❝ Several German correspondents have described "an atmosphere of intimidation" over their reporting on Israel & Palestine, as a campaign led by the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and its allies in Germany peaked over the past two weeks against Sophie von der Tann ❞

https://archive.md/S9rf9

#Germany #Fascists #Journalists #Censorship #CyberTerrorism #bullying #EUpol #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide

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Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

Others could learn a lot from this. 🤓

https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#opensource #germany #microsoft

❝ Several German correspondents have described "an atmosphere of intimidation" over their reporting on Israel & Palestine, as a campaign led by the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and its allies in Germany peaked over the past two weeks against Sophie von der Tann ❞

https://archive.md/S9rf9

#Germany #Fascists #Journalists #Censorship #CyberTerrorism #bullying #EUpol #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide

@palestine@lemmy.ml
@palestine@fedibird.com

China’s foreign minister has told his German counterpart that Japan is threatening his country militarily after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/politics/china-blame-japan-germany/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #germany #chinajapanrelations #defense #taiwan

U.S. senators telling troops they don’t have to obey illegal commands has sparked ire from President Donald Trump, underscoring the enduring principle that soldiers must follow conscience and the law above orders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/07/duty-to-disobey-unlawful-orders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #us #donaldtrump #markkelly #petehegseth #clausvonstauffenberg #mylai #uniformcodeofmilitaryjustice #nuremberg #internationalcriminalcourt #thehague #germany #france #britain #israel #vietnam

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

Others could learn a lot from this. 🤓

https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

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The French President and German Chancellor have voiced severe scepticism about efforts by the U.S. government and its envoys to negotiate a peace between Ukraine and Russia, German magazine Spiegel cited a transcript of a confidential call as showing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/german-french-leaders-wary-us-push-ukraine-peace-spiegel-reports-2025-12-04/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #France #Germany #Macron #Merz #US #Trump

Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany - Online petition

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany

I've just signed it! We need to understand how much work goes into building digital infrastructure. Many people contribute to fundamental open source projects without recognition, and that has to change.

#OpenSource #Germany #DigitalSovereignity