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Bolivia! Moldova! Podkastepisode · PoliTickr · 04.09.2025 · 39 min

Ny pod ute nå med @tarjeiskirbekk.bsky.social! Spennende valg i Bolivia og Moldova. podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/p...

Spania er tilbake i podden! PoliTickr · Episode

Nok en politikk og valgpod! Nå om drama i Spania og dynamikk i Latvia - blant annet open.spotify.com/episode/7qhQ...

Poland's Polarised Election Signals a Wider Crisis for Liberal Democracy A razor-thin victory for the national-conservative Law and Justice Party reveals deep societal divisions and a broader erosion of centrist coalitions across the West.

Interesting reflections from @catherinedevries.bsky.social about a liberal and democratic future in light of the increased social and political polarization in Europe.

"If liberalism is to endure (...) it demands political imagination and institutional reform." www.socialeurope.eu/polands-pola...

Rolig helg? Trenger noe å lytte til? Hør meg og @tarjeiskirbekk.bsky.social diskutere valgene i Romania, Albania, Portugal og Polen i denne podcasten!

Romania, Polen, Albania and Portugal! PoliTickr · Episode

Vil høyrepopulistene vinne presidentvalg i Polen 1.juni? Hva var dramatikken valgkvelden i Romania? Hvordan gikk det 3 valget på 3 år i Portugal? Og hva var dynamikken i valget i Albania?

Finn ut ved høre på podkast!

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And your answer is?

To do nothing on immigration or integration? Become more liberal on both immigration and integration?

Tung uke for opposisjonsledere! PoliTickr · Episode

Jeg har blitt fortalt at de fleste synes det er gøy å følge med på valg, men at mange sliter med å ha tid til å følge med.

Full forståelse. Derfor kan du nå høre en podkast som hjelper deg. Her om Canada, Australia, UK, Ecuador, Filippinene, Romania og Singapore.

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Ursula von der Leyen: "We have no bros and no oligarchs" Donald Trump's second term has brought "historic changes", says EU President Ursula von der Leyen. In our interview, she explains how Europe must respond.

Von der Leyen: The West as we knew it no longer exists.

Tyskland, Romania, Polen, Canada og mer PoliTickr · Episode

Internasjonale valg og dynamisk politikk - også utenfor USA. Hør påskeutgaven av podkasten.

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Oh Canada PoliTickr · Episode

Hva skjer med de kommende valg i Polen, Canada og Australia? Og hvordan går det med regjeringsbygging i Tyskland og Østerrike? Dette og mer i podkast med @amundvik.bsky.social.

open.spotify.com/episode/4eia...

The Blue Report The top links on Bluesky, updated hourly

The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here

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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

That was a bit of a thin claim. Could it have something to do with the fact that the Greens have been in government and not delivered on energy policy and have been accused of industrial death? While Die Linke is an opposition party more concerned with economic redistribution?

More to defense, yes. But 5% is not likely

A good reminder that Musk has no interest in American or European security.

One in four Germans can no longer cope with their household income according to report.

The energy price crisis, inflation and Corona have left their mark: real wages have shrunk for many.

https://shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

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Breaking: the first round of Romania‘s elections, in which Russia-backed cyber attacks, social media accounts, and paid content promotion schemes boosted pro-Moscow presidential candidate Calin Georgescu to a shock lead in the polls, will be annulled

YouTube video by Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik Sicherheitspoiltisches Gespräch am 04.12.2024 mit Friedrich Merz, MdB

Finally have some time for this now:
Monday’s discussion with Friedrich Merz (CDU chancellor candidate) on security and defence policy. Let’s see whether he says anything interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDH...

Interesting map: Strong social institutions important for political and social trust.

Elon Musk Admits X is Throttling Links — Effectively Limiting People From Reading News Musk confirmed that posts containing links are deprioritized, renewing criticism that the platform is restricting access to external sources of information.

Yes, X demotes link posts; been that way for a while www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu...

Huge pain for news orgs. Source told me NYT's X traffic plunged 50% in 1 month www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

X also delays sites Elon dislikes, as we first reported www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

1st round of presidential elections in Romania:

Far right and pro-Russia candidate Georgescu about 22% and on to the 2nd round (8th Dec) against Ciolacu (21.7%), from the (somewhat conservative) Social Democratic Party.

In total, far-right candidates get up to 40%. Will they mobilize further?

Hm. Dette var litt verre enn jeg hadde fått med meg så langt.

‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s Autobahn Fifty years ago, the electronic legends released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of it...

50 years ago this month, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn changed pop music forever. I drove from Bonn to Hamburg to capture the iconic road's sights and sounds – and work out why nobody in Dusseldorf seemed bothered about the band (and yes this WAS a dream commission!) www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

Europe is facing historical challenges and European countries needs to play a greater role in assuring their own security, states joint declaration from European Foreign Ministers.

On November 18, the Swedish authorities issued a new brochure "In case of crisis or war" (see the film) - in Swedish and English.

www.msb.se/sv/rad-till-...

RT (= Russia Today) and Musk - hand-in-hand 😡