Strasbourg, Blick von der Kathedrale Notre Dame

#Strasbourg #France #photographie #photography #urban_photography #architecture #europe

Where Europe is dumping its problematic waste
correctiv.org/en/europe/2025/0…

Europe reveals that waste disposal companies from Germany, Austria and Italy continue to export old tyres and other waste – in some cases toxic – to the Czech Republic.

Over the past two decades, millions of tonnes of waste have been dumped in Mydlovary – including significant volumes from neighbouring Germany, a country championed for its waste separation and recycling systems. According to the managing director of one German waste disposal company, Mydlovary is ‘the biggest hole in Europe’ for rubbish dumping.

#europe #czech #garbage

Where Europe is dumping its problematic waste

How European companies dump old tyres and hazardous waste in the Czech Republic to cover radioactive sludge from the nuclear industry’s past

^{Marius Münstermann (CORRECTIV)}

Will browsers and screen readers respect the #html lang attribute #WordPress allows us to set on paragraphs?

TL;DR; most browsers "read aloud" feature ignores element specific lang attribute, but dedicated screen readers like #NVDA and Apple #VoiceOver do fairly well!

I've installed the 20 most spoken languages in #europe on my PC and virtual Mac.

Blog post is in the making, so feel free to ask questions and send me on even more side quests 😁

Teaser at oldrup.dk/en/teaser-testing-th…

Teaser: Testing the 20 most spoken languages in Europe, with NVDA and VoiceOver – oldrup.dk

WordPress has basic support for the HTML lang attribute, but how does that actually sound in browsers using assistive technology?

^{Bjarne Oldrup}

Would you like to end the constant drumbeat of ill-informed legislative proposals that threaten to destroy end-to-end #encryption in #OpenSource #software? Are you from #Europe? Can you demonstrate your expertise? Then why not apply to join the European Commission's Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005). Deadline is September 1st, don't be late.

ec.europa.eu/transparency/expe…

🌍📄 Docs, l’éditeur de texte libre et collaboratif de La Suite numérique, a été reconnu "bien public numérique" (Digital Public Good) par la Digital Public Goods Alliance ce matin à l’ONU lors de la semaine Open Source des Nations Unies.

🔗 digitalpublicgoods.net/r/docs-…

Ce label marque une étape importante pour cette solution issue du partenariat franco-allemand-néerlandais 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱

#LogicielsLibres #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods #ONU #Europe #Docs #SouverainetéNumérique

cc @numerique_gouv

The Man in #Seat61 seems like a relic from a forgotten age of the #Internet.

Seat61.com is a genuinely useful website created by just one guy, a train travel enthusiast who has curated a vast array of information that will help anyone who would like to travel in #Europe by #train

He is not trying to sell you anything and there are no adverts (apart from a few affiliate ids).

His website has won various "best travel website" awards. Notably the last one was in 2012.

seat61.com/

The Man in Seat 61 - for train travel

How to travel by train in Europe & worldwide: Schedules, fares & how to buy tickets.

^{www.seat61.com}

At Eurovision, Swedish-speaking Finns are representing Sweden

The three members of KAJ, the band selected to represent Sweden in the 2025 edition of the music contest, hail from a Swedish-speaking minority on Finland's West coast.

In a context of hostility toward this second national language and rivalry with their Scandinavian 'big brother,' this is a notable event in Finland.

mediafaro.org/article/20250517…

#Finland #Sweden #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest #Europe #Music

Only one thing on everyone’s mind? The genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people? No? Oh, a song contest sponsored by Israel that Israel is using to whitewash its genocide. Ah, my bad, sorry.

Enjoy your entertainment.

#eurovision #EU #europe #europeanValues #genocide #israel #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #esc2025 en.osm.town/@opencage/11452243…

OpenCage 👉🌍 (@opencage@en.osm.town)

Attached: 1 image Are you ready for the most fabulous, glitzy, glamorous #geoweirdness thread of all time? 🕺💃🎤 Here in Europe there's only one thing on everyone's mind this week: the annual Eurovision Song contest.

