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"In Rotterdam duiken steeds meer Syrische restaurants en winkels op. ‘Het doet ons denken aan thuis en het vlees is hier goed’" www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

President Obama being himself! God I love this man ! He’s campaigning for my other man.. #Pinks #USDemocracy

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So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro? In short, turnout. Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes. A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.

NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...

Congratulations to Serbia’s Student List for their electoral victory. Encouraging to see record turnout.  Grateful to the MEPs & the delegation on the ground observing the election. @europarl.europa.eu remains committed to supporting Serbia's reform process as it continues on its European path 🇪🇺🇷🇸

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

Lula has done it again 🫶🇧🇷

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of #Brazil, the electoral authority has said, in a result that defied poll predictions. news.sky.com/share/13603818

🚨 BREAKING: Lula is projected to WIN reelection as president of Brazil, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of Donald Trump. The projection comes just ONE DAY after Reuters exposed a Trump administration effort to help return the Bolsonaro family to power.

“Georgia Without Ivanishvili!” Thousands have gathered in Tbilisi to protest Ivanishvili’s one-party rule and the ban on opposition parties. Day 697 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. #GeorgiaProtests ✊🇬🇪🇪🇺 📹 Mo Se

To add to this, the role of young people in #Serbia was that they also empowered other generations of rather apathetic voters! Perseverance of young people prompted many to re-evaluate their own engagement young people in #Serbia which made #democracy work in the end.

We stand ready to support reforms on the rule of law, media freedom, the fight against corruption and strong democratic institutions, and to work together to advance Serbia’s future in the European Union. @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

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For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

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What a monumental success in Serbia. Young people coming together, believing in change and fighting for a better future. It should be a lesson for democracies around the globe. Our democracies can only work when young people are represented and empowered, when engagement goes beyond career politics.

Day 697 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 📸 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

De kandidatenlijst van de studentenpartij bestaat uit oa academici en publieke figuren, allemaal mensen zonder betrokkenheid of een verleden bij bestaande partijen. De lijst wordt aangevoerd door een cardioloog, Ilija Srdanović.

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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer bij #Buitenhof dat geheel in 't teken staat van oorlog en vrede. Hij is kritisch over Witkoff die geen vrede in Oekraïne wil bewerkstelligen, maar die bij Poetin is om handeldeals over diesel en kunstmest te sluiten. Witkof en Kushner zijn geen diplomaten; ze zijn uit op deals.

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

OBAMA: I got criticized for tightening up enforcement at the border. But I don't recall anybody campaigning on sending masked agents running through our streets. Don't recall anybody talking about law abiding citizens being arrested, detained, or shot.

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it hits different when El-Sayed drops a "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" 😆

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Het is de nachtmerrie van Europese bestuurders, schrijft Marike Stellinga: een crisis rond de kredietwaardigheid van Frankrijk. Zover is het nog niet, maar de zorgen nemen toe.

Kremlin niet bereid tot concessie. Poetin zegt voor de zoveelste keer: Oekraine bestaat niet. Rusland heeft geen Oekraïens grondgebied bezet, omdat bezette gebied deel is van “historische Rusland” dat nog verder reikt omdat “Russen en Oekraïners één volk” zijn. kremlin.ru/events/president/news/81071

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Zolang politici denken dat afkomst causaal is aan moord, gaat er niets veranderen. Het is bizar dat velen de allergrootste oorzaak negeren (en er zelfs indirect op bezuinigen): stoornissen. Hier de feiten: chrisklomp.nl/moordende-as...

"Sommigen van ons hopen nog steeds dat de ingebouwde vangrails van het Amerikaanse grondwettelijke systeem het land overeind zullen houden. Maar het wordt steeds meer hopen tegen beter weten in." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Oud-burgemeester van Groningen Koen Schuiling vecht veroordeling aan bij de Hoge Raad

Het is nogal stil rond Mark Rutte, secretaris-generaal van de NAVO, schrijft Frits Abrahams. „Naarmate het gedrag van president Trump bizarder wordt, horen we Rutte minder over zijn Amerikaanse vriend.”

1994, een vraag aan 🇺🇸 Clinton: bent u bereid Oekraïne te helpen als Rusland de Krim aanvalt?