Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today…

Statement from the Nobel Foundation One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who

🚨 Cardiff has made UK history! We’re the first council in Britain to agree to charge higher parking fees for SUVs and heavy cars. 🧵

On August 23, 1989, nearly two million people formed a 675 km human chain from Vilnius🇱🇹 to Riga🇱🇻 to Tallinn🇪🇪. We peacefully demanded freedom&justice. Holding my grandpa’s hand, I chanted “Lithuania be free!”. 36 years later, we stand firm. Freedom beats in every Lithuanian

Lisette Moru "The Smile from Auschwitz" 1/n Marie-Louise Pierrette Moru, known as Lisette, was born on July 27, 1925. Her father, Joseph Moru, worked in the shipyard in nearby Lorient. Her mother, Suzanne Gahinet was a fish trader. Lisette was the eldest of three children.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

CDU/CSU-SPD agreement: - Defence spending above 1% of GDP to be exempted from debt brake calculations - 500bn debt-fiannced special fund for infastructure - Easing of debt brake for Germany's states, which currently may not run structural deficits at all

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution initiated by Ukraine and European countries. The resolution designates Russia as an aggressor state and demands the withdrawal of its armed forces from Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. The document was

WE NOW HAVE A YEAR OF DATA SINCE 20MPH WAS INTRODUCED IN WALES There were around 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured on 20/30mph roads. The number of casualties in 2024 from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began. Over the year since it

As promised, I am publishing every violation that I personally recorded during the Georgian elections at Marneuli polling stations 50 and 48, as well as footage that other observers recorded when I was verbally and physically assaulted. 🧵 1/ Polling Station 50: In this video,

What seems to be happening in Georgia is the dictator's playbook, seen recently in Belarus. You lose an election, but claim victory. Then you use the security services to crack down brutally and assert your power. The question is whether friends of Georgia and democracy will do

In Marneuli, polling station #69, where it’s paper-based voting, ballots were blatantly thrown into the box, and the “My vote to the EU” observer who recorded it was physically assaulted and kicked out. Video from ჩემი ხმა ევროკავშირს (“vote to the EU”) Facebook. #GeVote2024

Jimmy Carter is now too old to play with Legos 🧱

Jeg hader grafitti, især på historiske bygninger. Intet retfærdiggør at vandalisere vores fælles kulturarv - og i særdeleshed ikke Eigtveds Pakhus, som er en af vores smukkeste 1700-tal bygninger (og nej, Asiatisk Kompagni handlede ikke med slaver)

Folketingspolitikere: Vi har for travlt og vi bliver stressede. Alle der beskæftiger sig med love og politik: lovkvaliteten falder dramatisk, fordi folketinget har for travlt. Socialdemokratiske folketingsmedlemmer: Lad os få et deltidsjob i et byråd også.. #dkpol

TØF har inviteret @LarsBStruwe (Atlant) og Lars Bech (@danskespeditoer) til en samtale om de geopolitiske udfordringer, transporten møder. Spærrede luftveje over Rusland, houthier i Adenbugten, spændinger i Taiwan-strædet og meget andet. tilmeld dig her: https://t.co/jvykPCG9rd

Så er der åbnet for tilmeldinger til Kollektiv Trafik Konference 2024 Sæt allerede nu kryds i kalenderen 7.10 - eller endnu bedre, se det foreløbige program og tilmeld dig og kolleger via: https://t.co/Fh8lQ2Yx5A Her inden sommerferien er der early🦃pris #dktrp

Det her kort er så vildt 🤯 Kun fem ud af de 109 danske vandområder er i god miljøtilstand. 95,3 procent af vores kystvande er altså i dårlig tilstand - med mangel på fx ilt, fisk, og ålegræs. Primært kvælstof og dernæst bundtrawl er de største presfaktorer. Vi er dumpet👎

A 5 yr Belgian study showed the BIG impact of increasing vehicle weight on road deaths & injuries. When a person on a bike or walking is hit by a pick-up, the risk of serious injury increases by 90% compared to a car. The risk of death goes up by 200%. https://t.co/1q7zo4fBLK