"Team Europe is ready to support the region’s economies in overcoming this unprecedented crisis" intellinews.com/comment-the-ei…

U.S. authorities warned art and antiquity traders that they will need to start submitting Suspicious Activity Reports for dubious transactions, similar to what is expected of financial institutions. occrp.org/en/daily/14033…

"the result could see at least two electric vehicle ecosystems — one dominated by #Tesla with most of its technology in-house, akin to #Apple's iPhone — and a rival similar to #Samsung which uses #Android This is fascinating - the future of car-making. politico.eu/article/volksw…

Looks like #Hungary's political-economic model is more and more resembling those in countries of on post-#Soviet space. What a shame. intellinews.com/hungarian-mill…

"Není příliš jasné, na základě jakých předpokladů by se měl Birke stát ministrem kultury - zato je nad slunce jasnější, proč ho přes Hamáčka tlačí do vlády Zeman." nazory.aktualne.cz/komentare/zema…

Automated gender recognition is often built in to AI systems. I wrote about the campaign to ban it ft Os Keyes Access Now All Out Reclaim Your Face codastory.com/authoritarian-…

Cyprus has a new registry that requires companies to reveal their "ultimate beneficial owners," information that is critical in uncovering financial crime. The public will be able to access the database after a 12-month interim period. occrp.org/en/daily/14212…

This is a bit dated piece on #Hungary's Fidesz long courtship of the #German #CDU, but I love it! Highly recommend this to anyone interested in central/eastern #Europe's politics. By direkt36 direkt36.hu/en/a-magyar-ne…

An underreported big story from Hungary: struggling to keep his supermajority in parliament, Orbán relies on votes of far-right MPs, including those from Our Homeland, a party that broke away from Jobbik & gets regular airtime in Orbán's media. By hvg.hu: hvg.hu/360/202118__at…

#Budapest’s liberal mayor enters race to be opposition PM candidate in 2022 - another center vs periphery political battle in central Europe. intellinews.com/budapest-s-lib…

What a ride

Nice piece by @Marcus_How89 on the Austrian post-WWII neutrality model juxtaposed with today's #Ukraine️ THE VIEW FROM MITTELEUROPA: Ukraine and the ‘Austrian solution’ intellinews.com/the-view-from-…