Congratulations to Westminster Council for their acceptance of Banksy’s brilliant statue near Pall Mall. Let’s hope it stays — a welcome note of calmness and humour at a time of growing extremism.
The presidential candidate of Poland’s main ruling party kicked off his campaign on Saturday by calling on the central bank governor to lower interest rates and stop interfering with the economy https://t.co/DPcK18mGxW via @economics
Russia imprisons the co-chair of a human rights group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for criticizing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/wLgBz1sqMj via @bpolitics
Russians in Moscow are lining up to lay flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny at a memorial to Gulag victims outside the FSB headquarters.
Given the extent to which the Kremlin has suppressed all dissent since invading Ukraine, this is a not insignificant crowd.
Investors who bought into Turkey’s transformation story are unusually optimistic after the shock departure of central bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan, expecting her successor to intensify an orthodox push in the nearly $1 trillion emerging market https://t.co/BrR30oWjgP
Dziś obchodzimy Międzynarodowy Dzień Pamięci o Ofiarach Holokaustu oraz 79. rocznicę wyzwolenia obozu koncentracyjnego i zagłady Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Pamiętamy o sześciu milionach Żydów zamordowanych podczas Holokaustu i wszystkich ofiarach niemieckiego nazistowskiego reżimu.
The massive rally in Polish assets since October’s election is being tested by the return of political turmoil, which is hurting the country’s chances of quickly tapping billions of euros in frozen EU aid https://t.co/H36pf43Kql via @bpolitics
“Once a year on her birthday, Alice Weidel sits down with her wife over a glass of red wine. The couple ask themselves: Is it all worth it? The hatred, the anonymous threats, the public exposure” a must read profile of AfD co-leader by @ArneDelfs https://t.co/RsBoeowqFu
Poland’s incoming government will join the European Union’s Public Prosecutor’s Office to tighten relations with the bloc, incoming premier Donald Tusk said on Friday.
With @econ1st https://t.co/vXHh0hqA4o
December 2, 1926 | Aga Gershkovich, a Ukranian Jew, was born in Vilkhovitza.
In May 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. Most of her family was murdered in the War.
Aga survived, and today is her 97th birthday. Please join us in wishing her a wonderful day!
Russia wants foreigners entering the country to sign a “loyalty agreement” pledging not to challenge the Kremlin on issues like President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and a ban on promoting LGBT relationships, according to Tass https://t.co/Rez77hOzl2 @bpolitics
21 November 1907 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Elisabeth Cohen-Duits, was born in Dordrecht.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.