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‼️ Freedom has announced - Janša took from retirees and healthcare. People, don’t fall for them. They are completely out of themselves from the loss of power. All they have left is lying and intimidating. Fact: 200.5 million more for social security and 70.7 million euros more for healthcare. 4XZA! 🇸🇮 (translated)

Heinen calculates a 2% return for 'small savers and investors'. I want to show you how ridiculously low that is. The average return on stocks is 12%: - S&P 500 or AEX - Over 40 years - With reinvestment of dividends It is distributed like this: - 25% of the years have negative returns (average -15%) - 75% of the years have positive returns (average +20%) In the positive years, you already pay tax with a 20% return on an asset of 5,000 euros and a tax-free result of 1,000 euros. Now the tax-free asset limit is 59,357 euros. Soon, the equivalent for investors will be 5,000 euros. "Yes, but many people are savers." That's right. That's exactly what we want to move away from. If there is one thing that we can agree on in Europe and the Netherlands, it's that people need to invest more. By the way, I think we should completely abolish the tax-free result and translate it into a lower rate. It's a logical concept for vab, but it mainly causes disruptions for vwb. (translated)

Sweden, the country where it is legal to capture wild capercaillies, put them in a cage and transport them by car down to the continent, while a capercaillie can stop an entire logging operation that has been managed for generations by Swedish family forestry operators. Logical? (translated)

In August 2025, @svtnyheter reported an analysis stating that "around 200 reporters and journalists" had been killed during the war in Gaza up to that point. @sr_ekot has also continuously covered the issue and relayed similar information. The Israeli military (IDF) claims that it has determined that 170 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who were alleged to be journalists after their deaths, were in fact members of terrorist groups. "After extensive investigations, the IDF can now disclose that 170 Gazans who were killed during the war, and who have been presented as journalists and media workers, were actually acting as terrorists for terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip – primarily Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad," the army states. According to the military, 118 of the journalists were active within Hamas's military branch, 49 within Islamic Jihad, two were members of the People's Resistance Committees, and one belonged to the Mujahideen Brigades. Seventeen of these journalists, also terrorists, are said by the army to have participated in the attacks on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. Some of the journalists on the IDF's list have also worked for international media, including Reuters, CNN, Australian ABC, BBC, AFP, AP, and Le Monde. The 170 cases have been published by the IDF on a special website. For each person, their name and role as a journalist and terrorist activist are recorded, along with their civilian and military ID numbers. The military states that it publishes "verified evidence, including images and documents produced by the terrorist organizations, some of which have been found on site, which show these terrorists' organizational affiliation and the roles they had within the terrorist organizations." The IDF emphasizes that various international media outlets during the course of the war "have repeatedly, and without presenting verified information, accused Israel and the IDF of intentionally harming journalists." "This despite the fact that terrorist organizations in some cases have themselves presented these individuals as terrorists within their own ranks and even claimed responsibility for them," the IDF claims. "The information now being revealed illustrates the gap between the image presented to the world and the reality on the ground. It provides further and crucial evidence that the IDF does not intentionally and systematically target journalists, but rather terrorist organizations and their terrorists in accordance with international law," adds the military. Link to the report in the next tweet. (translated)

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde said on Monday that higher energy prices increase the risk of inflation in the eurozone. During a hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament in Brussels, Lagarde said that (translated)

Santa Catarina knows the size of the decision we have ahead of us. And it is for you that we are here: to defend the state, strengthen the Senate, and fight for the Brazil we believe in. The Team 22 is complete: Carlos Bolsonaro - Senator 222 @CarolDeToni - Senator 221 @jorginhomello - Governor 22 @FlavioBolsonaro - President 22 Thank you, Lages, for the affection and the reception! Together we will turn this decision into a new chapter for Santa Catarina and for Brazil! 🇧🇷🙏🏻 (translated)

