Students and other citizens held a protest march in Belgrade on Monday evening in support of Natalija Jovanovic, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in the southeastern Serbian town of Nis, who was attacked with a knife and stabbed in the hand before an anti-government protest on Sunday.
>One of the placards carried by the Belgrade protesters on Monday said: "Solidarity – freedom – rule of law." The march started from the central Students Square, and upon reaching the Constitutional Court, the people held 16 minutes of silence, their phone flashlights turned on, to commemorate the 16 victims of the Novi Sad tragedy.
https://github.com/CitizensFoundation/your-priorities-app/issues/161
It's not a straightforward task. And it's controversial is you want to avoid multiple registrations.
It's been around for many years now and famously was used in the consultations for the constitution of Iceland. We also used it in Bulgaria back in 2013 and had a community of more than 3000 users, but it lost traction due to being ignored by politicians and controversial debates.
You can see more recent activity on https://www.citizens.is/ , particularly the impact and news sections.
There's https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt for a marketplace.
I'm really missing something like https://yrpri.org/domain/3
>From one perspective, the timing of his arrest was curious: Stripping İmamoğlu of his university credentials would have been sufficient to exclude him from running and, anyway, the presidential election isn’t due until 2028 — although there’s been chatter it could come sooner. > >So, why move against him now and launch the arrests of 106 others, including officials from İmamoğlu’s CHP? > >Some argue Erdoğan didn’t want to wait and allow the Istanbul mayor’s candidacy the opportunity to gain more steam. But Gönül Tol, author of “Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria,” suspects the explanation lies in what’s happening beyond Turkey’s borders: The Turkish leader likely felt emboldened by the unfolding geopolitical shift toward autocracy, and so felt this was an auspicious moment to strike.
Well, I guess they had a good idea, but struggle implementing it. The ban makes sense as a mechanism to force social media owners to comply with government regulations. If TikTok demonstrates that they are willing to moderate content, they probably should be allowed again. The caveat is that moderation at this scale is very very difficult, they want to convince us that it's impossible. But behind this alleged impossibility, transpires a political agenda.
Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night to rally against the arrest of the city’s popular mayor.
>It also caused a shockwave in the financial market, triggering temporary halts in trading on Wednesday to prevent panic selling.
>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed concern over the mayor’s detention, saying it was a “very, very bad sign” for Turkey’s relations with the European Union.
>Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkey’s largest city in March 2019, a historic blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party, which had controlled Istanbul for a quarter-century. Erdogan’s party pushed to void the municipal election results in the city of 16 million, alleging irregularities. > >The challenge resulted in a repeat of the election a few months later, which Imamoglu also won. The mayor retained his seat following local elections last year, during which his party made significant gains against Erdogan’s governing party.
Explained here: https://lemmy.world/comment/15815089
The Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoglu, and several other senior members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) were detained early this morning. The arrests come just days before the opposition party was expected to officially
>The Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoglu, and several other senior members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) were detained early this morning. The arrests come just days before the opposition party was expected to officially nominate İmamoglu as its presidential candidate. The CHP will hold primaries on Sunday, March 23, to elect its presidential nominee, and İmamoglu was widely considered the most likely choice. He had unofficially announced his candidacy earlier this month.
>In recent months, however, there has been media speculations that in 2027 the president may schedule early election, possibly in March 2028, to secure a chance to be re-elected without requiring a constitutional change. > >Earlier this year, the spokesperson of the ruling AKP, Omer Celik, said that the possibility of President Erdogan running again is "on the agenda for discussion" and that a possible "formula" for this will be considered, according to Turkish media. > >Under the Turkish constitution, Erdogan cannot run in the 2028 presidential elections. However, the law allows an exception for a president in their second and final term if Parliament calls early elections. > >In the local elections of March 31 last year, Erdogan's ruling AKP lost the national elections for the first time since coming to power in 2002, with the CHP emerging victorious. AKP also suffered defeats in many of the country’s largest cities, including Istanbul and Ankara.
It has been hypothesised that Bulgaria could join and this is seen as a hostility by Serbia
https://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=231382
However, winds and governments are changing way too often in Bulgaria and foreign policy is completely unpredictable. The only constant is that it's toothless.
The Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoglu, and several other senior members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) were detained early this morning. The arrests come just days before the opposition party was expected to officially
>The Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoglu, and several other senior members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) were detained early this morning. The arrests come just days before the opposition party was expected to officially nominate İmamoglu as its presidential candidate. The CHP will hold primaries on Sunday, March 23, to elect its presidential nominee, and İmamoglu was widely considered the most likely choice. He had unofficially announced his candidacy earlier this month.
