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In the Darnytsia district, a drone hit a 25-story residential building at the levels of the 12th to 16th floors. On Monday, in Kyiv, an occupier's drone hit a 25-story residential building, announced the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitalii Klitschko, on his Telegram channel. #Ukraina #Kijiva #KrievijasIebrukums (translated)

DWUKADENCYJNOŚĆ WŁODARZY - TAK, PARLAMENTARZYSTÓW - NIE Ograniczenie liczby kadencji to legislacyjna ingerencja w demokrację. Sens wprowadzenia tych ograniczeń wynika z przekonania, że zwykłe mechanizmy wyborcze nie działają dostateczne skutecznie. W odniesieniu do funkcji wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast mamy do czynienia z bezprecedensową kumulacją władzy. Każdy kto zdążył się zorientować jak działają polskie gminy i miasta, bez trudu zauważył, że społeczna kontrola nad działaniami lokalnego organu wykonawczego jest iluzoryczna. Że rady, które teoretycznie miały być nadrzędnym organem, w praktyce są reaktywne i bardzo często ubezwłasnowolnione. Taka nierównowaga władzy powoduje, że wójt, burmistrz, czy prezydent ma wszelkie możliwości manipulowania opinią publiczną. Ma uprzywilejowaną pozycję w przekazywaniu informacji. Może uzależniać od siebie znaczące grupy wyborców. Krótko mówiąc, proces wyborczy nie jest w pełni demokratyczny. Wymaga to więc legislacyjnej ingerencji, by zwiększyć szanse wpływu wyborców na zarządzanie wspólnymi sprawami. Takiego zakresu kumulacji władzy nie obserwujemy w żadnej ze struktur polskiego państwa. Mamy oczywiście do czynienia z wieloletnim okupowaniem tych samych pozycji przez różne osoby, co budzi irytację wielu obywateli. Nie ma jednak przesłanek do twierdzenia, że przepisy i procedury zaburzają tu wolność procesu wyborczego. Możliwości radnych, czy parlamentarzystów do manipulowania opinią publiczną są bardzo ograniczone, a w żaden sposób nie porównywalne do uprawnień „włodarzy” polskich miast i gmin. Wyborcy nie mogą się skarżyć, że winę, za nieakceptowany przez nich stan rzeczy ponosi ktoś inny, niż oni sami. Legislatorzy powinni zaś skupić się nad większą demokratyzacją procesu wyborczego, nad rzetelnością informacji, nad większą reprezentatywnością ordynacji wyborczej itp.

"The USA is our greatest ally, but our message is clear: if we want to end this war, the only way is stronger pressure on Russia," said the EU's high representative for foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, this morning at a gathering of ministers in Luxembourg. #Rusija #EU #sankcije (translated)

Magda wrote that Russia no longer had to activate 150,000 accounts because more and more often her compatriots were carrying out its tasks. She pointed to the portrayal of Ukraine as the enemy, the EU as the occupier, NATO as the provocateur, the West as the source of all evil, and Russia as the state with which one should reach an agreement. She added that propaganda was most effective when it stopped looking like propaganda. #propaganda #Polska #Rosja (translated)

The article discusses the increasing human rights violations during the war in Ukraine, pointing to war crimes committed by the aggressor as well as instances of violations by Ukrainian authorities, and also addresses issues of accountability for individuals operating in occupied territories. #PrawaCzłowieka #Wojna #Ukraina (translated)

In Luhansk, in the church occupied by the Russians, clergy have started selling talismans and potions that are supposed to protect soldiers from drone attacks and an outbreak of plague, in light of recent troubling events related to this disease in Russia. #Ługańsk #dżuma #wojnaUkrainie (translated)

Zbigniew Bogucki wrote that partitions, occupation, and communism did not manage to break Polishness or the spirit of the Church. He quoted President Karol Nawrocki from a meeting with the American Polonia in New York. Nawrocki said that the Catholic Church upheld Polish identity during the partitions, occupation, and after 1945, when — as he described it — Poland was a Soviet colony. He also mentioned the 1980s when some non-practicing Poles associated their aspiration for freedom and sovereignty with the Church. #Polska #Kościół #tożsamość (translated)

There is a double symbolism in this – the occupier Konev and still in Dukla, a place exploited by communist propaganda and where one of the most flawed battles with the greatest losses on the Eastern Front took place. Therefore, Pilip wonders how the idea of erecting a statue of such a dubious personality as Konev could even arise. #Fico #Putin #Konev (translated)

In the small town of Oleško in Ukraine, which has been under Russian occupation since the beginning of the war, local residents are facing hunger, dangerous conditions, and the arbitrariness of Russian soldiers, while the city is almost completely cut off from the outside world and only about 2000 people remain there. #Ukraina #KrievijasKarš #Oleški (translated)

After the tragic death of Goran Bare, the charismatic singer of the band Majke, fans and colleagues from the music industry in Zagreb gather to pay tribute to him, expressing regret over the loss of one of the greatest authors of Croatian rock music. #GoranBare #Majke #RockGlazba (translated)

The police in Delhi barricaded the city center and prevented leaders of the banned protest while protesters gathered to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over controversial reforms that they accuse of favoring the ruling party BJP. #Prosvjedi #Indija #Izbori (translated)

The police in Delhi detained members of the satirical Cockroach Party and hundreds of protesters who gathered demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner due to controversial electoral reforms, amid heightened security measures and the closure of more than 40 subway stations. #Indija #prosvjedi #NarendraModi (translated)

Walter Kraft wrote that the president initially approved of the occupation and later rejected it, first building a career in the Communist Party and then leaving the party. He also noted that the president initially spoke out against NATO and later worked for it, and that he initially did not want to vote but subsequently wanted to vote. He characterized his positions as a manifestation of "strong principles" and added that the president refers to it as a proper moral compass. #politika #Českárepublika #morálníkompas (translated)

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem Navi Pillay has provoked strong protests from Israel, which accuses her of anti-Semitism and of demonizing the Jewish state in the context of her actions as chair of the UN Committee on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. #PokojowaNagrodaNobla #Izrael #NaviPillay (translated)

The campers at Puerta del Sol, initially organized to demand improvements in access to decent housing, are radicalizing and calling for an anti-repressive autumn, increasing their focus on broader demands such as the repeal of the Citizen Security Law and the creation of occupied social centers, in light of the growing social conflict and the government's inaction. #OtoñoCaliente #Okupación #ConflictividadSocial (translated)

The War Stories podcast asked how many Poles know how the occupation of Moscow ended in 1610. The author wrote that between 1612 and 1614, Poland was occupied by its own unpaid army, which returned from Moscow and remained in the country until their demands were met. He added that Gdańsk paid 1,000 ducats for the soldiers to leave. https://t.co/TB3FfvxAt7 #historia #Polska #Moskwa (translated)