Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

⚡️Ukraine proposes extending truce beyond Easter Sunday.

"Thirty hours is enough for headlines, but not for real confidence-building measures," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "Thirty days can give peace a chance."

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-proposes-extending-truce-beyond-easter-sunday/

❗️🇲🇩 Russia wants to replace Moldova’s leadership with pro-Kremlin puppets and use the country against Ukraine, warns President Maia Sandu. She emphasized that Ukraine remains Moldova’s shield — and Chișinău has a moral duty to stay out of Putin’s war.

https://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/9e52a81ca0a35a0d/video-maia-sandu-despre-miza-kremlinului-sa-schimbe-conducerea-cu-oameni-loiali-si-sa-foloseasca-rm-impotriva-ucrainei.html

Fakt des Tages

As long as #Hezbollah remains an active force in the region, #Israel 🇮🇱 will see no need to exit southern #Lebanon 🇱🇧 (& will face no significant pressure to withdraw).

👉🏾 Lebanon’s 🇱🇧 president says he seeks to disarm Hezbollah this year https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/middleeast/lebanons-president-says-he-seeks-to-disarm-hezbollah-this-year-intl/index.html

While President Zelenskyy was in Kryvyi Rih mourning 9 children killed on their playground by a Russian missile, Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff hung out with Putin who fired the missile.

Citizens of the US, you deserve better leaders.

I do not tire of enjoying seeing people enthusing about how they've set up their first self-hosted service, or how they've tried a piece of Free software for the first time.

Each is an achievement in its own right, irrespective of how many people have done it before them.

Studie: Menschen arbeiten trotz Grundeinkommens nicht weniger

1.200 Euro monatlich - ohne Bedingungen. Das erhielten Teilnehmer einer deutschlandweiten Studie. Sie zeigt: Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen führt nicht zu weniger Arbeit, sondern zu mehr Weiterbildung und Wohlbefinden.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/bedingungsloses-grundeinkommen-studie-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#bedingungslosesGrundeinkommen #Studie #Einkommen

Is Russia recruiting migrants to carry out attacks on European soil? Germany may have uncovered a ‘smoking gun’.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/08/is-russia-recruiting-migrant-attackers/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Germany

Also, verstehe ich das richtig: Putin lässt die russische Armee Ukraine überfallen; doch statt zu kapitulieren, wehrt sie sich seit über drei Jahren; daher schlägt Putin nun vor, Ukraine unter UN-Verwaltung zu stellen, sprich die UN zum Exekutor seiner imp. Ziele zu machen.👇🏽

The "Coalition of the Willing" summit has begun in Paris, where world leaders aim to lay the groundwork for long-term security guarantees for Ukraine.

#France #Paris #NATO #EU #UK #Canada

Romania's central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin #Georgescu from running in May's presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/romanian-far-right-candidate-barred-may-presidential-vote-2025-03-09/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Romania

TIL that 1911 was the first time International Women's Day was celebrated worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j685g0/til_that_1911_was_the_first_time_international/

This a momentous and dangerous time for Europe.

And we are ready to step up.

Today, we announce the ReArm Europe Plan, a bold initiative to mobilise up to €800 billion for European security.

It will help EU countries quickly and significantly boost expenditures in defence capabilities.

We are in an era of rearmament. And Europe is ready to massively boost its defence spending.

Press release: https://europa.eu/!MFPVMC