Irene (Eirini) Kostaki

True, especially on this file, but this cannot stop us from asking questions

EU Commission frantically trying to dodge the issue of illegal wiretapping by the government (party) in Greece. The Commission should be on the side of citizens and democracy, but instead it shields political allies.

Greek journos @ikostaki.bsky.social & Maria Psarra asked 🇪🇺EU Commission spox Markus Lammert about the 🇬🇷wiretapping scandal & the statements made by Tal Dilian that he “provides tech only to govts & law enforcement agencies.”

More of the same from the Commission—failing to address the core of the Q.

Le traitement de l'affaire du Qatargarte UE par @liberation.fr est une honte absolue pour la profession. La preuve par le droit de réponse dans Libé de nos excellents confrères belges de @lesoir.be, injustement trainés dans la boue.

Soutien à @louiscolart.bsky.social @joelmatriche.bsky.social

Yeah yeah

Greeks rally to mark anniversary of deadly 2023 train crash ahead of trial | eKathimerini.com Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in front of Parliament, marking the third anniversary of the 2023 deadly train crash in Tempe, the country’s worst railway disaster on record, in Athens...

Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied in Athens and other cities on Saturday to mark the anniversary of a 2023 train crash, the country’s deadliest rail disaster in history, demanding justice ahead of a criminal trial set to begin next month. #tempe
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...

So the written procedure at COREPER II is over and EU - Mercosur deal both EMPA and the Interim ITA is done on behalf of the EU ms, 25 years after the negotiating mandate was handed to the Commission

Oh they will!

The COM SPP referred to this choice as a “commercial” decision of some kind, while all of this is deeply political.

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/t...

The biggest dietary problem facing Europeans is not excess meat, sugar, or salt, says Serge Hercberg, creator of the Nutri-Score food-labeling system.

The main obstacle, he told us, is deception by self-serving agri-food lobbies.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

NEW: police in #Serbia caught unlocking activists phones with
#Cellebrite forensic tool & planting spyware.

Investigation by Amnesty Tech shows Serbian authorities mixing a repression brew of homegrown + foreign-purchased surveillance & forensic tech.. 1/

securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/...

Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.

Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...

Gushing letter "I am a big fan of yours"

Time magazine has a long history of essentially trolling the world by naming dictators and strong men "person of the year."

When Vladimir Putin won in 2007, one fan wrote him a particularly gushing letter.... his name was Donald Trump.

La Banque centrale européenne poursuit sa baisse des taux d’intérêt

La Banque centrale européenne poursuit sa baisse des taux d’intérêt

Η Μακεδονία είναι ελληνική Αγρότες και «κτηνοτρόφοι» χωρίς ζώα εισέπραξαν ευρωπαϊκές επιδοτήσεις δεκάδων χιλιάδων ευρώ ακόμα και για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρεια Μακεδονία – πέρα από τα σύνορα Ελλάδας και Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.

Διαβαλκανική απάτη με ρόδες - Η Μακεδονία είναι ελληνική

Εισέπρατταν επιδοτήσεις από την Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική για χωράφια που δήλωναν στη Βόρειο Μακεδονία
Του @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestorygr.bsky.social

insidestory.gr/article/i-ma...

Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust With regard to Ole Jacob Sunde’s article (We want what’s best for the Observer – and the Guardian.…

Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter

Biden Says U.S. Conducted Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets in Syria President Biden hailed the fall of President Bashar al-Assad as a “fundamental act of justice” but warned of “a moment of risk and uncertainty.”

President Biden announced on Sunday that U.S. military forces had conducted airstrikes in Syria to keep the Islamic State from reasserting itself in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Γράψαμε πρόσφατα για αυτό το τεράστιο θέμα, που κανείς δεν συζητά στην Ελλάδα: insidestory.gr/article/dika...

Not cold enough for Brussels though.

Where is Bluesky legally established in the EU what are its user numbers? Even modestly sized platforms need a page with such details as per the Digital Services Act. A spokesman for @ec.europa.eu said on Monday that the search is now on "for any trace" of @bsky.app in the EU's 27 member states.

Όλα έχουν τη σημασία τους βέβαια. Δεν έχω αυταπάτες ως προς το πόσοι ζητούν διαφάνεια .

WTF

Έλα, γραφείο στο ισόγειο 💚

European governments bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29 According to a coalition of NGOs, the European Union's national delegations brought more than a hundred fossil fuel representatives with them to Baku for the UN climate conference. #EuropeNews

Εκσάγουμε πολιτιζμό

A body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.

[…]113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations.
“Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,"[…]

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Το μη κόψιμο των υπολοίπων 7 επιτρόπων από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, ως νικηφόρα μπλόφα εκ μέρους του EPP.