^{OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap}

For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.

One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

#DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #EthicalTech

BELGIUM JUST HIT THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD! :3333

That's five member states hitting their threshold!

Need two more to hit the minimum requirement AND 1mil signatures!

It's gonna be close, but it's not over till its over!

Deadline is 17-5-2025

EU Citizens' Initiative to ban "conversion therapy" of queer people:

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/…

#eu #queer #europe #lgbt #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #trans #enby #conversiontherapyban #conversiontherapy

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

^{eci.ec.europa.eu}

IRELAND, FRANCE, FINLAND AND SPAIN HAVE MET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD!

LETS FRIGGIN GO!

BAN CONVERSION THERAPY PLS

And tell your friends, especially in other EU countries!

There is STILL time!!!

Deadline 17-5-2025

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/…

#eu #conversiontherapyban #conversiontherapy #lgbt #lgbtq #trans #TransRights #gay #lesbian #queer #Europe

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

^{eci.ec.europa.eu}

☁️ Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence

"The Cloud Act grants US authorities access to cloud data hosted by US companies. It does not matter if that data is located in the US, Europe, or anywhere else."

theregister.com/2025/04/30/mic…

#microsoft #europe #cloud

Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence

: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them

^{Dan Robinson (The Register)}

Asking for a little favor.

A few years ago -for obvious reasons- I deleted all my american services. (instagram, facebook etc)

The result was my business plummeting down, no projects came in anymore, making it nearly impossible to come around after 20 years of career.

The favor I'm asking is if you know someone who's working with illustrators, or even just interested, just share my stuff please. Thanks :)

My portfolio
itchi5.com

#freelanceillustrator #illustration #europe

itchi5 Illustrations

Illustrations by Tijmen Ploeger

^{www.itchi5.com}

This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany

Docs is an web-based collaborative text editor that is the result of a joint effort led by the French 🇫🇷🥖 (DINUM) and German 🇩🇪🥨 governments (ZenDiS).

It's a good alternative to popular services like Notion, Google Docs and Outline.

The platform offers real-time collaboration capabilities, a sleek minimalist interface, and all the essential features you could possibly need.

Best of all, Docs is open-source on GitHub and can be self-hosted, making it a viable option for local agencies and companies.

You can test Docs on your browser by visiting this page:

impress-preprod.beta.numerique…

using the login:

email: test.docs@yopmail.com
password: I'd<3ToTestDocs

howtogeek.com/docs-alternative…

You can also volunteer to help translating Docs to other languages here: crowdin.com/project/lasuite-do…

#europe #europeanalternatives #germany #france #opensource #BuyFromEU

« 450 millions d'Européens ne devraient pas avoir à dépendre de 340 millions d’Américains pour se défendre contre 140 millions de Russes qui ne peuvent pas vaincre 38 millions d’Ukrainiens. » Andrius Kubilius, commissaire européen à La Défense

#Europe #Politique #Guerre #Ukraine #SupportUkraine #USA #FuckTrump #Russie #FuckPoutine

Ditch US Big Tech and choose better European tools!

What are your favorites?

#chooseeurope #eu #europe #privacymatters #germany

De-google-ify Internet

Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.

The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.

They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!

Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:

@Framasoft

degooglisons-internet.org/

#europe #opensource #europeanalternatives #EUtech #boycott #degoogle #google

"2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say." - Timothy Snyder

#Ukraine #Europe #EuropeanUnion

🚀Only two days until the inaugural #EOSAwards25!

It's a day to celebrate excellence in the field of #opensource and reflect on the challenges and opportunities ahead.

🏆The European Open Source #Achievement Awardee is one of the champions for #strengthening open source Europe, and with appropriate leadership, funding efforts, and skill development, #Europe can expand its digital #competitiveness.

