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DW US President Donald Trump has said he might travel to Turkey for potential talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have discussed efforts toward achieving peace between Russia and Ukraine, a Turkish diplomatic source told the Reuters news agency. The source provided no further details but noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday to discuss the possibility of a truce.

bbc Six Bulgarians have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for spying for the Kremlin in the UK and across Europe. During a lengthy trial in London, the Old Bailey court heard the cell was paid handsomely for their services, which included spying on two journalists who had exposed nerve agent attacks on Russian dissidents Alexei Navalny and Sergei Skripal. Prosecutors had told the court they had conducted operations in the UK, Austria, Spain, Germany and Montenegro. They targeted investigative journalists Christo Grozev and Roman Dobrokhotov, as well as Russian dissidents, political figures and Ukrainian soldiers training at a military base in Germany.

DW Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday he was ordering the closure of Russia's consulate in the southern city of Krakow after evidence showed that Russia had committed an arson attack in the capital, Warsaw, last year in which a shopping center was almost completely destroyed. The Russian ambassador was also summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the incident. The move means that Russia now has only one consulate remaining in Poland, in the city of Gdansk, after the consulate in Poznan was closed in response to other acts of sabotage suspected to have been sponsored by Moscow. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Polish authorities "now know for certain that the massive fire on Marywilska was the result of arson commissioned by Russian services." "The actions were coordinated by a person residing in Russia. Some of the perpetrators are already in custody, while the rest have been identified and are being sought," Tusk said on X, formerly Twitter. "We will catch them all!"

DW Ukraine said Russia fired 108 drones overnight, despite attempts from Ukraine and its allies to reach a 30-day ceasefire agreement by Monday. "From 11:00 pm on May 11, the enemy attacked with 108 Shaheds and other types of drones," the air force said, adding that "as of 08:30 am, 55 drones were confirmed downed." The attack also included 30 stimulator drones which were lost along the way without hitting anything, the message on Telegram said.

Da mislim da su usvojili tako neku odluku jos 2022. Malo gledam sad koji je ruski argument zasto ne zele 30odnevno primirje, i kljucna stvar je sto bi 'kolektivni zapad' to iskoristio za ozbiljno naoruzavanje Ukrajne. Da bi Kremlju izbili taj kljucni argument, u Kijevu bi mogli da predloze i da Rusija ne naoruzava svoje jedinice koje su u Ukrajni dok traje to primirje.

Jedino sto je 'narandzasti glupan' shvatio je da mu je rejting pao na najnize grane u USA istoriji za prvih 100 dana predsednikovanja. Sto se tice ovih najavljenih razgovora, ako jedna strana trazi da budu na najvisem, predsednickom nivou, onda je logicno da obe strane budu zastupljene na isti nacin. Ali ima jos vremena do cetvrtak, videcemo kako ce u Kremlju odgovoriti i koja im je sad strategija.

bbc Turkey is ready to host ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, the country's president tells French President Emmanuel Macron. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announcement follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to hold "direct talks" with Ukraine in Istanbul. Ukrainian President Zelensky says Ukraine "expect Russia to confirm a ceasefire – full, lasting, and reliable – starting tomorrow, 12 May, and Ukraine is ready to meet.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls President Putin's offer to hold talks with Ukraine "far from sufficient". He says Russia's willingness to talk is a "good sign" but says European leaders expect Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. "First, the guns must fall silent before talks can begin." Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk repeats the call for Russia to agree to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting tomorrow. "In response to our appeal, the Russians have proposed peace talks starting May 15. The world, however, іs waiting for univocal decision on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. "Ukraine is ready. No more victims!" he says in a social media post.

DW The UK is expected to announce sanctions against up to 100 oil tankers that defied sanctions on Russia. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to meet with EU and NATO officials. Germany's new Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visiting Lviv for talks on continued support for Ukraine.

DW The new German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, on Wednesday delivered a clear message of support for Ukraine — and a warning to Russia. "Europe will defend and support Ukraine with all available means," he said upon arrival in Warsaw, Poland, where he was set to join an informal meeting of European foreign ministers. "I think we are all in agreement that more needs to be done to support Ukraine," he continued, adding that there were "various ways to do this." He insisted that "Ukraine can rely on Europe" and added, "Everyone in Moscow must understand that they will have to deal with us."

Vec danas Merz otisao u Paris a kasnije danas ide u Poljsku. Meni izgleda da je spreman da uradi velike stvari i za Nemacku i za EU. DW German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on European Union member states to boost defense spending and vowed to prioritize European unity. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a strong showing of unity with Ukraine announced that he will visit the country soon. Merz said during his first official trip to Paris that he wants to work toward arrangements to ensure a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine. Germany's new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ordered the deployment of more police officers to all the country's borders, after having vowed to to curb irregular migration.

Naravno da nije bila samohrana, hvala Bogu.

Kad smo kod Rumunije, opet pokazuju kako treba odgovorna vlast i drzava da se ponasa u kriznim vreme ima bbc Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election.

Uopste ne izgleda naivno ovaj fail Merza da osigura vecinu. Naravno, AfD se smeska, traze nove izbore. Evropskih indeksi su u padu od momenta glasanja. Iz SPDa tvrde da su lojalni i da su svi njihovih poslanici glasali za Merza. Onako, na prvu, cini mi se da su u pitanju strani uticaj, odnosno da se ovako salje poruka Merzu.

bbc The north-eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine was hit overnight by Russian drone attacks. Among the places hit was the Barabashovo market in the city of Kharkiv, most of which burned down overnight.

bbc All four of the capital's major airports were closed for several hours to ensure safety but later reopened, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram. Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on social media at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed before they reached the city "from different directions". He said some of the debris had landed on one of the key highways into the city, but there were no casualties. It is the second night in a row that Russia has reported a drone attack by Ukraine - on Monday, Russia's defence ministry said it had destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones overnight. It comes after reports on Monday of fresh attempts by Ukraine to cross into Russia's Kursk region. Kyiv said it had hit a drone command unit in the Kursk region on Sunday near the Russian village of Tyotkino.

@Beonegro Nemam kad sada da trazim rezultate izbora, ali nasa dijaspora uvek na izborima donese pobedu prozapadnim partijama i pokretima. Cak mi se cini i Nemacka i Austrijska, gde vec godinama dominiraju primerci kao taj iz Pozege kog si opisao.

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Ali nasa dijaspora, narocito van EU je vrlo prozapadno orijentisana. Isto vazi i za moldavsku, koja je bukvalno odlucila predsednicke izbore jesenas.

Simion je na tim ponistenim izborima imao skoro 1.3M glasova, tako da se moglo ocekivati da se ti glasovi preliju kod ideoloski najblizeg kandidata. Meni je zanimljivo (odnosno neverovatno i zapanjujuce) da je Simion dobio od dijaspore, koja broji sigurno milion glasaca, skoro 70% podrske.

U Rumuniji u prvom krugu ubedljivo dobio proTrump kandidat, sa nejasnim odnosom prema Rusiji. Kaze za sebe da je za NATO saradnju i Trumpa, ali to zaista svasta moze da znaci. Inace je dobio duplo vise od drugoplasiranog kandidata.

Vrhovni Klovn strikes again, valjda ocekuje da ce Xi da uzme slusalicu i placnim glasom ga zamoli da skine takse cnn President Donald Trump said China’s economy is “doing very poorly right now” because of the 145% tariffs he enacted. His comments, made during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, came after a report released earlier in the day showed China’s factory activity contracted this month at its fastest pace in 16 months. “I just saw some reports coming out, and I don’t want that to happen to China,” Trump said. “I was actually saddened to hear it.”