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Andrej Matisak
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#StandwithUkraine. Journalist, deputy head of foreign desk, Slovak daily @pravdask.bsky.social. The usual caveats apply. 🎙 #TheGlobalAgora #podcast https://ko-fi.com/amatisak
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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · Dec 12
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Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system' www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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IMO, this headline is really, really overpositive. - End of fossil fuel era inches closer as #Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatechange #climatecrisis
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Toward #farright policies? What to expect from the European Parliament. My 🎙️ #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora, with @ericmaurice.bsky.social
from @epc-official.bsky.social
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Toward far-right policies? What to expect from the European Parliament
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November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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What the Trump-MTG breakup means — and doesn't mean — for the GOP's future
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... #Trump #MTG #politics
Opinion | What the Trump-MTG breakup means (and doesn’t mean) for the GOP’s futureWhat the Trump-MTG breakup means (and doesn't mean) for the GOP's future
Marjorie Taylor Greene has seemingly accomplished what few other Republicans have managed — or even attempted. But this split is only one of the divisions roiling MAGA.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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How do all the analysts and journalists who pushed the theory that #Trump would give #Ukraine Tomahawks and impose tough Russian sanctions feel now? BTW, @hoanssolo.bsky.social told me in early October: We won't be talking about Tomahawks in a few weeks. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/and...
Tomahawks for Ukraine? Trump wants to hand over the war to the Europeans by The Global Agora
Does American President Donald Trump really see the Russian war against Ukraine at least partly differently compared to, for example, six months ago, when he was still regularly berating Ukrainian Pre...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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#Trump officials’ meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about latest #Ukraine proposal
www.reuters.com/world/europe... #Putinswar #Russia
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November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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To Many Ukrainians, U.S. Peace Plan Looks Like ‘Capitulation’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar #Trump
To Many Ukrainians, U.S. Peace Plan Looks Like ‘Capitulation’
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November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Trump’s Devastating Plan for #Ukraine: The White House is giving #Putin permission to try again, by @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... #Putinswar #Russia
Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated, by @ldfreedman.bsky.social substack.com/app-link/pos... #Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Putinswar
The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated
We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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In reversal, Coast Guard classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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#EU Commission launches infringement procedure against #Slovakia over controversial constitutional reform
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commission launches infringement procedure against Slovakia over controversial constitutional reform | Euractiv
Brussels has sent Bratislava a formal notice requesting further explanations, to which Slovakia must respond within the usual two-month deadline
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Toward #farright policies? What to expect from the European Parliament. My 🎙️ #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora, with @ericmaurice.bsky.social from @epc-official.bsky.social
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Toward far-right policies? What to expect from the European Parliament
Podcast Episode · The Global Agora · 11/20/2025 · 24m
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November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Former top #CDC official on the agency revising its website to include false claims that link autism and #vaccines
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/u... #Trump
Former top CDC official on the agency revising its website to include false claims that link autism and vaccines | CNN
“I think that there is a more nefarious strategy”: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, on the agency changing its website to...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Irish general and CEUMC Seán Clancy says #Europe can no longer sit back: ‘Ukraine is the front line’
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe... #Ukraine #EU #Russia #Putinswar #defense #security
Irish general Seán Clancy says Europe can no longer sit back: ‘Ukraine is the front line’
Chair of EU’s highest military body says push to spend more on defence is not about ‘militarisation’ of society
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan for enriching US and pleasing #Putin
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t... #Trump #Russia #Ukraine #Putinswar
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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No words... U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Why Trump’s 28-point ‘peace plan’ fits Moscow’s strategy, not real diplomacy
tvpworld.com/90118260/seo... #Trump #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
Analysis: Trump’s 28-point plan serves Moscow’s strategy not negotiations
Social media: Seeing the 28-point outline as a path to compromise overlooks Putin’s own ‘Tsar’s dilemma.’
tvpworld.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Toward #farright policies? What to expect from the European Parliament. Listen to another episode of my 🎙️ #podcast, #TheGlobalAgora. I talked to @ericmaurice.bsky.social from @epc-official.bsky.social.
▶️ creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #EU #politics #EPP
Toward far-right policies? What to expect from the European Parliament by The Global Agora
Does the European Parliament have a new majority? Is the EPP normalizing the far-right? And why does EPP chair Manfred Weber vote with the Patriots when he and the President of the Commission, Ursula ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Trump's #Ukraine envoy Kellogg to leave post in January, sources say www.reuters.com/world/europe... #Trump #Russia #Putinswar
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November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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#Ukraine alarmed as US pushes peace framework aligning with Moscow demands
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-alar... #Trump #Russia #Putinswar
Ukraine alarmed as US pushes peace framework aligning with Moscow demands
U.S. President Donald Trump is mounting yet another push to end Russia's war against Ukraine, as Washington begins testing a new peace framework that has already sparked unease among Ukrainian officia...
kyivindependent.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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You cannot impose a peace on #Ukraine. But #Trump thinks he can, @ivodaalder.bsky.social writes. substack.com/app-link/pos... #Putinswar #Russia
"Peace" in Ukraine without Ukraine
You cannot impose a peace on Ukraine. But Trump thinks he can.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Many thanks to @ericmaurice.bsky.social for a very interesting debate about #EPP, #farright and #EU #politics.
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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My new book has arrived: On My Watch by Jens Stoltenberg. #books #NATO
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#Ukraine seeks $43bn in climate compensation from #Russia over war
www.rfi.fr/en/environme... #Putinswar
Ukraine seeks $43bn in climate compensation from Russia over war
Ukraine is demanding $43 billion from Russia for environmental damage caused by the war, saying the invasion has pumped huge extra emissions into the atmosphere and destroyed land, water and forests.…
www.rfi.fr
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM