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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expresses great concern in an NBC interview about the recent decisions of US President Donald Trump, including the suspension of new sanctions against Russia, and warns that a rapprochement between the US and Russia would have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine. #Ukraine #Selenskyj #Trump (translated)

Lena criticized the portrayal of protests by public broadcasting. She claimed that in France and Italy, left-wing extremists and pro-Palestinian activists had joined forces, and described their common denominator as hatred of the Western way of life. She used a derogatory term for the activists. https://t.co/gezjF6NDH1 #Proteste #Linksextremismus #Werte (translated)

The Universities Conference (uniko) warns of "enormously negative consequences" and a looming "massive job reduction" due to the new university budget of 16 billion euros for the years 2028 to 2030, which does not meet the financial needs of the universities. #Universitäten #Budgetierung #Unterfinanzierung (translated)

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is encroaching on the eastern flank of NATO and the EU. Lithuania expresses concern about the possible consequences of these incidents: "Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is encroaching on the eastern flank of NATO and the EU," said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on the platform X. #BalkanKrieg #Drohnenkonflikt #NatoSicherheit (translated)

GFrei.News wrote that the German nurse Sonja Nientiet was kidnapped on May 3, 2018, in Mogadishu, where she had worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross. A guard helped the kidnappers; a Kenyan colleague who was also abducted was able to escape. Since then, Nientiet has been allegedly handed over to jihadists. Citing a report from Bild, GFrei.News wrote that the Federal Intelligence Service had determined Nientiet's whereabouts about two years after her kidnapping and a rescue operation was being prepared. The Special Forces command had trained for this, US services had provided reconnaissance information, and the USA had wanted to deploy Black Hawk helicopters. The then-current KSK commander traveled to Mogadishu for reconnaissance. According to the report, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stopped the operation because it could end in a bloodbath and cost Nientiet or involved soldiers their lives. GFrei.News criticized that Nientiet had not returned to Germany during the terms of Annalena Baerbock and Johann Wadephul. Nientiet's mother Christel passed away in 2024 at the age of 84, without knowing whether her daughter was still alive. In spring 2025, Nientiet asked for help in a video and reported a deterioration in her health. In June 2026, the federal government refused to provide specific information in the Bundestag regarding her health status, whereabouts, or possible initiatives for her release, GFrei.News wrote. The author called on Wadephul to explain what he was specifically doing for Nientiet's return. #SonjaNientiet #Geiselnahme #Bundesregierung (translated)

Manuel Ostermann warned that Germany could also be affected by developments in France and Great Britain. He wrote that many people were ignoring the visible problems there and asked how many warning signals were still needed. Ostermann expressed anger and sadness about the possibility that Germany could repeat mistakes and later experience irreversible consequences. He called for addressing grievances, asking uncomfortable questions, and taking action while changes were still possible. #Deutschland #Zukunft #Wachsamkeit (translated)

Peter Borbe said that a red-red-green minority government is more likely in the event of a premature end to the black-red coalition than a CDU minority government. The three parties together would account for 36 percent, while the Union is at 28 percent, he explained. According to him, the CDU/CSU must support such a government because otherwise, the left-wing parties would claim that the Union is colluding with the AfD. Borbe said that the Union would follow this reasoning because of its "firewall." #Politik #Koalition #Minderheitsregierung (translated)

President Zelensky accused SpaceX of restricting access to its military Starlink service – with fatal consequences for Ukraine. "Strange!" This is how Volodymyr Zelensky described Donald Trump's behavior in front of the gathered European press. #UkraineKrieg #Russland #Moskau (translated)

