integrity of information matters
Arts foster pluralism & reflection
Participation is a #HumanRight!
An inspiring start with dynamic
plenaries on media, democracy, citizen participation & culture.
Key takeaways:
Despite challenges, hope remains.
Integrity of information matters
Arts foster pluralism & reflection
Participation is a #HumanRight!
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Throwback to Day 1 of #CoE_WFD!
An inspiring start with dynamic
plenaries on media, democracy, citizen participation & culture.
Key takeaways:
Despite challenges, hope remains.
Integrity of information matters
Arts foster pluralism & reflection
Participation is a #HumanRight!
An inspiring start with dynamic
plenaries on media, democracy, citizen participation & culture.
Key takeaways:
Despite challenges, hope remains.
Integrity of information matters
Arts foster pluralism & reflection
Participation is a #HumanRight!
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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EXCLUSIVE: The 'complex relationship' between the Scots language, identity, pride and belonging is set to be explored in a new documentary
New film explores 'complex relationship' between Scots language and identity
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The 'complex relationship' between the Scots language, identity, pride and belonging is set to be explored in a new documentary
British-born red kite chicks have now been taken to south west Spain as part of a four-year project to revive the population there from the brink of extinction. What a lovely #ConnectingEurope story!
In UK exports news:
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
UK red kites bring Spanish cousins back from the brink
A project to revive red kite populations in south-west Spain sees new mating pairs and chicks.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
British-born red kite chicks have now been taken to south west Spain as part of a four-year project to revive the population there from the brink of extinction. What a lovely #ConnectingEurope story!
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In UK exports news:
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
UK red kites bring Spanish cousins back from the brink
A project to revive red kite populations in south-west Spain sees new mating pairs and chicks.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
In UK exports news:
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
"In Spain, the relocation project in Extremadura has seen three mating pairs so far that have produced two surviving chicks..
..There are still huge areas of southern Spain where the red kite was common three decades ago and is now almost extinct.."
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
@ZelenskyyUa
is right to warn that #Putin could open a second front in #Europe before the war in 🇺🇦 ends.
If it happens, it may come through #Belarus — the regime made our land Russia’s launchpad against the people’s will.
A free Belarus is vital for Europe’s security.
@ZelenskyyUa
is right to warn that #Putin could open a second front in #Europe before the war in 🇺🇦 ends.
If it happens, it may come through #Belarus — the regime made our land Russia’s launchpad against the people’s will.
A free Belarus is vital for Europe’s security.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
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70-year-old Juna Rukhadze from Batumi attends the #GeorgiaProtests daily - in a wheelchair, and changing 3 public transports to get there.
Yet another "foreign agent," as you can see.
Day 348.
Yet another "foreign agent," as you can see.
Day 348.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
70-year-old Juna Rukhadze from Batumi attends the #GeorgiaProtests daily - in a wheelchair, and changing 3 public transports to get there.
Yet another "foreign agent," as you can see.
Day 348.
Yet another "foreign agent," as you can see.
Day 348.
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I must say Glasgow was looking rather lovely today, with Kelvingrove Park showing the last of its autumnal colour...
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I must say Glasgow was looking rather lovely today, with Kelvingrove Park showing the last of its autumnal colour...
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Guillermo del Toro may come and live in Edinburgh he loves it so much... bit.ly/47yxnDg
Guillermo del Toro might make Edinburgh his home
Sounds like the line from a movie - but it is a line from the Frankenstein director himself
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November 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro may come and live in Edinburgh he loves it so much... bit.ly/47yxnDg
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Scottish Labour will this morning publish a report on regional economic growth by former Glasgow University principal Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
Anas Sarwar: Muscatelli report will stop Scottish politics being an ‘economics-free zone’
Scottish Labour vows to 'push power out' of Holyrood and into communities
www.holyrood.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Scottish Labour will this morning publish a report on regional economic growth by former Glasgow University principal Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
Great initiative by @scottishgov.bsky.social Cross-Party Group on #Ukraine. The Light We Share is a landmark event at Scottish Parliament this week celebrating how Ukrainians are enriching #Scotland's cultural life through art, music, film & design. 💙💛 Image: Oleksandra Novatska
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November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Great initiative by @scottishgov.bsky.social Cross-Party Group on #Ukraine. The Light We Share is a landmark event at Scottish Parliament this week celebrating how Ukrainians are enriching #Scotland's cultural life through art, music, film & design. 💙💛 Image: Oleksandra Novatska
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🎧 On Friday, Mark Leonard unpacked Russia’s ambitions in Africa and the shifting geopolitical landscape across the Sahel.
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
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November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎧 On Friday, Mark Leonard unpacked Russia’s ambitions in Africa and the shifting geopolitical landscape across the Sahel.
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
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Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org
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As some world leaders push for isolationist nationalism, the 12th European Film Festival in South Africa showcases 10 films which challenge, break down and overcome geographic borders and social barriers.
European Film Festival — four films with a family focus to challenge cultural norms
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
As some world leaders push for isolationist nationalism, the 12th European Film Festival in South Africa showcases 10 films which challenge, break down and overcome geographic borders and social barriers.
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The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival.
Death and resilience in the midst of war. This work takes us to the front lines of our European war
unn.ua/en/news/ukra...
The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival.
Death and resilience in the midst of war. This work takes us to the front lines of our European war
unn.ua/en/news/ukra...
Ukrainian film about combat medics "Cuba&Alaska" wins historic award at Rome Film Festival
УНН Culture ✎ The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival. This is the
first award in a…
unn.ua
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival.
Death and resilience in the midst of war. This work takes us to the front lines of our European war
unn.ua/en/news/ukra...
The Ukrainian film "Cuba&Alaska" has been recognized as the best documentary at the Rome International Film Festival.
Death and resilience in the midst of war. This work takes us to the front lines of our European war
unn.ua/en/news/ukra...