Democracy continues its disturbing retreat econ.st/2BbupHA

Austrian Michaela Polleres takes gold after final against Giovanna Scoccimarro judoinside.com/news/3002/Mich… #JudoTashkent2018

It's with great sadness that we confirm the death of Pete Shelley, one of the UK's most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks.

Today they are emerging markets. In just over a decade they will represent seven of the world’s 10 biggest economies bloom.bg/2D2kJOk

Growth 2019 #ECForecast: 🇲🇹5.2 🇮🇪4.1 🇸🇰4.1 🇷🇴3.8 🇧🇬3.6 🇵🇱3.5 🇭🇺3.4 🇨🇾3.3 🇸🇮3.1 🇱🇻3.1 🇨🇿2.9 🇪🇪2.7 🇭🇷2.7 🇱🇹2.7 🇱🇺2.5 🇬🇷2.2 🇪🇸2.1 🇫🇮1.9 🇳🇱1.7 🇵🇹1.7 🇦🇹1.6 🇩🇰1.6 🇪🇺1.5 🇸🇪1.3 🇫🇷1.3 🇧🇪1.3 🇬🇧1.3 🇩🇪1.1 🇮🇹0.2 Learn more → europa.eu/!Dt73nt

Sensation: Lukas Weißhaidinger holt Diskus-Bronze bei der Leichtathletik-WM sn.at/sport/mixed/se…

The war in Ukraine is especially shocking because the post-war identity of Europe is focused on being, exactly, post-war. -Ivan Krastev in conversation with John Torpey. Watch it on The Graduate Center YouTube, listen to the podcast or read the transcript: bit.ly/3vLOq1u

Prague. Meeting the Czech prime minister to discuss fragility and robustness of systems.

The EU is the largest trade power and development & humanitarian aid donor. We must continue being the positive global force #FutureOfEurope

Born on this day, 260 years ago: William Blake. At his death he was almost completely forgotten. He had sold less than thirty copies of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. An obituary called him “an unfortunate lunatic.” j.mp/1kuULqX

Austria and Australia, take note.

What we call "talent" is generally "enjoying early practice so much it felt like playing, so you got good at something without noticing that you'd put in a lot of work" x.com/ksgant/status/…

Simpsons predictions Disney/Fox: 19 years before takeover. Trump: 16 years before his presidency. Greece: 3 years before it defaulted.

Klartext bei Steiner & Tingler. Läuft! #srfsteinertingler x.com/srfkultur/stat…

Countries with the largest diplomatic networks 1 US 273 overseas posts 2 China 268 3 France 266 4 Russia 242 5 Japan, Turkey 229 (tie) 7 UK 225 8 Germany 224 9 Brazil 221 10 Spain 215 Lowy Institute

Cairo University, English Department: 1959, 1978, 1995, 2004

If someone ever criticises your tidiness, show them this, the New York Review of Books office.