Stathios Ballas
@stathiosb.bsky.social
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• Worker Rights, Workplace Safety & Fair Pay
• Principles of Democratic Governance
• the Common Weal
• Unabashed globalist
* εὐδαιμονία
* Stop Cruelty to Animals *
Transnational Issues & Perspectives
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• Worker Rights, Workplace Safety & Fair Pay
• Principles of Democratic Governance
• the Common Weal
• Unabashed globalist
* εὐδαιμονία
* Stop Cruelty to Animals *
Transnational Issues & Perspectives
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🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agency NABU raided the Kyiv office of the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.
Finally...
"The investigative actions are authorized and are being carried out as part of an investigation. Details will follow." - NABU
Finally...
"The investigative actions are authorized and are being carried out as part of an investigation. Details will follow." - NABU
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agency NABU raided the Kyiv office of the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.
Finally...
"The investigative actions are authorized and are being carried out as part of an investigation. Details will follow." - NABU
Finally...
"The investigative actions are authorized and are being carried out as part of an investigation. Details will follow." - NABU
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🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
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As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.
Group of Tu-22M3 bombers redepolyed to Kola
As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.
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MEPs across parties today urged the European Commission to finally ban fur farming & the trade of farmed fur in the EU.
With over 1.5 million citizens backing the #FurFreeEurope ECI, the message is clear:
Fur farming is cruel, outdated & must end.
⤵️ bit.ly/4p1pDzJ
With over 1.5 million citizens backing the #FurFreeEurope ECI, the message is clear:
Fur farming is cruel, outdated & must end.
⤵️ bit.ly/4p1pDzJ
MEPs call on the Commission to finally ban fur farming
Today, during a plenary debate in Strasbourg, MEPs from across the political spectrum asked the European Commission (EC) to introduce an EU-wide ban on fur farming and on the placing of farmed fur…
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
MEPs across parties today urged the European Commission to finally ban fur farming & the trade of farmed fur in the EU.
With over 1.5 million citizens backing the #FurFreeEurope ECI, the message is clear:
Fur farming is cruel, outdated & must end.
⤵️ bit.ly/4p1pDzJ
With over 1.5 million citizens backing the #FurFreeEurope ECI, the message is clear:
Fur farming is cruel, outdated & must end.
⤵️ bit.ly/4p1pDzJ
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
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Today, our very own Antonio Calcara will be speaking at a PRIO-IRSEM Europe event entitled: "Drones over Europe: Security and Regulatory Dimensions", in Brussels. A timely event to discuss a major security concern for Europeans.
More info
www.irsem.fr/en/irsem-eur...
@acalcara.bsky.social
More info
www.irsem.fr/en/irsem-eur...
@acalcara.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Today, our very own Antonio Calcara will be speaking at a PRIO-IRSEM Europe event entitled: "Drones over Europe: Security and Regulatory Dimensions", in Brussels. A timely event to discuss a major security concern for Europeans.
More info
www.irsem.fr/en/irsem-eur...
@acalcara.bsky.social
More info
www.irsem.fr/en/irsem-eur...
@acalcara.bsky.social
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Several regions of Russia have suspended payments to families of those killed in the war against Ukraine⤵️.
📹: Radio Liberty
📹: Radio Liberty
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Several regions of Russia have suspended payments to families of those killed in the war against Ukraine⤵️.
📹: Radio Liberty
📹: Radio Liberty
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Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI.
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI.
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
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A great article in @foreignaffairs.com about the "toothless" Trump sanctions on Russian oil, that people have been getting wrong. China is still buying lots of oil, and without secondary sanctions, this will protect Moscow
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil
Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war a...
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A great article in @foreignaffairs.com about the "toothless" Trump sanctions on Russian oil, that people have been getting wrong. China is still buying lots of oil, and without secondary sanctions, this will protect Moscow
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Let’s try a thought experiment - say you’ve just been appointed to head the FBI, and you have buggy eyes, and you meet a cool woman, quite amazing, and you commission a jet plane, the FBI Plane, tx payer’s expense, to visit her singing at a wrestling match. OK?
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Let’s try a thought experiment - say you’ve just been appointed to head the FBI, and you have buggy eyes, and you meet a cool woman, quite amazing, and you commission a jet plane, the FBI Plane, tx payer’s expense, to visit her singing at a wrestling match. OK?
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We know that family gatherings can be challenging during the holidays 😬. That’s why we put together a guide to help you have the hard, but necessary, conversations about reproductive freedom.
Full conversation guide here: reproforall.org/convo
Full conversation guide here: reproforall.org/convo
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We know that family gatherings can be challenging during the holidays 😬. That’s why we put together a guide to help you have the hard, but necessary, conversations about reproductive freedom.
Full conversation guide here: reproforall.org/convo
Full conversation guide here: reproforall.org/convo
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Trump says in a post he's sending Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow and Driscoll to meet with the Ukrainians
"I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages."
"I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages."
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump says in a post he's sending Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow and Driscoll to meet with the Ukrainians
"I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages."
"I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages."