👇Read the nominee's hopes for the open source community below :

#Serbia 🇷🇸 is on a general #strike today (January 24). Please spread the word, international community seems not to be fully aware of what's happening here. This is important, not just for Serbia, but for the whole #Balkans. Thank you!

@EUCommission

dw.com/en/serbia-protests-may-…

#srbija #strajk #balkan #europe #europa #protest

Is Serbia on the brink of a general strike?

After three months of protests, demonstrators in Serbia are calling for a general strike. The government is threatening retaliation. Serbia is at a crossroads. Is change possible?

^{Sanja Kljajic (Deutsche Welle)}

New on // foss.events: Matrix Fringe Event by Matrix.org Foundation & Matrix Events Working Group on 31 January 2025 in HSBXL in #Brussels, #Belgium

Find out more on foss.events/2025/01-31-matrix-…

Official account: @matrix
Official hashtag(s): #matrixFringe

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

// foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about Matrix Fringe Event 2025 on // foss.events - The most comprehensive collection of FOSS events in Europe (and online)

^foss.events

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I was not planning to say much about this, because I have nothing to say that anyone else hasn't said already. Trump seems in many ways disastrous and dangerous, and the potential loss of US power and influence or the fact he may not be able to carry out his complete programme do not make up for much of the damage he is likely to cause.

However, I read this survey that shows that, out of many countries in the world, Europeans are the only people to be consistently against Trump. Now, I don't know about you, but when the world says one thing and Europe says another, I get worried; because historically Europe has been terrible for the rest of the world.

Does that mean I'm changing my mind on this? No, people can be wrong. It does however make me pause.

Survey: ecfr.eu/publication/alone-in-a…

#Trump #politics #world #Europe #InternationalRelations

Alone in a Trumpian world: The EU and global public opinion after the US elections

Citizens of global powers are upbeat about a second Trump presidency – but this is by no means universal, particularly among traditional US allies.

^{Martin Tenev (European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR))}

Wishing everyone a great time at EmacsConf by EmacsConf team starting today in the Internet

foss.events/2024/12-07-emacsco…

#emacsconf #EmacsConf #EmacsConfteam #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Here it is: the Finnish Parliament has sided against #ChatControl !

I am overjoyed that in their statement, they have outlined exactly what this proposal would entail: mass surveillance in Europe.

From their statement (translation by me):

"..the suggested model would, in fact, lead to the mass surveillance of communication and would weaken the integrity of communication in the EU."

eduskunta.fi/FI/vaski/Lausunto…

#privacy #encryption #Finland #Europe #EU #surveillance

Wishing everyone a great time at The #Matrix #Conference by The Matrix.org Foundation starting today in Mitosis LAB in #Berlin, #Germany

foss.events/2024/09-19-the-mat…

@matrix

#TheMatrixConference #TheMatrix.orgFoundation #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

‼️ The Free Software Foundation Europe needs your help ‼️

The EU Commission aims to remove funding from free software projects which are crucial to our digital lives.

We spoke with the #FSFE to learn more.
👉 youtu.be/mNZgSCvg6Ew

Please share this post with your friends to spread the message and rally support for free software! 📣

#freesoftware #opensource #eu #europe #freedom

#XSF Announcement

XMPP Standards Foundation has decided to sign the Open Letter to the European Commission:

xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xsf-signs…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #standards #rtc #Europe #europa #OpenSource #EU #Brussels

Wednesday, July 10

Russia’s war against Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers remarks during the opening of the NATO 75th anniversary celebratory event at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium on July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

US, NATO allies to deliver 'dozens' of air defense systems in coming months, including 4 Patriots. The U.S. and at least nine other NATO allies have agreed to send dozens of air defense systems in the coming months to Ukraine, including at least four Patriot batteries, according to a joint agreement issued on July 9.

US supplies Ukraine with Metal Shark high-speed boats. The boats are equipped with modern navigation and control systems, automatic fire extinguishing, as well as a video surveillance system, making them maneuverable, fast, and ergonomic, the State Border Guard Service said.