>Protesters chanted, "Mayor Resul is not alone!", "Mayor Ekrem is not alone!" and "Detentions, arrests, and repression will not scare us!", BirGün reports. > >Emma Sinclair-Webb, the Turkiye Director of Human Rights Watch, condemned the detention of İmamoglu and other senior CHP officials, calling it a blatant abuse of the judicial system, Reuters reported. > >Words of support for Imamoglu came from the French Foreign Ministry, whose spokesman said that the arrest could have grave consequences for Turkish democracy. The Foreign Ministry in Berlin called it "a step backwards" for Turkiye. The Council of Europe condemned the arrests as a move against the will of the people. The mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki also voiced support for the Istanbul mayor in social media posts. > >In the wake of the Wednesday arrests, the Turkish lira crashed by 12% to an all-time low of 42 to the dollar. > >Access to several social media platforms, including X, TikTok, and Instagram, was partially restricted in Turkey this morning. > >Imamoglu's arrest came a day after Istanbul University announced annulling İmamoglu’s diploma in line with a move by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office questioning the legitimacy of his higher education credentials.
In Italy the anti-nuclear stance was voted in a referendum in 1987, but they still keep trying.
>The Iasi office of DNA is now led by prosecutor Cristina Chiriac. Chiriac gained notoriety following revelations from a national investigative outlet, SaFieLumina.ro, about sexual abuse committed by the bishop of Husi. Journalists showed that Chiriac, then a prosecutor, had kept incriminating video evidence of the bishop’s abuse locked away in her desk drawer for years, instead investigating the victim for blackmail.
>Last week, the ruling majority adopted the Law on the Protection of the Constitutional Order of Republika Srpska. Under this legislation, the authorities get more power to collect data and investigate alleged attempts to undermine them or threaten the Serb-dominated entity’s security. > >The legislation also criminalises “disrespect or non-execution of decisions of institutions or bodies of Republika Srpska”, as well as “other criminal acts that indirectly or directly threaten the constitutional order and territorial integrity of Republika Srpska”. It envisages the establishment of a new Special Prosecution and a Court of Republika Srpska
I guess that could be a more objective way of looking at it: http://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/20750.jpeg
Then it's just propaganda aiming to manipulate the German public.
The leaders of the two Romanian far-right parties, Alliance for the Union of Romanians and the Youth Party, George Simion and Anamaria Gavrila, will run for the presidential elections in May. They announced the news in a video published on their
>The leaders of the two Romanian far-right parties, Alliance for the Union of Romanians and the Youth Party, George Simion and Anamaria Gavrila, will run for the presidential elections in May. They announced the news in a video published on their official Facebook profiles after meeting with former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu Tuesday morning. If both bids are validated, one of them will withdraw, as stated in the video.
They got him laundering Russian money into politics and organising a coup, but he still pretends. They need to put him on trial, not just ban him from elections. Of course, it is different institutions that are responsible for these actions.
Romanian authorities have arrested six individuals accused of attempting to stage a coup, allegedly with support from Russian agents. The group is charged with forming a criminal organization and treason, as well as planning actions aimed at Romania's withdrawal from NATO.
Something many other countries in the region should also do.
>In addition to their political aspirations, the suspects recruited supporters through online platforms, publishing videos aimed at both national and international audiences. The group's efforts were not limited to online propaganda, as they took steps to negotiate Romania's exit from NATO and discussed their plans with foreign political and military representatives. > >The authorities conducted searches at eight locations in Bucharest and several counties, seizing important evidence. Four of the accused are set to face preventive detention, while the other two will remain under house arrest. These arrests come just after Romania expelled the Russian Federation's military attaché and his deputy, accusing them of engaging in activities contrary to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. It is unclear whether these expulsions are connected to the arrests.
Thank you for the context. The current dynamics is that with the waning Russian fleet, Turkey is building up to dominate.
The Montreux Convention needs to be overridden with a total ban of military activity in the Black Sea basin. This is necessary both to protect its fragile ecosystem and as a step towards long-lasting peace in the wider region.
The Ukrainian president offers first steps towards a ceasefire and calls on Trump to lead the peace process
>The new proposal announced by Zelenskiy comes two days after French President Emmanuel Macron revealed that he was negotiating with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to offer a partial ceasefire similar to the one detailed by the Ukrainian leader, although only for one month. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot added that the intention of “a truce in the sky, at sea and in the energy infrastructure is to test whether Vladimir Putin has good intentions to seal a truce.”
