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Aan geld geen gebrek | Money no object


Lissabon (Portugal) 2023

De afgelopen dagen zagen we op dit weblog al de rijke decoratie van de kerk en klooster van São Vicente de Fora in Lissabon. Deze zaal met haar fraaie plafond (zie gisteren) laat zien dat geld ruim beschikbaar was voor deze kerk en klooster. De wand aan de andere kant toont dat nog eens:

Lissabon (Portugal) 2023

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #architectuur #church #foto #fotografie #kerk #klooster #lisboa #lisbon #lissabon #monastery #photo #photography #portugal















De klimaatmaatregelen gaan óók over schone lucht





‘A Dagger To The Heart’: BBC Credibility Nosedives Even Further








Hoe Nederland de belofte van onafhankelijkheid voor West-Papoea verbrak






Israel resumes genocide in Gaza. Yet the Western media is suppressing the truth.


Owen Jones Battle Lines

(...) Israel’s military attacks on Gaza resumed yesterday, and bear in mind dozens of Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the so-called ceasefire began in January. All of this is being suppressed and misrepresented by most of the Western media, who once again, cannot do their basic in explaining the inarguable facts, because their coverage is so slanted in favour of pro-Israel narratives. (...)

Complete article

> See also: Another expert report finds Israel is committing genocide. The West yawns.

Tags: #english #israel #palestine #palestinians #gaza #WestBank #genocide #hamas #media #news #journalism #journalist #censorship #bbc #cnn #icc #war crimes





Regeringsgebouw | Government building


Tirana (Albanië) 2024

Albanië is sinds 2024 kandidaat-lid van de Europese Unie. Overheidsgebouwen voeren naast de Albanese vlag met de dubbele adelaar ook die van de Europese Unie.

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

#albania #albanie #architecture #architectuur #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #tirana



‘Trump is abandoning Ukraine and wants a weaker EU’: Dominique de Villepin on Europe’s moment of truth


The Guardian

(...) “We now have three illiberal superpowers: Russia, China and the US,” De Villepin says. “America can no longer be considered an ally of Europe.” But he warns that the US will not prosper in this disordered, survival-of-the-fittest world it is creating, “because they will be completely isolated”.

He sees Trump’s authoritarian turn as both a crisis and an opportunity for Europe to unite behind a new common purpose. “The consequence of this will be a European awakening of democracy. We’re going to fight for liberal democracy more than ever. Because the question now is really: sovereignty or submission.” (...)

Complete article


Emmanuel Macron with Donald Trump at the White House this week. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AP.

Tags: #english #ukraine #us #united states #trump #europe #eu #european union #illiberal democracy #democracy #macron #villepin #zelensky

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Van Trump valt weinig druk op Israël te verwachten, maar ook Europa schiet schromelijk tekort





Witte Huis opent aanval op Europese privacywetgeving en ‘oneerlijke’ regulering Amerikaanse techbedrijven




Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data


in reply to Bert Ernste

Here on Friendica this may be preaching to the choir, but it can’t be said enough: those big tech firms are really bad, as (in the case of Meta/Facebook) the many links in the article once again show.
Spread the word.

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