Hungary’s incoming PM Péter Magyar wants to forge closer ties with Austria and other Central European countries to build more influence in Brussels.
Vienna appears open to the idea.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/pete...
Yeah this is a real thing happening in the actual world. They are going to rename the Donbas "Donnyland" so an orange toddler-brain demented psychopath feels less pro-Russia.
I have a history degree. Genuinely I don't know of any precedent for this much stupidity.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Uitgesproken critici van het Russische regime wordt toegang geweigerd, want angst voor aanvragen asiel. Amerikaanse rappers die hakenkruizen delen en dictators aanbidden, geen probleem!
Voor de grote meerderheid van oorlogsvluchtelingen is gezinsherening voortaan niet meer mogelijk in Nederland.
And once again the EU has refused to condemn the genocidal policies and illegal territorial occupation by Israel.
📣 Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl. Deze week over de verkiezingen in Hongarije. Het wegstemmen van een illiberale leider is één ding; het ontmantelen van het systeem dat hij heeft opgebouwd is iets heel anders.
www.groene.nl/artikel/na-o...
Wanneer je pro-Israëlische politici altijd hoort zeggen dat zoveel Israëliërs tegen Netanyahu zijn: blijkt dat verreweg de meeste kiezers zijn oorlogen steunen en de tegenstanders vooral Palestijnen zijn die in Israël wonen.
During a recent focus group of 20 Gen Z Republicans conducted by a conservative think tank, a subset of participants were asked to share their thoughts on Hitler. Only one responded with outright criticism. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oYuJBh
We need to be honest about what we are seeing here. The Iranian government is still the same theocratic dictatorship and the Iranian people are in desperate straits after the US promised them liberation. The Iranians still control the Strait of Hormuz, still maintain their right to collect tolls...
De VVD en Netanyahu. Beiden corrupt, moreel kompas al jaren geleden kwijtgeraakt en een tyfushekel aan iedereen die er niet zo uitziet als zijzelf.
NIEUWS: De hoogste privacy-adviseur van Logius, onderdeel van BZK, slaat alarm: de overname van DigiD bedreigt de veiligheid van Nederland.
CPO Pieter van Oordt waarschuwt publiekelijk om overname door ‘t Amerikaanse Kyndryl tegen te houden:
www.volkskrant.nl/tech/privacy...
This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win
Russia passed a bill in first reading that would give Putin the right to deploy troops to any country where Russian citizens face "oppression" or "Russophobia"
The playbook is identical to what preceded the war against Ukraine
euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/14/r...
The European Humanities University has been declared an “extremist organization” in #Belarus. The EHU is based in Vilnius, Lithuania, but there were students from inside Belarus there. If you think the Lukashenka regime is changing its practices - no, it’s not.
Several excellent contributions to this @theguardian.com panel on the Hungarian election. I particularly like the one by Zsuzsa Szelény.
“Removing Orbán from office is one thing. Dismantling Orbánism is quite another.”
I believe the phrase is "Hang it in the Louvre"
The US president has attacked the leader of the Catholic Church in a social media post, accusing him of being ‘weak’ on crime and of ‘catering to the Radical Left', after the pope criticised the US-Israeli war against Iran.
Follow the blog for the latest developments: ft.trib.al/KnHhWK0
From ‘the dictator is coming’ to the dictator is leaving, finally he’s gone. Putin’s lapdog in the EU is no more.
After Orban:
Huge turnout (could be close to 80%). Constitutional majority in play for TISZA.
If TISZA Party wins in 🇭🇺, this is not a change of government. It is a potential regime rupture.
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National Parliament Election in Hungary today 🇭🇺 🇪🇺
Do 2022 opposition strongholds show higher turnout than government strongholds? How does hourly turnout compare to 2014, 2018 and 2022?
Explore it here when polls open: europeelects.eu/2026/04/04/n...
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"Hongrie : vers la fin de l’ère Orbán ?" - un dessin de @joepbertrams.bsky.social (Pays-Bas) sur notre blog "Libérons les crayons !" via @lemonde.fr : www.lemonde.fr/liberons-les...
De door de VVD gedroomde partners op rechts - maar ook de VVD - blijven volhardend in het geloof van de Israëlische leugencampagne over UNWRA.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
The Hungarian parliamentary elections are 4 days away. They will test whether a hugely unpopular and corrupt authoritarian can cling to power with the help of big lies, a false flag fake terror thing, and the support of Vladimir Putin, Benyamin Netanyahu, and JD Vance (who is on site). (1/2)
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
These are the words of the president of the United States, today.
The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...
Putin’s plan to extend his influence becomes clearer by the day
We'll see what the new 'ceasefire' may mean, but conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East provide new economic and political opportunities for Moscow through food and fertilisers. @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/world/p...
Terwijl de waanzin in Iran even gestopt lijkt, gaat het genocidale regime van Netanyahu door met de verwoesting van Libanon.
Duizenden doden en gewonden. Meer dan een miljoen mensen ontheemd.
Waar is kabinet Jetten? Tijd dat er eindelijk harde sancties komen om Netanyahu te stoppen.
If Donald Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people, Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse to abide, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
