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The author claimed that countries condemning Ansar Allah for what they described as defending Yemen against Saudi aggression had refused to condemn the US bombing of a school in Minab, which they said killed 168 children. They also said those countries continued doing business with Israel, helping fund what they described as genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/uHZCZVTgGp #Yemen #Gaza #HumanRights #YE #SA #US #IL #PS

Low prices are needed but it is the wrong answer. The Republicans, however, reject the agreement, 'it should be canceled'. Don Bacon: 'Low prices are needed but it is the wrong answer'. Michael McCual: 'It will finance the Kremlin's war machine' (ANSA) #Ucraina #Trump #TreguaEnergetica (translated)

The author interpreted an unspecified statement by Trump as a clear message and wrote that Zelensky could soon be politically finished because of it. He claimed that Zelensky knows too much, which is why a simple early retirement is unrealistic. Additionally, he referred to Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, the Shah of Persia, and Osama bin Laden as former US puppets, who, according to his account, mostly suffered a harsh fate. #Trump #Selenski #Politik #US #UA #IQ #LY #IR (translated)

The Proper Greek Analyst criticized publications from Kontra, Eleftheros Typos, Political, and Dimokratia, arguing that they presented as a Greek success an exception that would pave the way for a reduction of fuel taxes or investments amounting to 1 billion euros. He described the coverage as misleading and said it confused two different requests. According to him, the government's request for temporary reductions in the Special Consumption Tax or VAT on fuels not to be counted toward the deficit was rejected. He argued that such measures would directly support citizens and businesses and that they had been implemented without requests to the Commission from 11 EU countries. He also cited a Reuters publication regarding the rejection of requests from Greece and Italy for greater fiscal flexibility. On the contrary, he mentioned that a request for exemption from fiscal rules on spending for energy projects had been accepted. In his post, this possibility did not concern only Greece: a Commission announcement dated 18/8/26, with code C/2026/4514, stipulated an exemption of up to 0.6% of GDP cumulatively over two years for countries that would apply. He estimated that this corresponded for Greece to 1.56 billion euros, with an GDP of 260 billion euros at current prices in 2026, and not the 1 billion euros that, as he wrote, the government planned to allocate. The Proper Greek Analyst added that Italy's request, which, according to ANSA, concerned 0.6% of GDP or 14 billion euros, was expected to be approved by Monday. He contrasted this amount with the 0.38% of GDP or 1 billion euros attributed to the Greek plan. For Greek projects, he mentioned grants of 200 million euros for energy storage batteries from renewable sources, 320 million euros for railroad safety and expansion projects, 200 million euros for heat pumps and solar water heaters for 100,000 beneficiaries, 117 million euros for energy upgrades of 109 public buildings and universities, 50 million euros for photovoltaics, batteries, and heating systems for 10,000 beneficiaries, 50 million euros for carbon capture and storage in industry, and 45 million euros for 246 school units. He stated that, beyond the subsidies for households, the remaining projects would not directly benefit citizens. #Ελλάδα #ενέργεια #δημοσιονομικά (translated)

"We have been silent for two or three years, that can no longer continue. The approach of 'CDU pure' has failed," says CDU Vice Karin Prien to the news agency Reuters, referring to the so-called Merz-CDU, which dominated the election campaign and the first year of the black-red federal government with its course. #CDU #FriedrichMerz #Wahlen (translated)

GLUT wrote that a turnaround in migration policy has been repeatedly invoked in public. This refers to a decline in asylum immigration compared to previous years, but according to GLUT, there can be no talk of a real turnaround. To support this, GLUT referred to a research by Spreeathen1. https://t.co/uT75D0e5RD https://t.co/YtqTq0aFdc #Migration #Asyl #Gesellschaft (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that the agreement announced by Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin to bring millions of tons of Russian diesel to the global market would be very bad news for Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, the arrangement would give Russia new opportunities to earn from energy exports, even though its war of aggression in Ukraine would continue. Vanhanen assessed that the agreement could help Russia mitigate the economic impacts of the strikes on Ukraine's oil refineries. He wrote that the strikes had caused problems and fuel shortages for Russia. In his view, facilitating Russia's energy exports would also reduce the pressure on Putin to negotiate an end to the war. Vanhanen considered it possible that the promised deliveries might not materialize, as he claimed Russia's refining capacity had suffered from the strikes. Vanhanen speculated that Trump was aiming for lower fuel prices in the United States before the midterm elections, but questioned the agreement's impact on prices. He also found the political message of the agreement concerning: in his view, the Kremlin could present it as evidence that Russia is not isolated and that the U.S. president is willing to do business with it. According to Vanhanen, the agreement could place Ukraine's strikes on Russia's oil industry in conflict with Washington's fuel price objectives. He urged Europe to prepare for greater responsibility in supporting Ukraine and pressuring Russia, and maintained that Russia's war economy should not be helped to recover. https://t.co/gpRe9acHoW #Ukraina #Venäjä #Trump (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that the Ilta-Sanomat news about Jaakko Laakso's communication with the Turkish foreign minister reminded him of his trip to Ankara with Mika Aaltola in February 2023. Vanhanen said they had discussed at that time the obstacles and opportunities regarding Finland's NATO membership ratification. Vanhanen stated that based on their assessments from the discussions, Turkey was clearly more positive towards Finland's membership than Sweden's, and that a separate pathway could be opened for Finland. They had made their assessment public and raised the possibility that Finland could advance if necessary before Sweden. According to Vanhanen, the assessment turned out to be correct. He noted that at that time they were not aware that Laakso had already met with the Turkish foreign minister the previous spring and expressed his opposition to Finland's NATO membership. Vanhanen wrote that Laakso's actions raised serious questions: in his view, opposing NATO membership was the right of every Finn, but conveying anti-membership views directly to the Turkish foreign minister was a different matter. Vanhanen believed that the events related to Finland's NATO membership deserved clarification, especially when they raised difficult questions about Finnish actions. https://t.co/XGptAqzYmF #Suomi #Nato #Turkki (translated)

Ridefixer wrote that the CEO of the parking company in Lund had been fired the same day. According to the post, the CEO had called the investigation a witch hunt, and Lund Municipality had refused to pay a severance package of over two million kronor. Ridefixer described it as a success for the Sydsvenskan's investigation. https://t.co/UQiiblmk1n #Lund #granskning #skandal (translated)

Saskia Ludwig wrote to Karin Prien that there are already three leftist parties and her approach to engage with the Left has clearly failed. Boris Rhein was completely right, Ludwig explained. From her perspective, Germany's historical task consists of compromise, pragmatism, and reality-based politics instead of implementing ideologies. https://t.co/ASQPqLRooO #Politik #Parteien #Pragmatismus (translated)

Apollo News reported that Federal Minister Karin Prien called for a leftward shift in the Union. The approach of "pure CDU" has failed, and the Union has become too conservative – that is part of the problem, Prien said. https://t.co/80MroebRXq https://t.co/gKatJi0Z2r #CDU #Politik #Deutschland (translated)