GFrei.News reported that the planned flooding of the lignite mining areas of Hambach and Garzweiler is deliberately destroying the German economy and ending 100 years of affordable energy security. Plans from 1977 and 1995 had intended to fill exhausted open-pit mines with water from the Rhine and to renature them. Now, the approval for lignite mining is being revoked, although, according to the author, there is still enough coal there to supply Germany for another 100 years. Lignite is almost as cheap as nuclear power and is also used for briquettes, lignite dust, and fluidized bed coal, wrote GFrei.News. A fast-track approval process has been initiated for flooding the mining areas still containing coal, and the construction of a 45-kilometer long pipeline has begun at a high three-digit million amount. By 2030, this will destroy a resource wealth worth around 1 trillion euros, according to the author. A later resumption of mining would take decades and be too expensive. GFrei.News referred to the flooding as the permanent destruction of energy security and fuel worth 1 trillion euros. The excavator 293 will also be decommissioned: the vehicle weighs more than 14,000 tons, is 225 meters tall, and is the largest land vehicle in the world. It has been in operation for 30 years and is a symbol of German engineering and national pride, the author wrote. GFrei.News accused the state of "state terrorism against its own people" and wrote that the consequences would be far worse than the explosion of NordStream. The author hoped that the AfD would come to power in time to prevent the plans. #Energiewende #Braunkohle #Energiesicherheit (translated)

The university conference (uniko) warns of "enormously negative consequences" for universities, students, and researchers due to vague information about the budget of 16 billion euros for the years 2028 to 2030, which could be accompanied by massive staff cuts. #UniBudget #Bildung #Wissenschaft (translated)

The author wrote that no coalition had yet been formed and that negotiations were now forthcoming. However, the direction was clear: Berlin should belong to the people who lived there. According to him, the results of the exploratory talks gave hope for an affordable city for all. #Berlin #Koalition #Stadtpolitik #DE (translated)

Julius Böhm wrote that Friedrich Merz had called on the SPD and the Greens to stop while the Young Union had applauded enthusiastically. However, this had remained without consequence and was merely lip service. Böhm wrote that Merz was not brave enough to link the future of the federal government to the issue of antisemitism, calling him cowardly. #Politik #Antisemitismus #JungeUnion (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that since 2019, 300,000 flights have been removed from the schedule at German airports, while aviation in Europe is booming. The consequences for the location are severe, he reported to the Welt. Boeminghaus described the development as deliberately brought about and ideologically driven disaster, for which Angela Merkel's politics are also partly responsible. He has already published a YouTube video about it and urged his followers to watch it. https://t.co/39mGEwQ46W #Luftfahrt #Flughafen #Politik (translated)

GFrei.News referred to democracy as a facade for corruption and criticized that citizens could only vote for the Bundestag every four years and for state parliaments every five years. Regardless of the election results, parties declared themselves winners and claimed a mandate to govern, the author wrote. Subsequently, they would use parliamentary procedures and loopholes to gain power and circumvent the will of the voters. GFrei.News accused politicians from established parties of profiting from high salaries, expensive hotels, chauffeurs, and private flights after taking office, and leading a taxpayer-funded life like super-rich individuals. The author also mentioned secure pensions after just a few years in office, appearances on talk shows and company visits, as well as a lack of attention in parliamentary debates. Laws would be passed behind closed doors with a government majority; committees and debates were merely a stage act for the cameras, GFrei.News claimed. The political leadership had made the state prey and was failing its mandate to the populace, the author wrote. He called for a shift to direct democracy, where citizens could stop harmful laws and remove politicians before the end of their terms. Finally, GFrei.News criticized that leaving out a tie with a suit was careless. https://t.co/FDN07LHPIX #Demokratie #Politik #Korruption (translated)

A regulation by the red-green state government in Burgenland is causing controversy among forest owners and forestry experts, as it significantly restricts reforestation with foreign tree species that cope better with the effects of climate change. #Klimawandel #Forstwirtschaft #Naturschutz (translated)

Timothy D. Snyder wrote that Trump cannot win his war against Iran and shifts its consequences to Ukraine. He accused Trump of using this lie to lift sanctions against Russia, thereby prolonging the war in Ukraine. Snyder called this a gift to Putin. #Trump #Iran #Ukraine #IR #UA #RU (translated)

Economic Minister Katherina Reiche advocates for targeted direct payments to low-income earners as a relief measure after the end of the fuel discount and increases pressure on the Ministry of Finance, while she criticizes the economic consequences of the energy crisis and the ongoing shortages of oil products. #Tankrabatt #Direktzahlungen #Energiekrise (translated)