F-16s in Ukraine may 'create conditions for counterattack,' Polish general says. "Ukrainian aviation should receive long-range missiles to destroy Russia's infrastructure, including airfields. When this happens, the logistics of the Russian army will be cut off from the main forces. If this is done, Ukraine's army command should form a strike group and strike back," Kraszewski said.

NATO summit communique to describe Ukraine's path to alliance as 'irreversible,' CNN reports. The question of how strong guarantees to give Ukraine regarding its future membership in NATO has become a key source of debate inside the alliance, CNN reported. The final version of the document may contain changes, CNN wrote, but the presence of the "irreversible" Ukraine's accession to NATO would be "a significant signal to Kyiv and Moscow."

Ukraine struck airbase, oil depot, and energy facility in Russia overnight, source says. Ukrainian intelligence agencies carried out an attack against a Russian military airfield, an energy substation, and an oil depot in three different regions overnight on July 9, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent.

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UN assessment suggests Kyiv children's hospital suffered direct hit by Russian missile. Evidence from the scene of the children's hospital in Kyiv indicates "a high likelihood" of a direct hit by a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile on July 8, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMUN) said on July 9.

Republican Party committee approves 2024 platform, makes no mention of Ukraine, Russia. The 16-page document, which must be still approved at the upcoming Republican National Convention, focuses primarily on domestic issues.

Zelensky says Indian PM's embrace with Putin a 'huge disappointment' after Russian mass attack on Ukraine. "It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world's largest democracy hug the world's most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

Read our exclusives

Ukraine war latest: Rescue operations end at Kyiv children's hospital, at least 33 killed in capital overall

Search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian missile attack on Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv concluded on July 9, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images

F-16s, multi-billion pledge, more Patriots, 'irreversible' membership – what Ukraine will and won't get at the NATO Summit

While 75th birthdays are usually a cause for joy and celebration, NATO's marking of this milestone at a three-day summit in Washington from 9-11 July is likely to be a rather more muted affair.

Photo: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

Russia probes for air defense gaps to wreak havoc on Kyiv

Rather than evidence of some technological edge on Russia's side, experts linked the destruction wrought by the attack to Moscow's consistent probing for weaknesses in Ukrainian air defenses.

Photo: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images

Russian propagandists spin conflicting disinformation in bid to evade responsibility for missile strike on children’s hospital

As some Russian talking heads call for more Ukrainians to be killed, Zelensky’s top aide urges more Western help to stop a war of ‘genocide.’

Photo: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images

Human cost of war

Rescue operations end at Kyiv children's hospital, at least 33 killed in capital overall. In total, at least 33 people, including four children, were killed in Kyiv as a result of the July 8 attack, officials said the following day. Another 10 children are among the 117 injured.

International response

Saudi Arabia issued vague threats to G7 against seizing frozen Russian assets, Bloomberg reports. Saudi officials reportedly made "veiled threats" to Group of Seven (G7) nations hinting that the kingdom would sell some European debt holdings if Western allies seized about $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, Bloomberg reported on July 9, citing its sources.

North Korean military trainers travel to Russia weeks after signing of partnership agreement. A delegation of North Korean military trainers led by the head of a prestigious military academy in Pyongyang has begun a trip to Russia, North Korean state media reported on July 9.

'When innocent children killed, the heart bleeds,' Modi comments on Russian July 8 attack after meeting with Putin. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow on July 8 in what was his first trip to Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Threat of Russian sabotage led to heightened security at US military bases in Europe, CNN reports. The heightened security alert was first reported earlier in July as being connected to a possible terrorist threat directed at several U.S. military installations across Europe, including the facility in Germany where the U.S. European Command is based.