Here, RA Vosgerau beautifully illustrates that one cannot simply assert unconstitutionality by claiming that statements are unconstitutional. Individual politicians who want to ban the opposition are hardly capable of making judgments about what is unconstitutional or constitutional. Of course, there are many statements that one would like to criticize the AfD for, but especially in light of the past and statements by Merz, Merkel, Strauss, Genscher, Kohl, or even Adenauer, these are not new statements; they have been made a long time ago and across party lines. (translated)

If anyone is wondering about Vindeln's sudden desire to regulate women's clothing: This is the WHOLE explanation. The municipal councilor feels threatened by a female teacher who has engaged against his mismanagement of the municipality and has become popular because of it. Yes, she looks good and is quite eloquent. Everyone understands that the councilor feels threatened and pressured. It's just ridiculous to pretend that he suddenly came up with the idea to regulate how well women's breasts are visible. That is not the case. It's his cope because he is threatened by organized younger women. It's ridiculous that the media can't put two and two together. The councilor has received incomprehensibly much criticism from women in the last 2-3 years. (translated)

“Systemic risks to market stability are increasing” Also read Lagarde shakes finance on AI: “Systemic risks to market stability are increasing” (translated)

Il monito di Draghi all'Ue: “Crescita, integrazione e riforme sono l'unica via per la stabilità”
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There is Magda chaos in the politics. Just like everyone with a functioning brain knew it would happen if the red-greens won. For four years, you have said that you are a team and that everything will be resolved as soon as you get to form a government. You have had four years to talk things over. And for four years, you have said that you will solve that after the election. (translated)

Lagging in meeting defence commitments?!?! The 3 Baltic States are the TOP spenders in % GDP for defence. #Defence #BalticStates #NATO #EST #LVA #LTU

What a pleasure to share this moment with the people of San Luis Potosí! This is how we experienced the Second Government Report of @EF_Galindo, among the affection of the Potosina families and the pride of working for this great city. 🙌🏻 Congratulations, Enrique! We continue together, with the commitment of #GoodGovernmentsPAN. #TheGreatnessOfSanLuis (translated)

The 27-year-old Finnish influencer Olivia Oras passed away after complications from a cosmetic procedure in Finland, which has sparked a debate about patient safety and deficiencies in legislation within the beauty industry. (translated)

Influencern Olivia Oras dog efter skönhetsingrepp i Finland

Every time, the Dutch say A, but the government does B. People vote for less immigration and lower burdens, but instead, they get more asylum seekers and a more expensive life in return. Those who speak out against this are placed in an extremist corner. FVD wants to restore our democracy with binding referendums, true freedom of speech, an open debate, and a politics that responds to the will of the people. (translated)

"We are at the end." (translated)

As an entrepreneur, you might have borrowed €700k from your holding in 2023 and used it to buy real estate in box 3 for your retirement. Selling is not possible because there is a tenant, and selling with a tenant results in a significant loss. In 2023, the limit was still €700k, so nothing was wrong. In 2024, it was reduced to €500k, and suddenly €200k of your loan was treated as dividends. That cost you over €50k in box 2 tax on money you never distributed. Now the limit will decrease by €80k each year starting in 2027 to €100k. Then you will pay around €20k per year for five years, totaling around €100k. And all that on your own borrowed money, for which you pay interest to your BV. Your BV pays corporate tax on that, and you also pay box 3 tax on those properties for your old age. What a country. (translated)

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Norway announces that it is well-prepared for large gas deliveries to Europe after the country has become the continent's largest gas supplier since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, sending a reassuring signal at a time of rising gas prices and low storage levels before the start of the winter season. (translated)

Norwegen beruhigt Europa: „Gerüstet für große Gaslieferungen“

BREAKING NEWS: "The Nelson Mandela High School in the French city of Nantes is currently in flames. Schools are being set on fire all over France as student protests and blockades continue to rage. The situation is evolving." (translated)

Susanne Petersohn reports in an ARD video about the current situation in Ukraine in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. (translated)

Susanne Petersohn, ARD Kiew, zur aktuellen Lage in der Ukraine

The average asylum migrant costs our society hundreds of thousands of euros. If you want lower costs for the Dutch, you need to significantly reduce asylum migration. This simple observation by @biemyati causes outrage among D66. (translated)