As part of our #EuropeanUnion week, #EUcommissioner Jessika Roswall will explore how European policy is shaping the future of #sustainability, industry, and #innovation at the #TUMSpeakersSeries event on May 4. Get tickets now: http://t1p.de/TUMSpeakers

📷TUM Speakers Series

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Ukrainian drones hit key Russian oil hub in Samara Oblast -- Russia destroys mass graves near Mariupol, satellite images suggest -- Fearing Ukrainian troops landing in Crimea, Russia intensifies coastal mining -- Russia's digital concentration camp in occupied Ukraine is further cutting families off from each other ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-22-2026/

Yet even that is not enough. Successive Labour leaders enabled and indulged #Mandelson, despite clear evidence of trouble. #Kinnock first promoted Mandelson. #JohnSmith wisely shunned Mandelson, but #Blair & #GordonBrown both brought #Mandelson into senior government posts, and even made him an #EUcommissioner.

This isn't about #OllyRobɓins, or Mandelson, or even Starmer & McSweeney. It's about 2 generations of thoroughly rotten politics in a major political party.

#ukpol

Anyone else remember the proposal by Apostolos #Tzitzikostas ( #EUCommissioner for "Sustainable Transport and Tourism") to introduce a unified #eu booking system for #rail by the end of 2025?
I haven't heard a thing about that since the announcement back in 2024 so I wrote an E-mail to his team, asking what became of the idea.
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If you know more about the proposal & it's current state, please share

#eucommission #sustainabletravel #EuropeanRail

Eastern DR Congo situation 'catastrophic', says visiting EU commissioner http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TR543W #EasternDRC #HumanitarianCrisis #EUCommissioner #Goma #InternationalLaw
The #USStateDepartment barred five #Europe|ans, including leaders of organisations addressing #digitalhate and a former #EUcommissioner, accusing them of pressuring #UStech firms to #censor #Americanviewpoints. This action is part of the #Trump administration’s campaign against #foreigninfluence over #onlinespeech, utilising immigration law. The five individuals were identified by the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, Sarah Rogers. https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-immigration-rubio-visas-87c8a4692f3184e4f83fdd8ed5093886?eicker.news #tech #media #news
US bars five Europeans accused of censoring Americans

The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized them as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations. The five Europeans include the leaders of organizations that address digital hate and a former EU commissioner who clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk over broadcasting an online interview with Donald Trump. Rubio’s statement said the five Europeans advanced foreign government censorship campaigns against Americans and U.S. companies, which he said created “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences” for the U.S.

AP News
EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu

Michael McGrath awaits results of secret shopper investigation amid crackdown on Chinese retail platforms

The Guardian

The #Cyberpunk city management video game #Dystopika lets me live up the most extreme of my dystopian fantasies.

#OldJoke:

How To Properly Celebrate The #EU Day:

"50 meter tall pictures of #EUCommissioner Erkki Liikanen decorate the city."

Romania to propose MEP Victor Negrescu as European Commissioner

The Romanian government has nominated Socialist MEP Victor Negrescu, currently vice-president of the European

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