US announces moves against Russia-linked bot farm aimed at spreading disinformation. According to the Justice Department, the bot farm was organized by a Russian national who worked as the deputy editor-in-chief of RT in 2022, and expanded with funding from the Kremlin and collaboration with an official from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

Moscow court orders arrest in absentia of Yulia Navalnaya. A Moscow court said that it had "approved the request of the investigators and decided a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months." Yulia Navalnaya currently lives outside of Russia, but would face jail time if she returns.

Bulgaria sues Russian Gazprom, seeking compensation of more than $430 million. In 2023, the Russian gas giant suspended Bulgargaz's long-term contract, which covered 90% of the quantities of natural gas delivered by Bulgargaz to customers.

Switzerland announces new sanctions against Russia. Switzerland announced new sanctions against Russia on July 8, bringing the country further in line with the EU's 14th round of sanctions adopted in response to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow agrees to discharge all Indians recruited into Russian army, Indian outlet reports. Moscow agreed to release all Indians serving in the Russian army and facilitate their return after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin, Indian news publication NDTV reported on July 9, citing unnamed sources.

US provides Poland with $2 billion for financing of F-35s, Patriots, Abrams. The U.S. will provide Poland with a second $2 billion Foreign Military Financing loan to purchase defense equipment from the U.S., the State Department announced on July 8.

In other news

Ukrainian state defense company opens office in US. Ukraine's state-owned defense company Ukrainian Defense Industry, also known as Ukroboronprom, has opened a representative office in Washington as Kyiv seeks to strengthen defense partnerships abroad amid Russia's war.

Nearly $37,000 stolen from bank accounts of fallen soldiers in Dnipro. The suspects, with the help of an employee of the Regional Bureau of Forensic Medicine, stole payment cards and mobile phones registered in the online banking system from dead soldiers in a morgue.

Ukraine to be represented at 2024 Olympics by smallest number of athletes in history. Only 140 Ukrainian athletes will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this year, the smallest number in the history of the country's participation in the games, as Russia's war has damaged or destroyed sports' facilities and frequent air raid alerts interrupt training.

EU freezes $32 million in defense funds for Georgia, halts accession process amid ‘low point’ in relations. Brussels has frozen 30 million euros ($32 million) in defense sector funding for Georgia after halting its EU accession process in June, EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski said on July 9.

Bloomberg names 12 oligarchs who earn billions in payouts from Russia's war economy. Russia's wartime economy has earned a dozen oligarchs $11 billion in dividends as Russian natural resource and finance giants earn record profits during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on July 9.

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Another good day in #Europe: #Apple could be fined 10% of revenue for violating developers' rights.

👉 arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

It looks like the EU is taking notes from our CEO's comment Matthias Pfau on Apple's malicious compliance.

👉 tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…

New on // foss.events: The #Matrix #Conference by The Matrix.org Foundation on 19-22 September 2024 in Mitosis LAB in #Berlin, #Germany

foss.events/2024/09-19-the-mat…

Call for participation is running until 26.06.2024

@matrix

#TheMatrixConference #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

It’s time to start using a privacy focused browser! 👩🏻‍💻🔐

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing Apple to give users a default browser choice.

Which default browser did you pick and why? 💻

#apple #dma #europe #privacy

Read more here: tuta.com/blog/apple-default-br…

Wishing everyone a great time at Gnome 46 Release Party by Volunteers starting today in Offline in #Berlin, #Germany

foss.events/2024/03-30-gnome-4…

@gnome
#gnome46 #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #gnome

European Court of Human Rights (#ECHR) bans weakening of secure end-to-end #encryption - the end of EU‘s chat control #CSAR mass surveillance plans?

eureporter.co/world/human-righ…
#e2ee #europe #privacy #csar

European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans? - EU Reporter

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption.

^{EU Reporter Correspondent (EU Reporter)}

Spain set to slash work week to 37.5 hours

Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz has said her ministry will soon reduce the working week by two and a half hours, a decision which will improve the work-life balance of 12 million employees across the country.

thelocal.com/20240123/spain-se…

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Spain

Spain set to slash work week to 37.5 hours

^{Alex Dunham (The Local)}