Poland reintroduces temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania after concerns over migrant pushbacks from German into Poland over the weekend

For Architecture Day in Ukraine, we’ve put together a selection of stunning Ukrainian buildings. After a just peace comes, many more are sure to rise. 🧵1/12⬇️

Smutne pierdolenie, trudno to inaczej opisać

Ethnic cleansing by consultant

AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT Border Agent: What is your occupation? Me: I’m a philosopher BA (looking suspicious): Ok, then who’s the greatest Greek philosopher? Me (instantly): Aristotle BA (stamping my passport): Of course. Proceed

Poland’s Tusk when told about Świątek winning her Wimbledon semi-final: “Finally, something serious. And in the other semifinal, Anisimova won, right? Sabalenka lost? So many reasons to be happy.” 🤣

On why Polish cuisine is not all about meat, a neon pink beetroot soup, Iga Świątek’s pasta with strawberries, and how to beat the heat, Polish-style. Includes a tribute to the best pasta with strawberries I have ever eaten. Me for ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/food/2025/jul/…

Lift it high, Iga Świątek 🤩 #Wimbledon

A decision was taken here

Sam wybieram spacery, ale wszystkim dziś marszującym zostawię pod rozwagę takie dane: 2014r.: ▶️105 tys. cudzoziemców pracujących w 🇵🇱 ▶️6,4% Polaków dostrzegających przestępczość w swojej okolicy vs. 2023r.: ▶️1,12 mln imigrantów ▶️2,8%(‼️)🇵🇱dostrzegających przestępczość

In my previous life, ages ago, when I was working on a PhD thesis on energy security, I was often criticised (primarily by German experts and researchers) for calling it a political, rather than (as they claimed) a purely economic investment. Tschüss NS2, you won’t be missed

What a dark day

In a sign prez office is doubling down on indefensible, a social media channel widely understood to be one of their agents is now dropping threats they could open politically motivated investigations into the family of one of the MPs brave enough to stand up to them

WE'RE BACK-TO-BACK EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!! 🏆

The Anglo-Georgian Archaeological Expedition to Nokalakevi has been working for 25 years. They keep digging and finding more history. Here are pieces of a 2500 year old Colchis kvevri wine jar found today! 🇬🇧 🇬🇪 🤝.

The EU's trade agreement with the US -- if implemented as advertised -- is the least bad outcome available to the bloc among the options actually on the table. A more robust approach would have required member states to be united, prepared to absorb pain and to pushback against

Thankfully Olivier doesn't run the Commission. It would have been madness to retaliate against US given EU's geopolitical vulnerabilities. What Olivier describes as "stormy waters" could have meant Ukraine being thrown under the bus. Even if a 1% risk, would it be worth it? 1/

Weekly Georgian Etymology: ფანდური panduri 'two/three-stringed lute', from Greek πανδούρα, metathesis of Akkadian *pitnurum, possible analogical leveling of 𒁉𒋾𒉡 pitnu- instrument's string, musical instrument. Semantically shifted from part of the instrument to the whole.

Every European Commission email I am trying to reach this week

Dostałem zaproszenie do wystąpienia w panelu na Forum Ekonomiczne w Karpaczu. Organizatorzy oczekują uiszczenia opłaty za jego przyjęcie. 🤦‍♂️