Protests Erupt In Bulgaria Over Budget, Government 'Corruption'

Some of the largest protests in modern Bulgaria's history broke out throughout the country on December 1 against a 2026 budget that would see taxes hiked and social-security contributions raised by a government many Bulgarians view as corrupt.

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Wider Europe Briefing: EU Funding Options For Ukraine And A Preview Of OSCE Ministerial

Can Brussels agree on more funding for Ukraine?

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Russia Claims Capture Of Key Donbas City Ahead Of Kremlin Meeting With US Envoy

Russia claimed it had captured a strategic city in Ukraine's Donbas region, an announcement that appeared timed with a critical Kremlin meeting with visiting US officials trying to reach agreement on a peace deal.

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Zelenskyy Sees Better Chance 'Now Than Ever' For Peace; Putin Says He's 'Ready' If Europe Wants War

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said there is a better chance “now than ever” to reach a deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, even as his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, accused European governments of trying to block the peace process.

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What's Fueling Bulgaria's Biggest Protests In Decades?

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Sofia and other Bulgarian cities to join protests late on December 1 against the ruling coalition's budget plans, forcing the government to withdraw them the next morning.

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☀️ On Hegseth’s order a missile strike shattered a small vessel carrying 11 people!
🔸 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2-2025

#Trump #USA #ukraine #europe #eu #russiaUkraineWar #StandWithUkraine #Taco

December 2, 2025

The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill everybody” is shaping up to be a fight over control of the United States government.

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Putin's 'power play technique' shows feelings toward Trump's Ukraine peace deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/putins-power-play-technique-shows-36343063

Martyn Turner @turnercartoons on #Putin #RussiaUkraineWar #PeacePlan #SteveWitkoff - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Don't travel to Russia for any reason.

Unless your last name is "Zuma", then please go anywhere else by whatever means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Je3StnrMA

#SouthAfrica #RussiaUkraineWar

South Africa Makes Arrests Over Alleged Recruitment in Russia-Ukraine War | Firstpost Africa | N18G

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Dad of British man accused of spying for Russia ‘lost for words’ after arrest

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/03/dad-british-man-accused-spying-russia-lost-words-arrest-25097683/