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In the Lyman direction, pilots of the SIGNUM battalion struck Russian occupiers’ shelters, a "Bukhanka" vehicle, and a couple more on ATVs.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In the Lyman direction, pilots of the SIGNUM battalion struck Russian occupiers’ shelters, a "Bukhanka" vehicle, and a couple more on ATVs.
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The year-long pressure campaign by the Trump regime to force Ukraine to accept "peace-deal" conditions which are not acceptable & deny Ukraine the ability to negotiate on its own behalf is tyrannical.
Then we get the "28-point" deal & the attempt to coerce Ukraine to accept it by November 27!
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Then we get the "28-point" deal & the attempt to coerce Ukraine to accept it by November 27!
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November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The year-long pressure campaign by the Trump regime to force Ukraine to accept "peace-deal" conditions which are not acceptable & deny Ukraine the ability to negotiate on its own behalf is tyrannical.
Then we get the "28-point" deal & the attempt to coerce Ukraine to accept it by November 27!
1/
Then we get the "28-point" deal & the attempt to coerce Ukraine to accept it by November 27!
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⚡️ 'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal.
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
⚡️ 'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal.
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
“Führt Russland nicht schon längst einen unerklärten Krieg gegen uns?“
"In einer Weltordnung, die macht- und nicht regelbasiert ist, sehe ich das Völkerrecht als einen normativen Horizont, der die Realität überwölbt. Aber es hat für die operative Politik zunehmend an Relevanz verloren. Es gibt keinen Hüter der Ordnung und keinen Hüter des Völkerrechts mehr." (€)
Herfried Münkler im Gespräch: „Man muss eine strukturelle Unterlegenheit des Westens einräumen“
Es gebe keinen Hüter der Ordnung und des Völkerrechts mehr, sagt der Politikwissenschaftler Herfried Münkler. Was geschieht, wenn die Trennlinien zwischen Krieg und Frieden unscharf werden?
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“Führt Russland nicht schon längst einen unerklärten Krieg gegen uns?“
Russland verübt einen der tödlichsten Raketenangriffe seit Kriegsbeginn.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
Russland rückt im Süden der Ukraine vor, weiter schwere Kämpfe
Die Ukraine muss Stellungen im Süden des Landes aufgeben. Russland fliegt einen der tödlichsten Luftangriffe seit Kriegsbeginn auf Ternopil.
www.zdfheute.de
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Russland verübt einen der tödlichsten Raketenangriffe seit Kriegsbeginn.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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Here Rajan Menon calls the Trump plan what it is, an abomination.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine | Rajan Menon
Following criticism, the president accused Ukraine of ingratitude but also added the plan was ‘not my final offer’. Which parts of it will survive?, says Rajan Menon of the City College of New York
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Here Rajan Menon calls the Trump plan what it is, an abomination.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What the US is committed to: Respect territorial integrity, prosecute war crimes, keep NATO open
What Trump's plan requires: Recognize conquest, grant amnesty, close NATO door
71 direct contradictions.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
What Trump's plan requires: Recognize conquest, grant amnesty, close NATO door
71 direct contradictions.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What the US is committed to: Respect territorial integrity, prosecute war crimes, keep NATO open
What Trump's plan requires: Recognize conquest, grant amnesty, close NATO door
71 direct contradictions.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
What Trump's plan requires: Recognize conquest, grant amnesty, close NATO door
71 direct contradictions.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
How important is the outcome of Russia’s war on Ukraine to security of Europe?
If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, European unity will disintegrate.
youtu.be/vNB3u0ii0nQ
If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, European unity will disintegrate.
youtu.be/vNB3u0ii0nQ
CEO of the MSC Franke: 'We don't want to manage our own security without the US'
YouTube video by DW News
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How important is the outcome of Russia’s war on Ukraine to security of Europe?
If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, European unity will disintegrate.
youtu.be/vNB3u0ii0nQ
If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, European unity will disintegrate.
youtu.be/vNB3u0ii0nQ
When European leaders are discussing "peace deals" with Russia & the U.S., or discussing again the persistent demand of Trump to readmit Russia to the G8 - AND when the U.S. negotiation team includes Jared Kushner & Steve Witkoff!!! - keep this here 👇 also in mind:
www.dw.com/en/us-milita...
www.dw.com/en/us-milita...
US military buildup off Venezuela's coast heightens tensions – DW – 11/24/2025
The US military continues to bolster its presence off the coast of its Latin American neighbor. Analysts say Washington's goal remains regime change, not drug cartels.
www.dw.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When European leaders are discussing "peace deals" with Russia & the U.S., or discussing again the persistent demand of Trump to readmit Russia to the G8 - AND when the U.S. negotiation team includes Jared Kushner & Steve Witkoff!!! - keep this here 👇 also in mind:
www.dw.com/en/us-milita...
www.dw.com/en/us-milita...
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If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...
Europe offers G8 return to Russia for Ukraine peace deal
Ukraine did not react positively to the peace deal brokered through the U.S., prompting European leaders to craft a counter-offer.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...