Well, plebbit being text-only means exactly that any media content is being stored remotely on CDNs
North Macedonia stands at a critical crossroads in its EU integration process and expects consistency in understanding its positions, as well as concerns over the 2022 negotiation framework, Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski said on Wednesday following a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Sz...
At a moment when Hungary is isolated due to it blocking of all support for Ukraine, Macedonia sends a very clear message by seeking support from them exactly.
It is not in the White House that people are dying. In fact, the White House is just going through 2 years of madness that will end at the half-term elections at latest.
Наступательный потенциал оккупационной армии России, по всей видимости, близок к исчерпанию.
>In the last three months, the pace of the Russian army's offensive in Ukraine has been falling. In February 2025, the Russian army managed to occupy 192 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory. This is 4 times less than in the peak period in autumn 2024. > >The OSINT project DeepState, which monitors the situation on the front line, has drawn attention to the occupiers' loss of momentum. > >According to OSINTers, the current pace of the Russian army has already equalled that of July 2024. At the same time, the Russians are taking very heavy casualties as they try to advance.
Not an uncommon view among mercenaries.
>Authorities say a broader investigation into election-related crimes uncovered links to an alleged illegal weapons network. > >Among the 21 individuals now facing arrest is former French Foreign Legion soldier Horatiu Potra, who served under contract in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. > >"About the weapons, I will admit to illegal possession, but first I want to say that... rather than die legally, it is better to live illegally," Potra said, as quoted by Reuters.
Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications
>His message was greeted with joy in the Istanbul conference room where Öcalan’s allies gathered to broadcast his call, after displaying a photo of supporters visiting the white-haired septuagenarian. A group of older Kurdish peace activists ululated as the call to lay down arms was read out. > >“This is the breaking point of history and it is a positive one,” said Sırrı Süreyya Önder of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) party. “We are here with a compass to find a possible route out of these dark chaotic days.” > >Önder hinted at some of the potential problems to come, adding that while Öcalan called for the PKK’s dissolution and to lay down arms, that all of this “requires the recognition of democratic politics,” and legal support for a sustained peace. > >DEM party politicians said they were hoping for a reprieve in government pressure following the announcement, after authorities in Ankara have sought to replace multiple politicians and mayors affiliated to the group, particularly in the majority-Kurdish southeast. > >President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has sought unilateral disarmament from the PKK, publicly quashing suggestions that Öcalan’s announcement would herald the start of peace talks.
It's an amazing place with amazing history, much of it hidden.
Police have arrested nine Turkish nationals in Thessaloniki and Athens after conducting searches linked to a shooting on Tuesday that left one Turkish national dead.
>The shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon in Thessaloniki, when two Turkish nationals were in a car near the city’s intercity bus terminal. Police said another vehicle blocked their path, and an assailant inside opened fire. The driver was wounded and hospitalized, while the passenger was fatally shot.
I guess this law serves as advance warning, as the country has the right to protect its airspace anyway.
This coming after the US-led resolution appears as an attempt to distract from internal issues.
At least there are people showing signs of sanity.
However, opposition members from the Party of Democratic Progress, PDP, and the Serbian National Alliance, SNS, refused to participate, after which Dodik’s Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, accused them of siding with Schmidt.
Members of the Republika Srpska veterans’ union have also refused to join Dodik’s rally, noting that, “there never has been, there is not, nor will there ever be, an individual whose fate can be tied to the fate of Republika Srpska”.
Someone else already did here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/16916945
Wow, not sure if you did something or it was there all along... But I used to search for it by language. And the language is not there anymore :D
But seriously, thank you.
Georgian Dream announced its intention to replace the existing foreign agent law with a direct translation of US legislation.
>Georgian Dream has registered a bill in parliament that it claims is the Georgian translation of the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), with the aim of targeting civil society organisations. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze had previously described FARA as a ‘total disaster’.
>The ruling party also announced plans for additional legislative initiatives and amendments, including a package that would remove any obligations for the state to allow civil society to take part in legislative decision-making processes.
>He also announced plans to introduce stricter drug laws, as well as changes to laws regarding juvenile justice and migration.
>Georgian Dream additionally announced plans to simplify the appointments or dismissal of heads of legal entities under public institutions, which he said will be determined by ministers or the heads of public institutions.
If your area is not contaminated, I guess it's worth a shout.
...and it looks awful
>Costs were steep. As the country’s debt load soared past 90% of its GDP in the wake of the pandemic, Montenegro announced in 2021 that it was unable to pay Chinese loans and was facing bankruptcy. European and American banks stepped in, bringing the country's debt ratio down to 60% of GDP.
