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It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social

Brexit

a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)

www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

Devastating for Georgia. The country is turning into another Belarus, and we know full well who is pulling the strings.

The Hungarian fascist regime has released a video showing the detention of Ukrainian employees of the state-owned Oschadbank who were transporting cash between Austria and Ukraine in armored bank vehicles as part of routine operations between state banks.

President Zelenskyy:

In three days, Middle Eastern countries have fired 800+ missiles for Patriot systems. Ukraine has never had so many missiles to defend against [Russian] strikes.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Jeg tror ikke EU-løsning er realistisk heller, men tenker mer i retning av at man bør ha tilstrekkelig sterk gjensidig avhengighet og sterke EU-strukturer til at nasjonalt sololøp fra Frankrike blir utelukket. Der er man neppe idag, ihvertfall ikke som utenforland.

Ja til atomvåpen Regjeringen bør si et klart og tydelig «oui» til president Macrons atomplaner.

Jeg er for en europeisk atomavskrekking, men det fungerer best som EU-medlem i et mer føderalt Europa.

En fransk-kontrollert løsning som kan havne i hendene på et Putin-finansiert Front Nationale er ikke optimalt verken for Norge eller andre europeiske land.

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/8p...

From an ex-Hungarian MP @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social, on April elections:

"The question is whether those who write the rules, distribute the money, count the votes, and announce the results will be willing to tolerate a world where they are no longer in power"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system.

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...

Apropos, er denne historieprofessoren ved UiT kjent?

Hilarious quote-tweets to this.

[OptaAnalyst] Bodø/Glimt are the first team from outside of Europe’s big five leagues to win four consecutive games in a European Cup/Champions League campaign against opponents from those leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy & France) since Ajax in 1971-72, who won the European Cup that season.

The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.

This is true in rougly the same sense that a guy on the subway reeking of urine, screaming, and waving a knife around is “feared.”

Four years since russia’s unlawful full-scale invasion. Four years of senseless killing and destruction.

Four years of russian war crimes, of utter moral decay from putin and his accomplices.

Four years of heroic 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 resistance, defending freedom and democracy for all of us.

Slava Ukraini!

Chancellor Merz:

Countless people have lost their lives from the Russian aggression.

Entire cities have been razed to the ground. No consideration has been taken for residential areas, hospitals, schools, kindergartens. Ukrainians have endured four winters of war so far.

Now a likely scenario: Icelandic EU-referendum on membership negotiations by august this year, and referendum on a negotiated accession agreement by autumn 2027.

(Current polling suggests both referendums will give yes-majorities)

Jonas Gahr Støre åpner for OL i Norge - får støtte av samlet idrettsbevegelse Norske idrettsledere er klare i talen: De vil ha OL tilbake på norsk jord. Nå er også statministeren klar på at de åpner for OL i Norge.

I stedet for et tredje vinter-OL i Norge, kan Norge og idrettsbevegelsen samle Europa bak først å øke forsvarsstøtten til Ukraina, deretter å støtte en ukrainsk OL-søknad for Lviv i 2038 (som måtte trekke søknaden i 2014 pga. russlands angrepskrig).

www.nrk.no/ol/jonas-gah...

ANALYSE: Først stoppede Trump USA's hjælp til Ukraine – og nu stopper Trumps venner EU's hjælp til Ukraine Selv om Rusland har invaderet deres nabo, så har Ungarn og Slovakiet fastholdt et tæt bånd til Rusland. Og nu vil de to lande forhindre EU i at hjælpe Ukraine og straffe Rusland. Og det gør de med ful...

First, Trump stopped U.S. aid to Ukraine – and now Trump’s allies are stopping the EU’s aid to Ukraine.
Even though Russia has invaded their neighbour, Hungary and Slovakia now prevent the EU from helping Ukraine and punishing Russia.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Ukrainian children in russian-occupied Mariupol are dressed in military uniforms and forced to march to the song, “I will serve in the army, I will defend my motherland.”

This is the very definition of a war crime and cultural genocide.

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

YouTube video by Il Sole 24 ORE Apertura del Board of Peace, l'arrivo di Tajani e degli altri leader con berretto MAGA in mano

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, a former EU Commissioner and President of the European Parliament, is forced to hold a red MAGA hat as he shuffles sheepishly into the Trump Board of Peace meeting.

How much more humiliation are Europeans willing to endure?

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Once again--Trump is weakening Ukrainian air defense to help Putin kill Ukrainian civilians and damage Ukrainian infrastructure.

How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.

Notable message from President Zelensky. The USA is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine to hand over more of its land to dictatorial Russia.

Good to see the Ukrainian pushback--but the USA should hang its head in shame.

China imports lots of oil from Russia to help Putin, thereby destabilizing Europe and the transatlantic alliance. India and Turkey are desperate for cheap oil. But why has Brazil ramped up imports from Russia? No upside to Brazil from this. Only downside...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-does-b...