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The HERO Civil Engineer wrote that, in his opinion, the earlier one of France, Spain, England, or Belgium collapsed, the faster things would improve in the remaining countries. He also argued that Greece should align with the countries of the former Eastern bloc, led by Poland. #Κατάρρευση #Ελλάδα #Πολωνία (translated)

"(Zelensky) asked Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and all neighboring countries to allow passage, as they had done three or four years ago at the beginning of the war." The passage of grains could be based on a solution proposed shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Mayar reported. #Ζελένσκι #Ουκρανία #Σιτηρά (translated)

Anavaloglou Georgios mentioned that Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated in Brussels on 16/10 that the government would not distribute money for political reasons. He contrasted the policies of other countries, saying that Italy planned to tax banks with a target of 5 billion euros in revenue by 2027, the Netherlands aimed to impose an extraordinary contribution of 617 million euros, and Austria would extend an additional contribution of 300 million euros for the same year. He added that Slovakia would maintain an increased tax rate for banks in 2027 as well. Regarding refineries, Anavaloglou said that Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and Austria had requested a windfall tax from the Commission, while Greece was not among those countries. He cited pre-tax profits of 1.998 billion euros for the two Greek refineries in the first half of 2026, compared to 210 million euros in the corresponding period last year: 891.7 million for Motor Oil and 1.106.4 million for HELLENiQ. He also referenced an interview on ERT on 17/9, where, according to him, Mitsotakis said he preferred money to be returned to citizens through fuel prices rather than collected by the state budget. Anavaloglou noted that the refineries received subsidies of 277 million euros, while the heating allowance increased by only 52 million euros compared to last year. He concluded that this was a political choice and raised the question of whether the Prime Minister sought to be popular with citizens or with those, as he wrote, who profited from the crisis and from whom he sought electoral support. #πολιτική #φορολογία #Ελλάδα (translated)

The author compared the wiretap scandal in Poland to that in Greece, stating that they had the same modus operandi, protagonists, and victims. He argued that the previous Polish government purchased the illegal software Pegasus from an Israeli company and used it to monitor political opponents and journalists. #υποκλοπές #Πολωνία #σκάνδαλο #PL #IL (translated)

The author, referring to Prime Minister Tusk, argued that Israel was monitoring the entire Poland through Pegasus. He wrote that the wiretaps were used against political opponents and journalists, while Israeli services had access to them and blackmailed politicians, influencing political developments in other countries. #Πολιτική #Υποκλοπές #Ισραήλ #IL #PL (translated)

Two Turkish citizens were arrested in Germany as suspects of sabotage at a Starlink station in Poland, which plays a crucial role in Ukraine's online communications, with Polish authorities attributing the attack to Russian intelligence services. #Γερμανία #Σαμποτάζ #Starlink (translated)

Odin wrote that a young man returned from a vacation in Poland, where he had gone with Sopena, having suffered cultural shock. He described the country as spotless and flawless, and mentioned that children and women were walking in the streets. He argued that the people there lived in a utopian paradise, but they could not enjoy it because Sakis from Exarchia called them racists. #Πολωνία #πολιτισμικόσοκ #διακοπές (translated)

There is a lot of emotionally charged misinformation circulating on the internet, spontaneous reactions stemming from a understandable concern, but there is no evidence of a national 'challenge,' said Polish Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gałkowski while speaking to the private television station TVN24. #Πολωνία #Εφηβικήβία #ΑσφάλειαΣχολείων (translated)

Amalia claimed that documents uncovered from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History (RGANI) showed that Moscow was funding AKEL with the aim of preventing the union of Cyprus with Greece. According to her, the funding served Soviet interests, as Greece was a NATO member. She stated that the money was channeled through the International Trade Union Assistance Fund for Left-Wing Labor Organizations, which she described as a cover for the KGB, and that the allocations were approved by the Political Bureau of the CPSU. She mentioned Yuri Andropov as responsible for transferring the funds. According to Amalia, six annual reports for the period 1961-1973 recorded remittances to AKEL amounting to $56,000 in 1961, $56,222 in 1962, $56,000 in 1963, $69,722 in 1965, $70,000 in 1966, and $140,000 in 1973, totaling $447,944. She added that these amounts did not necessarily constitute the total aid received by the party, as, she wrote, documents for all the years had not been declassified. She also mentioned that AKEL had received weapons from Moscow. She wrote that the Central Committee of the CPSU approved, at the request of AKEL's General Secretary Ezekias Papayiannou, the shipment of 100 Walther pistols and 25,000 cartridges. According to the posting, the weapons were sent on June 13, 1974, and delivered on July 4. Amalia questioned the stated purpose in the documents — the protection of AKEL leadership and other persons — and claimed that the weapons were intended for terrorist actions against EOKA B. Finally, she stated that Makarios had received weapons from Czechoslovakia, with Moscow's approval, in late January 1972. According to her, these were unloaded in the area of Kseros and transported with about 50 trucks to the Archdiocese in Nicosia. #Κύπρος #ΑΚΕΛ #ιστορία (translated)

Chris Avramidis argued that inflation burdened citizens and that inflation was not inevitable, as he wrote, the money leaving one side ended up on another. He noted that refineries reported profits of about 1 billion euros in the first half of 2026 and described the sector as an oligopoly essentially consisting of the Vardinoyannis and Latsis groups. He accused Kyriakos Mitsotakis of allowing them to go unchecked and pointed out that proposals had been made to address the situation. He raised the question of why there was a profit cap at gas stations but not at refineries, reminding that a cap had been implemented in 2022 by New Democracy. Avramidis also supported the immediate extraordinary taxation of refineries. He said he had repeatedly brought the issue to the government spokesman and mentioned that a similar measure had been implemented in several countries, including Poland under Donald Tusk's government, whom he described as right-wing. Regarding the effects of inflation, he noted that general inflation could be set at 5.1%, but that rate, in his opinion, did not reflect the real burden on the poorest. He explained that large increases in everyday goods, such as milk, food, and other essentials, were offset in the general index by smaller increases in categories like insurance and financial services. He added that lower incomes spent a larger portion of their money on the goods that had risen most in price. In closing, he thanked Kontra and Konstantinos Maravelidis for the invitation. #Ακρίβεια #Πληθωρισμός #Οικονομία (translated)