Curious European 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦

Interested in economics, politics, science and philosophy

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The Kremlin continues its attempts to influence the outcome of Armenia's parliamentary elections.

For this purpose, charter flights were organized for Armenian citizens living in Russia, who were forced to participate in the vote in favor of pro-Russian forces. There are tens of thousands of them, mostly men.

Russian media claim that those who arrived in Yerevan from Russia were immediately handed summonses ordering them to report for military training.

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan commented that Armenian citizens liable for military service who come to the republic from abroad to vote "have not only rights, but also obligations to the Motherland."

Asked whether instructions to send these citizens to military training had already been issued by him and PM Pashinyan, the minister replied: "We are on vacation."

[Jakub Janda 楊雅嚳 @_JakubJanda]

Samozřejmě, že si Miloš Zeman zaslouží státní vyznamenání.

Ruské.

A čínské.

Odhodlanější vlastizrádce jsme ve vedení našeho státu několik generací neměli.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Never in U.S. history has a president so callously written off the deaths of Americans soldiers

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

Iraqi footballer Aymen Hussein issued a statement after being detained and questioned for seven hours upon entering the United States:

“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

It is deplorable that a US secretary of defense goes to France to exploit D-Day ceremonies to criticize Europe.
The last official trip Hegseth did to Europe was Normandy in June 2025. He has avoided NATO meetings since then.
Hegseth had better stay out of Europe & resign!

[African @ali_naka]

The World Cup 2026 is already chaotic because of these two clowns !

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Trump has trouble standing up as he WALKS OUT of his interview with Kristen Welker.

He’s not only a thin skinned pussy but he’s also decrepit.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Trump completely loses it and shows the whole world what the American president is: disgusting scum.

"You are either dishonest or stupid... You are stupid," Trump said to an American journalist and walked out of the interview.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

The country that has spent the last 16 months lecturing Europe about how to live sits at number 36 on the 2025 Prosperity Index. Just a mouse-arm’s inflammation above Russia. Sandwiched between Poland and Israel, two spots ahead of Hungary, and a comfortable distance behind Croatia.

Let that sink in while JD Vance is warming up his next speech about European decline.

Every single country from number one down to number twenty-five is either European, or a nation built on European foundations. Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden. The top four. Not a MAGA hat in sight. The United Kingdom, which according to certain Fox News contributors is an unrecognisable warzone where law-abiding citizens are fed to the wolves the moment they land at Heathrow, sits at a very comfortable number 26. Ten places above the self-proclaimed leader of the free world.

Slovenia beats America. Estonia beats America. Lithuania beats America. Latvia beats America. These are countries that were behind the Iron Curtain within living memory.

And yet here we are, being told by the people around Trump, Vance and Rubio that Europe has something to learn from Washington. About prosperity. About governance. About how to run a country.

Number 36.

Two above Russia. Seventeen below Slovenia. Just ahead of Israel and Hungary, which is basically the international hall of fame for countries that have lost the plot.

The data is not complicated. Europe is not declining. America is just falling down the list.

[Shahin Hazamy @Shahin_Hazamy]

- Visas refusés pour la délégation iranienne

- Camp de base déplacé des USA au Mexique

- Aymen Hussein, attaquant irakien, interrogé pendant 7h à son arrivée

- Visa annulé à la dernière minute pour des supporters écossais

La CDM 2026 aux USA est déjà la pire de l’histoire…

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Xi Jinping’s running of China as a government-subsidized, export-driven manufacturing juggernaut “is not just bad for whole industries around the world; it’s also distorting China’s economy and alienating trading partners,” @MichaelSchuman argues: https://t.co/C4DWfb1ZvQ

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

With their vacation plans imploding as catastrophically as their planned genocide of a neighboring nation, Russians traveling through some Russian airports have been trapped for days, as Ukrainian drones dismantle their country.

Sochi, Russia

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Trump quits his interview: "You're either crooked or you're stupid…Your elections are crooked. You're crooked. Meet The Press is crooked. And so is ABC, and CBS, and CNN…Alright, let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."

[Curious European 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @CuriousEuropean]

@Posledniskaut Fuj tady něco hrozně smrdí 💩😮‍💨

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

WELKER: What changed? You insisted 'no new wars'

TRUMP: I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?

[Kyrylo Shevchenko @KShevchenkoReal]

⚡️⚡️⚡️BREAKING: @NATO is discussing a new €70B military aid pledge for Ukraine ahead of the Ankara summit.
Breakdown: €30B from the EU’s already approved €90B loan package + €40B in bilateral commitments from allies.
This builds on Rutte’s earlier push for €40B minimum – not all fresh cash, more about better tracking & ‘equitable’ burden-sharing. https://t.co/dXblXgcUER

[C4H10FO2P ☠️ @markito0171]

#Sochi airport in south 🇷🇺#Russia out of service since Friday bc drones

[FT Europe @ftbrussels]

Nato narrowly beats Russia-style enemy in cyber attack simulation https://t.co/M1wS0n1C9p

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Ukraine is not losing. And for Russia, that's a major defeat.
https://t.co/O9he74xiEL

[Curious European 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @CuriousEuropean]

A naši dezoláti v čele s Burešem @AndrejBabis , Pitomiem @tomio_cz Pussynkou @petr_macinka budou vytrvale opakovat, že “míru se dá dosáhnout pouze diplomatickým jednáním”.
Ale k…a, není to Ukrajina, kdo nechce jednat, nýbrž ten skrček Putin 🤬.

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

New: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich to Kyiv last month in a failed attempt to convince Vladimir Putin to hold direct peace talks, according to four people familiar with the matter. w/ @maxseddon @FT
https://t.co/GQGCf7olLl