Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
@ikostaki.bsky.social
Reporter for Cyprus News Agency, Geoscientist. Greek export based in Brussels.
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/t...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/t...
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
The biggest dietary problem facing Europeans is not excess meat, sugar, or salt, says Serge Hercberg, creator of the Nutri-Score food-labeling system.
The main obstacle, he told us, is deception by self-serving agri-food lobbies.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The main obstacle, he told us, is deception by self-serving agri-food lobbies.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
December 20, 2024 at 8:02 AM
The biggest dietary problem facing Europeans is not excess meat, sugar, or salt, says Serge Hercberg, creator of the Nutri-Score food-labeling system.
The main obstacle, he told us, is deception by self-serving agri-food lobbies.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The main obstacle, he told us, is deception by self-serving agri-food lobbies.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
NEW: police in #Serbia caught unlocking activists phones with
#Cellebrite forensic tool & planting spyware.
Investigation by Amnesty Tech shows Serbian authorities mixing a repression brew of homegrown + foreign-purchased surveillance & forensic tech.. 1/
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/...
#Cellebrite forensic tool & planting spyware.
Investigation by Amnesty Tech shows Serbian authorities mixing a repression brew of homegrown + foreign-purchased surveillance & forensic tech.. 1/
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/...
December 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM
NEW: police in #Serbia caught unlocking activists phones with
#Cellebrite forensic tool & planting spyware.
Investigation by Amnesty Tech shows Serbian authorities mixing a repression brew of homegrown + foreign-purchased surveillance & forensic tech.. 1/
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/...
#Cellebrite forensic tool & planting spyware.
Investigation by Amnesty Tech shows Serbian authorities mixing a repression brew of homegrown + foreign-purchased surveillance & forensic tech.. 1/
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/...
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
Time magazine has a long history of essentially trolling the world by naming dictators and strong men "person of the year."
When Vladimir Putin won in 2007, one fan wrote him a particularly gushing letter.... his name was Donald Trump.
When Vladimir Putin won in 2007, one fan wrote him a particularly gushing letter.... his name was Donald Trump.
December 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Time magazine has a long history of essentially trolling the world by naming dictators and strong men "person of the year."
When Vladimir Putin won in 2007, one fan wrote him a particularly gushing letter.... his name was Donald Trump.
When Vladimir Putin won in 2007, one fan wrote him a particularly gushing letter.... his name was Donald Trump.
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
La Banque centrale européenne poursuit sa baisse des taux d’intérêt
La Banque centrale européenne poursuit sa baisse des taux d’intérêt
www.lemonde.fr
December 12, 2024 at 6:15 PM
La Banque centrale européenne poursuit sa baisse des taux d’intérêt
Διαβαλκανική απάτη με ρόδες - Η Μακεδονία είναι ελληνική
Εισέπρατταν επιδοτήσεις από την Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρειο Μακεδονία
Του @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestorygr.bsky.social
insidestory.gr/article/i-ma...
Εισέπρατταν επιδοτήσεις από την Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρειο Μακεδονία
Του @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestorygr.bsky.social
insidestory.gr/article/i-ma...
Η Μακεδονία είναι ελληνική
Αγρότες και «κτηνοτρόφοι» χωρίς ζώα εισέπραξαν ευρωπαϊκές επιδοτήσεις δεκάδων χιλιάδων ευρώ ακόμα και για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρεια Μακεδονία – πέρα από τα σύνορα Ελλάδας και Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
insidestory.gr
December 11, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Διαβαλκανική απάτη με ρόδες - Η Μακεδονία είναι ελληνική
Εισέπρατταν επιδοτήσεις από την Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρειο Μακεδονία
Του @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestorygr.bsky.social
insidestory.gr/article/i-ma...
Εισέπρατταν επιδοτήσεις από την Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρειο Μακεδονία
Του @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestorygr.bsky.social
insidestory.gr/article/i-ma...
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter
Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust
With regard to Ole Jacob Sunde’s article (We want what’s best for the Observer – and the Guardian.…
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
President Biden announced on Sunday that U.S. military forces had conducted airstrikes in Syria to keep the Islamic State from reasserting itself in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Biden Says U.S. Conducted Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets in Syria
President Biden hailed the fall of President Bashar al-Assad as a “fundamental act of justice” but warned of “a moment of risk and uncertainty.”
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:26 PM
President Biden announced on Sunday that U.S. military forces had conducted airstrikes in Syria to keep the Islamic State from reasserting itself in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
Γράψαμε πρόσφατα για αυτό το τεράστιο θέμα, που κανείς δεν συζητά στην Ελλάδα: insidestory.gr/article/dika...
November 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Γράψαμε πρόσφατα για αυτό το τεράστιο θέμα, που κανείς δεν συζητά στην Ελλάδα: insidestory.gr/article/dika...
Reposted by Irene (Eirini) Kostaki
Where is Bluesky legally established in the EU what are its user numbers? Even modestly sized platforms need a page with such details as per the Digital Services Act. A spokesman for @ec.europa.eu said on Monday that the search is now on "for any trace" of @bsky.app in the EU's 27 member states.
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Where is Bluesky legally established in the EU what are its user numbers? Even modestly sized platforms need a page with such details as per the Digital Services Act. A spokesman for @ec.europa.eu said on Monday that the search is now on "for any trace" of @bsky.app in the EU's 27 member states.
WTF
🤦♂️
From December NS 🇳🇱 will run Amsterdam - Bruxelles hourly. SNCB 🇧🇪 Rotterdam - Bruxelles, hourly, half an hour later.
But if you miss one, you can’t take the other one, despite none of the trains being compulsory reservation!
#CrossBorderRail ticketing failure
www.b-europe.com/EN/Trains/Eu....
From December NS 🇳🇱 will run Amsterdam - Bruxelles hourly. SNCB 🇧🇪 Rotterdam - Bruxelles, hourly, half an hour later.
But if you miss one, you can’t take the other one, despite none of the trains being compulsory reservation!
#CrossBorderRail ticketing failure
www.b-europe.com/EN/Trains/Eu....
November 21, 2024 at 9:43 AM
WTF
Έλα, γραφείο στο ισόγειο 💚
November 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Έλα, γραφείο στο ισόγειο 💚
Εκσάγουμε πολιτιζμό
A body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.
[…]113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations.
“Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,"[…]
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
A body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.
[…]113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations.
“Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,"[…]
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
European governments bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29
According to a coalition of NGOs, the European Union's national delegations brought more than a hundred fossil fuel representatives with them to Baku for the UN climate conference. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Εκσάγουμε πολιτιζμό
A body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.
[…]113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations.
“Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,"[…]
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
A body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.
[…]113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations.
“Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,"[…]
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Το μη κόψιμο των υπολοίπων 7 επιτρόπων από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, ως νικηφόρα μπλόφα εκ μέρους του EPP.
November 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Το μη κόψιμο των υπολοίπων 7 επιτρόπων από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, ως νικηφόρα μπλόφα εκ μέρους του EPP.