Interesting findings on the #sustainability backlash, but the choice to include #Turkey as Asia-Pacific and not either #MiddleEast or #Europe is...quite a choice.
Also, more than half the world, by population, is in Asia-Pacific - makes it kind of a useless category to make any conclusions.
The slowdown at Europe’s cocoa factories is deepening, highlighting how historically high prices are curbing demand and hurting processors’ profits in the top chocolate consuming region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/markets/europe-cocoa-global-chocolate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #cocoa #chocolate #europe #eu
Europe should fully tap Russia’s frozen central bank assets to fund Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction instead of depending on taxpayers, especially given Trump’s conditions on continued U.S. support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/frozen-russian-billions-pay-for-ukraines-arms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #eu #nato #donaldtrump #usdefense
Microsoft marketing: “Your data stays in Europe.”
Microsoft’s Legal Director (under oath, in French Parliament): “No, I cannot guarantee that.”
Still think Microsoft Teams is a sovereign solution?
Credit @ponceto91 for the meme
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Listen to how European leaders humiliated an entire people in the #EU.
It was a week that brought the future of #Greece and the #Eurozone to the brink. Ten years ago, on 6 July the Greek people voted against the terms of a financial bailout which included raising taxes and slashing welfare spending.
Greece owed €323bn to various countries and banks within #Europe. Its banks were closed. A quarter of the population and half of Greece’s young people were unemployed.
The morning after the vote, Euclid Tsakalotos was brought in to replace Yanis Varoufakis as finance minister. His predecessor had accused European leaders of “terrorism” in their handling of the crisis. Parachuted in to last-ditch talks with angry European leaders, Euclid Tsakalotos describes to Josephine McDermott the make-or-break 17-hour summit in Brussels.
He reveals that when Angela Merkel, the leader of Greece’s biggest lender #Germany, said she was leaving the room because she could not accept what was on the table, Donald #Tusk, president of the European Council, actually locked the door to stop her leaving and force an agreement to be reached.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct74q4
Israeli Jewish anti-genocide activist Yael Kahn charged for describing Israel as ‘Nazi'
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert agreed with her this week but Starmer regime won’t let that interfere with his war on pro-Palestinian speech https://skwawkbox.org/2025/07/16/israeli-jewish-anti-genocide-activist-yael-kahn-charged-for-describing-israel-as-nazi/
#UK#Britain#Protest#Antisemitism#Fascism#UKpol#Palestine#Gaza#Genocide#Europe
U.S. President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements. Now comes the hard part. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/trump-ukraine-weapons-details-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #nato #eu #europe #us
Several European countries said on Tuesday they were willing to buy U.S. arms for Ukraine under a plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, although arrangements still needed to be worked out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/europe-us-arms-ukraine-trump-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #europe #eu #defense #us #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
I am looking for Members of Green Parties in EU member states (EGP) to connect about topics like #Chatcontrol#DataRetention#Encryption and all that’s related to these topics in regard to privacy.
We can only stop this if we work together.
So, anyone from Europe who wants to join a small group of Greens from Germany who try to stop all this?
Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France's second-biggest city of Marseille. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/15/climate-change/europe-wildfires-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #europe #heatwaves
Five EU countries including France will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking the age of users, the European Commission said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/society/eu-age-app-children-online/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #socialmedia #apps #australia #europe #eu #denmark #france #greece #italy #spain #bigtech #instagram #facebook #snapchat #tiktok
As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled bottles that contain products banned in the European Union. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/15/sustainability/europe-pesticide-farmers-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #pesticides #agriculture #greece #europe #eu
Europe is pushing for digital sovereignty 🇪🇺
XWiki and OpenProject are building an open source alternative to Confluence and Jira—aimed at reducing reliance on U.S. tech and giving users more control 🔐
Backed by public initiatives like ZenDiS, the project supports self-hosted, transparent collaboration tools.
https://news.itsfoss.com/europe-open-source-alternative-confluence/
#OpenSource#Privacy#DigitalSovereignty#FOSS#Linux#SelfHosted#Europe#EU#Collaboration#XWiki#OpenProject#FreeSoftware#US
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