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ORA! condemned the clashes, assaults, and damage that occurred during demonstrations in Italy and Europe, asserting that violence harmed both the people and the cities, as well as the reasons of those who protested peacefully. It added that legitimate causes could not justify assaults and destruction. According to ORA!, however, violent episodes should not distract attention from the distress of many young people, who struggled to envision their future. The movement cited poor school conditions, unaffordable rents, underpaid internships, and departures driven by necessity, stating that opportunities in Italy were few and obstacles numerous. ORA! stated that condemning violence was necessary, but that politics needed to address the structural problems underlying the distress. It also argued that Italy continued to allocate necessary resources for the future to the past. #violenza #disagio #diritti (translated)

Red Announcement Provincial Branch Niederkrüchten donates to the fire department The fire departments in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Provincial Insurance have maintained a close partnership for many years. Topics such as fire protection education and awareness are at the forefront. For many years, the Provincial Branch Niederkrüchten has supported the … read more → https://schau.jetzt/ah91h Photo: Volunteer Fire Department Niederkrüchten Reactions are directed towards the Volunteer Fire Department Niederkrüchten Provincial Insurance #FireDepartmentsORG #firedepartment #donation #FeuerwehrenORG #feuerwehr #spende (translated)

Anna urged the federal government to establish a new special fund for the purchase of textbooks for France. She wrote that education is also defended on the Champs-Élysées and announced that she would donate her old books. According to PISA, her children would not understand them anyway. https://t.co/VRuS1EpWrM #Bildung #Schulbücher #Frankreich (translated)

The financial situation of children's hospices in Germany is worrying, as they increasingly rely on donations and struggle with bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of qualified staff while providing urgently needed support for families with seriously ill children. #Kinderhospiz #Finanzierung #Familiensupport (translated)

Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)

Claudio Casula reported that a man at the Rewe checkout had pointed at three bottles of Kalinka kefir for his wife the night before and said that the manufacturer Müller had connections to the AfD and donated to the party. Casula replied that he did not want to base his purchasing decision on the political stance of the manufacturer and that donations were allowed. The man then ended the conversation. Casula lamented that he had been politically lectured while shopping without being asked. In retrospect, he wondered if he should have reacted more strongly or given the man the middle finger, and asked if others had experienced something similar. #Einkaufen #Politik #Gesellschaft (translated)

Peter Borbe wrote that PayPal payments would regularly display donation options where customers could add one euro for a seemingly good cause. He referred to the German Environmental Aid Association as a questionable warning association and said he could not explain how they made it onto the list. https://t.co/OrqnlwaZIp #Spenden #Paypal #Umweltschutz (translated)

Clara von Nathusius, the outgoing treasurer of the Young Union, takes stock with a confident farewell performance and speaks openly about financial irregularities while being celebrated by 300 delegates for her successes in fundraising. #ClaraNathusius #JungeUnion #CDU (translated)

The Republicans are worried about their influence in Texas as the Democratic candidate James Talarico boasts a record amount of campaign donations, and the race for the Senate seat turns out to be one of the most expensive and hotly contested in the country. #Midterms2026 #TexasWahlen #Spendenkampagne (translated)

The former Burgenland governor Hans Niessl (SPÖ) has announced that he will run as a non-party candidate in the presidential election in 2028 and will establish a support association to collect donations for his campaign and communicate his positions before the election. #Niessl2028 #Bundespräsidentenwahl #überparteilich (translated)

The People's Aid Vienna is launching a fundraising campaign in front of SPAR stores in all districts to collect non-perishable food for people in need and is relying on the support of the public to exceed the record of five tons in one day. #Volkshilfe #Lebensmittelspenden #Armutbekämpfung (translated)

"It is necessary to spend better, not more." Moreover, in Brussels, the Minister of Economy, Giorgetti, has just sent the text and tables of the Dpb (multiannual budget document), which contain the end-of-year maneuver, necessarily incomplete: it is known that the scale of the intervention will be 23.5 billion, but in calculating the necessary resources, which include among other things a new intervention – not agreed upon – on banks and insurance, there are still 9 billion missing, which the government hopes to receive from Europe, although Merz's warning has been that "it is necessary to spend better, not more." #Flessibilità #Economia #UnioneEuropea (translated)