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Die Spanierinnen stehen Spalier für die Gastgeberinnen. #ESPSUI #Euro2025

1/ The occupied regions of Ukraine are facing a deepening ecological and economic crisis, with critical shortages of water, rapid desertification, and the collapse of agriculture and industries across the occupied territories. Russia is doing little to resolve it. ⬇️

Across West Africa, Russian-backed entities are spreading disinformation through media outlets, social platforms, and troll networks, encouraging vulnerable people to embark on perilous journeys to Europe with false promises of opportunity and prosperity. These campaigns are not…

Belarus. Dzmitry Semchanka, a former journalist from the regime's ANT television network, has been released. He served the entire three-year sentence in the harshest prison, Colony No. 22 near Ivatsevichy (Brest region), known as the Wolf's Dens. Dzmitry Semchanka was detained…

Und in der Schweiz diskutieren Politiker über angeblich sichere Gebiete in der Ukraine, wovon man nicht fliehen müsse.

Ihar Losik's brother Mikita was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open prison, write human rights activists from Viasna. Mikita was convicted of allegedly "supporting the activities of an extremist organization". The man was detained in April because he allegedly…

Across Russia, searches were conducted at the homes of journalists and human rights defenders, reports the Meduza portal. This morning, Russian authorities carried out searches, among others, at the home of Yekaterina Tkacheva, who collaborates with the Sotavision channel, in…

On the topic of “Ukrainian Nazis:” Kyiv police noted the first photo below on social media and detained two men for walking around displaying swastikas, which is a crime punishable by up to 5 years behind bars. Both men turned out to be *foreign citizens* npu.gov.ua/news/politsiia…

The @UEFA_Foundation has 2 robots per game that allow children in hospital to see and interact with players as they arrive at the stadium. I had the honour to be guiding one of the robots in yesterday's match. Very touching to see the children smile. #WEURO2025

A moment that touched us to the core. Children from Mariupol’s “Wings of Hope” orphanage, now finding temporary shelter in Switzerland, stood as mascots at #WEURO2025 Deeply grateful to @UEFAFoundation for this extraordinary opportunity Proud to share this moment with @uafukraine

On the morning of Sept 20, 2023, russian occupiers abducted journalist Anastasiia Hlukhovska in Melitopol. A month later, Kremlin TV showed a video: masked men raided her home, searched her devices, handcuffed her and took her away. Since then, no official info about her…

After the sleepless night, my brain can't process and put together the scale of destruction caused by a huge russian combined attack at Ukraine. Terrorists fired 367 air targets, of which 9 were ballistic, 56 cruise and 4 guided air missiles. 13 people were killed. Children died…

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we honor the courage of independent journalists. In Belarus, journalism is treated as a crime: 40 journalists remain imprisoned Independent media labeled “extremist” Raids, website bans, forced exile Press freedom is not a luxury — it’s a right!

⚡️Russian journalist and outspoken war critic escapes from house arrest. Ekaterina Barabash, a Russian journalist who was arrested earlier this year for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, has escaped house arrest and is now wanted by police, Russian state media reported on…

A must-read for research managers in pre-award. Knowing how to train AI will be the new competitive advantage.

From the U.S. Holocaust Museum: "What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process." Welp.

Last month there was an announcement that I thought was a major advancement in world health, but it got little attention. I thought I would tell you all a little bit about it and why it is so important. 1/25

Eine ballistische Rakete in ein Wohngebiet zu schießen, die wahllos Zivilisten tötet, ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.

I can’t begin to convey how emotionally draining, alienating, and soul-crushing it feels to endure bombings for the fourth year. To watch your city being destroyed, to see your people burning in their beds, while the world keeps turning—indifferent enough to let it happen. Or…

👏The initialling of the association agreement on EU programmes is an excellent step towards Switzerland's association with Horizon Europe, Euratom, ITER and DEP. The agreement could be provisionally applied after the signature, which is expected to take place in November 2025.