Hanse Mina2h ago

Customs records show a Turkish company co-owned by an EU national shipped $5 million in EU-made machinery to Russian metallurgical plants despite export restrictions. This equipment is used to produce alloys for missiles and aircraft.

https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-how-eu-machinery-keeps-feeding-russian-missile-makers/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU

Investigation: How EU machinery keeps feeding Russian missile makers

Editor's note: This investigation is a collaboration between The Kyiv Independent (Ukraine), IrpiMedia (Italy) and OCCRP.  The story is also available in German, translated by Krautreporter. Key findings * A Turkish company co-owned by an EU national shipped EU-made equipment to Russian defense plants despite European export restrictions, customs records reveal. * The Russian plants use such equipment to produce metal alloys, later used to make missiles and fighter jets. * Two plants that

The Kyiv Independent
Hanse Mina3h ago

Hungarian President Tamás #Sulyok, an appointee of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on Friday approved a constitutional amendment barring the same Orbán from returning to office.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-president-tamas-sulyok-signs-law-blocking-viktor-orban-return/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Hungary #Orban

Orbán-appointed Hungarian president bans Orbán from returning to power

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has long promised to introduce an eight-year term limit for his position, where Viktor Orbán served 20 years.

POLITICO
Hanse Mina3h ago

Russia said ​on Friday it was open to dialogue with European countries but would not accept ultimatums, as signs increase ‌that the EU may seek talks with Moscow after largely shunning contacts since the start of the war in Ukraine.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-tells-europe-yes-talks-no-ultimatums-2026-06-19/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU

Hanse Mina3h ago

Polish President Karol #Nawrocki has revoked the Order of the White Eagle from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The decision follows the naming of a Ukrainian military unit after the WWII-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-president-decides-strip-ukraines-zelenskiy-top-honour-over-ww2-dispute-2026-06-19/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Poland

♾️🇺🇦 Skykiss will Vote3h ago

250 Good drones outbound

#Ukraine #news #eu

Markus Kastelitz3h ago
Study: Different legal methodologies of enforcement of key #EU #digitallaws structures -
Toolbox for the #Enforcement of the Digital Rulebook
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2026/772650/ECTI_STU(2026)772650_EN.pdf
Micha P. Sexbeat4h ago

Petition: Die Europäische Union muss den Friedensnobelpreis zurückgeben

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/die-europaische-union-muss-den-friedensnobelpreis-zuruckgeben

#eu #migration #ReturnHubs #petition

Die Europäische Union muss den Friedensnobelpreis zurückgeben

Die Europäische Union versteht sich als Wertegemeinschaft. Menschenwürde, Menschenrechte, Solidarität und das Recht auf Schutz vor Verfolgung gehören zu den Grundprinzipien, auf denen sie aufgebaut wurde. Genau für diese Werte wurde die EU 2012 mit dem Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Die Zustimmung des Europäischen Parlaments zu Abschiebe- und Rückführungszentren in Drittstaaten sendet jedoch ein besorgniserregendes Signal. Schutzsuchende Menschen sollen künftig noch stärker aus dem...

WeAct
Osna.FM4h ago
Filiz Polat, the Green Party Parliamentary Secretary in the Bundestag, strongly criticized the European Union's planned establishment of so-called "Return Hubs"... https://news.osna.fm/?p=51915 | #news #against #deportation #eu #greens
Greens Warn Against EU 'Return Hubs,' Labeling Planned Deportation System 'Trump-Like' - Osna.FM

The Green Party slams the EU's controversial "Return Hubs," arguing the new refugee system mimics harsh, Trump-like deportation practices.

Osna.FM
Show threadStrypey5h ago

But sometimes we win. In 2024, I blogged in support of Petites Singularités' open letter to the EU, calling for continued funding for the Next Generation Internet project. A grant programs that has funded many improvements to the fediverse and other decentralised tech;

https://disintermedia.net.nz/open-letter-the-european-union-must/

This morning I posted good news from the OSI about a new EU tech sovereignty strategy;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116778822837919480

But as I read on, I saw good news there for NGI too.

(3/?)

#EU #NGI #PetitesSingularités

Open Letter: The European Union must keep funding free software

Open letter initially published in French by Petites Singularités

Disintermedia
Paul Wohlfahrt5h ago

Während Europa immer stärker von außen unter Druck steht und sich Autokraten weltweit für eine Schwächung der EU einsetzen, unterstützt die Bundesregierung eine Reduzierung des EU-Budgets.

Kann man sich nicht ausdenken.
#Merz #EU #Bundesregierung

https://www.politico.eu/article/european-council-summit-eu-budget-fight-live-updates/#id_1326983