Cross-Border Talks

Thinking about the world from within Central and Southeastern Europe,independent partner of @transform_ntwrk, #EU, #internationalrelations and #socialchange

[Cross-Border Talks @border_talks]

Historically, Washington relied on direct military invasions, some of which resulted in massive loss of life, or prolonged operations aimed at internal destabilization. What happened in Venezuela is none of these. Comment by @Wojciech_Lobo

https://t.co/pEtKRkeHJ6

[Cross-Border Talks @border_talks]

Problems in the field of care work and childcare reflect the lack of respect, love, and humanity in Bulgarian society

https://t.co/OtgNEYvbaa

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The number of migrant workers from India, Sri Lanka, China, and Thailand has grown significantly. Most of these workers are paying between $6,000 and $12,000 in fees—similar to the kafala system in Qatar—just to secure a permit to work in Israel.

https://t.co/RIDnWXq1Rf

[Cross-Border Talks @border_talks]

A world divided into spheres of influence by leaders of equal ruthlessness and greed is a horrible news to all who want something else than war and exploitation.

https://t.co/dA75elbvn6

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Read the entire text here: https://t.co/L1De8ufMWq

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The presidency of Karol Nawrocki will be a time of confrontation, aimed at weakening the already weak government of Donald Tusk, and playing with the card of 'special relations' between Nawrocki and Donald Trump, @Wojciech_Lobo writes.

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Nawrocki will often reformulate ideas from Donald Tusk's 2023 election campaign, thereby weakening its social support, which is already extremely low. In the eyes of Poles, the government is simply not fulfilling its role. An energetic president would weaken it even more.

[InfoMigrants @InfoMigrants]

Bulgaria has rejected nearly all asylum claims from Syrians since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, leaving them in limbo.

Many told us that they cannot return.

"Assad is gone, but everything is still the same. There's no electricity, no water."

https://t.co/CLGJdJWaTg

[Vladyslav Starodubtsev (Lazuto)🌹 @VlStarodubtsev]

The first move announced by Svyrydenko as prime minister is again an attack on workers.

She announced her plans to announce a moratorium on checks and investigations into illegal business practices as well as compliance of business with standarts (safety, labour law).

At the same time, she plans to close “unbased investigations that are blocking business activities”

In other words, its another attack on a rule of law in Ukraine and support for current oligarchic regime.

[InfoMigrants @InfoMigrants]

"I am seeking justice for the dead ones."

When Alhafiz Trjok and some 2,000 migrants tried to cross into Melilla three years ago, Moroccan and Spanish forces responded violently.

At least 23 people died.

He wrote a book about what happened:

https://t.co/Qv2pz8MQFa

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Read more: https://t.co/iaMm2pqpPw

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- The recent war has taken Iranian society back in time. After successive waves of protests - Woman-Life-Freedom marches, workers’ protests - the authorities understood that they could not continue with the strict control. But this changes - for worse.

https://t.co/iaMm2pqpPw

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While Iranian officials have stated that the idea of of opening up both internally and externally, remains relevant in some way, a new hunt for spies and traitors has begun.

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@partiarazem See also:

https://t.co/tCmb4vunmZ

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2025 presidential elections in 🇵🇱 might be the end of the Law and Justice/Civic Platform duopoly, which has nothing to do with real needs and expectations of the society - says @zofia_malisz of @partiarazem .

More in the interview by @Wojciech_Lobo:

https://t.co/8pSmMGrKEA

[Cross-Border Talks @border_talks]

@partiarazem The younger the voter, the weaker the attachment to the worn-out narrative: the battle between good and evil, democracy vs the dark ages, or real patriots vs traitors. The 2 most popular candidates among the <30 voters: Sławomir Mentzen and Adrian Zandberg.

[Cross-Border Talks @border_talks]

@partiarazem While the government shows no direction of further development and does not deliver most of the promises, far right parties like Confederation gain ground only by having a consistent message and approaching the potential voters actively.