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Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. https://t.co/NPWlepQz70 (1/6)

Good thread. Still, what matters the most is that Ukrainian financial and military needs are met, which is not yet the case.

Interesting thread.

Interesting.

The first piece of the reparations loan puzzle has been locked in. Member states have agreed on a change to Article 122 which will make it much easier to keep the sanctions freezing the asset in place.

"Officials would put to the bottom of the pile Belgium's wishlist and concerns related to the EU's long-term budget for 2028–2034, which would cause the government a major headache, particularly when negotiations get into the crucial final stretch in 18 months' time."

We Europeans certainly have our challenges. We need to revive our entrepreneurial spirit, beef up our defences, manage migration. But we are successful and confident societies. And we are certainly not going extinct, writes @carlbildt https://t.co/XpDQHD62s3

Have started reading "All That Glistens". Love the way @METhorley is sharply critical of China's party-state (and its Western enablers) but has nothing but respect for Chinese culture and society ("if you have a problem with them, you have a problem with me"). Take a bow, Martin.

I could say so much more on the topic, but this is a very niche topic indeed, so let me just link to this free research article. https://t.co/jRI1EerjB9 If I ever find time for more, I will likely use this as thread.

🇫🇷🇮🇹 France and Italy can breathe a sigh of relief after the EU's statistics office signaled that the financial guarantees needed to back a €210 billion financing package to Ukraine won't increase their heavy debt burdens. Eurostat on Tuesday evening sent a letter, obtained by

I have ordered economy to accelerate immediately. If economy fails to accelerate to global rates, economy will be arrested and economists will accelerate to terminal velocity from window. I remain a master strategist.

Another Russian shadow fleet tanker struck in the Black Sea.

Interesting.

The last part, with my added quote of the follow up and the last sentence of the video, suggests vibes of NSS were already present at the closed doors. "And if you can't get along with Europe, then at least make Germany your partner."

This is not a war, this is an appendix to the Trump's Peace Plan.

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❗️The EU is very close to resolving the issue of frozen Russian assets, — EU Council President António Costa "We are working on refining the legal and technical solution that will ensure the agreement of all, or at least a qualified majority of member states." Costa expressed

Those who have been in Vienna, do not bother about Middle East.

🇵🇱🫂🇬🇷 Poland and Greece are beginning a new strategic cooperation to jointly create a gas hub for Central Europe, linking the two seas and integrating key energy routes. 🫡

This is one of the cleverest stories in startups. For years we'd been worrying about how to finance the airliner. Then Boom realized that if they could build jet engines, they could build gas turbines, and fund the airliner with the profits.