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“Trump has finally broken the Kyiv regime,” the former Russian president wrote on social media after the long-awaited minerals deal was signed.

We don’t need another Putin puppet in the European Union—Orban is more than enough. In an interview with Kremlin mouthpiece Izvestia, Robert Fico mocks EU defence, calls for lifting sanctions on Russia, and questions Ukraine’s NATO membership.

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the EU's biggest enlargement when 10 countries joined the European Union in on 1 May 2004. 🎉 Happy EU anniversary to Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia!

www.reddit.com/r/EuropeanFe... VOLT: A European Army led by European Generals, equipped with European weapons. That is the only way.

Medvedev wants Nuremberg 2.0? He will get one. He deserves one. ⚠️ Caution! Sensitive information below. But I am convinced it needs to be shared - this is what Russia does to Ukrainians. Russia openly defies laws, conventions and basic humanity principles.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/30/k... ^THE MOSCOW TIMES^ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that ending the war according to Washington’s exceedingly short timeline would be “too complicated, with many issues and details still to be resolved before settlement.”

We should thank [our] lucky stars that Trump chose to do this in the most stupid way possible,” says Lucan Way, a political scientist at the University of Toronto who studies democratic backsliding.

🛡️ Today, the @ec.europa.eu allocates €910 million under the 2024 #EuropeanDefenceFund for 62 selected 🇪🇺 defence projects. This is a major step to close critical defence capability gaps and reinforce Europe’s strategic autonomy. 🧵1/8 #EDF2024 #EUdefence

Yesterday, during her bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Giorgia Meloni remained silent on the blatant human rights violations taking place in Turkey. Not a word was said about the politically motivated arrest of Imamoglu, nor about the ongoing police repression against peaceful demonstrators. 1/3

€1 billion in public money to drown out free media isn’t “national cooperation” - it's censorship Orbán's Hungary is accused of using illegal subsidies to silence critics. This is outrageous. No EU funds for autocrats. No tolerance for press attacks. 👉📰 www.ft.com/content/c724...

EU joins forces with Ukrainian drone industry for the first time

In today’s geopolitical context, a closer bond between Canada and the EU is more than desirable—it’s necessary. Extending the Erasmus programme to Canadian students would be a smart, forward-looking move to deepen our shared values and invest in the next generation.

carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202... "the EU is enjoying positive public opinion polling at the moment—likely a silver lining of the Trump effect."

notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/p... Poland’s defence ministry has announced that the country and its allies will respond in an “appropriate manner” to upcoming joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises in Belarus. That response will include “large Polish and NATO exercises in Poland”.

www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-... #KristiNoem Your payday will come #HoldThemResponsible

militarnyi.com/en/news/esto... Estonia is ready to deploy a company of its troops to Ukraine as part of an international deterrence force.

www.theguardian.com/business/202... #TRUMP The magic fixer

www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...

www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0... Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption, but I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. We will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone we have. Punish them at the ballot box.

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www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n... But the WHITE HOUSE reaction to AMAZON: "Disclosing would be a 'Hostile Act'" is understandable. KEEP IT HIDDEN FROM VOTERS. Voters may understand it's them paying for the TRUMP's Tariffs policy...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

www.politico.eu/article/eu-c... EU needs defense autonomy as US shifts focus, EU Council chief says. With ARSENAL ARMS factory, Bulgaria, 10.500 workers "a very good example" of EU Defense policy creating jobs.

White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs

Amazon takes on Musk’s Starlink with launch of first internet satellites

www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal... On link: Listen Episode or Read Transcript...

finance.yahoo.com/news/us-good...

www.euractiv.com/section/defe... The EU’s leadership is shuffling ministerial meetings around this month to allow top diplomat Kaja Kallas to attend a highly anticipated summit with the UK in May.

Europe’s highest court struck down Malta’s controversial “golden passport” program, which effectively allows people to buy citizenship, in a landmark ruling today.

kyivindependent.com/france-calls...

www.politico.eu/article/mark...

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/29/e... “The world’s number two military is a sheer joke,” Michael said, listing subpar equipment, inadequate logistics, mistreatment and “severe corruption” as issues within the military, complaints that have been widely documented since the war began.

vreme.com/en/vesti/u-n...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... #CANADA #EU #FRIENDS

enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/speech-... #EU-GO-STRONG

www.reddit.com/r/ChrisMurph... The #Trump family .. .. private club in Washington - only for CEOs, millionaires, and foreign oligarchs - where members will get secret access to the Trump Administration. We are not surprised.. GOP? For the people? For the RICH? Cannot be both at the same time😒!

volteuropa.org/news/strengt... #EU-GO-STRONG

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militarnyi.com/en/news/kill... For the Ukraines to be able to identify, locate and kill General #Moskalik: Impossible to do without help from the USA. #TRUMP knowingly? If unknowing TRUMP out of control of USA services..

Hey Pete! @secdef.govpeeps.us

My APPRENTICE Trying to make a small results inventory, it amounts roughly to the following. (Anybody allowed to additionally extend, detail the list for further enjoyment) What to do with this apprentice.. ?? Do any sensible americans exist to keep him going on? If only not to go into history as..

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We're now up to *1000* scheduled May Day rallies, marches, protests, action tables, food drives and mutual aid efforts in all 50 states, DC and PR. You're angry. You're scared. You don't know how this can go on. Make sure you get out in the street this week. Find one near you: mobilize.us/mayday.