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Diego Velazquez

@diegoinbxl.bsky.social
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Journalist, Correspondent for Luxemburger Wort in Bruxelles. Show, don't tell. Or tell me first, so I'll show: diego.velazquez@wort.lu

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is not about diesel prices at all, this is about forcing Ukraine to take responsibility for things we actually have nothing to do with to gain points for the midterms, and about making Ukraine bow to look strong at our expense.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Green LU MEP @tillymetz.bsky.social campaigns to become EP Vice president. via @wort.lu
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Claudia Zettel @claudiazettel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fontaines D.C. haben mit Rosalia einen Song gemacht. Und viel besser gehts eigentlich nicht 🤍
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Fontaines D.C. - Where Is Gone? (with Rosalía)
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Ulrike Winkelmann @uwiworks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Israel verweigert unserer Korrespondentin Serena Bilanceri die Einreise, ich glaubs echt nicht. Hier unsere Stellungnahme. blogs.taz.de/hausblog/taz...
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taz-Korrespondentin darf nicht in Israel einreisen
Kritik an rechtswidriger Besiedlung und der Not in Gaza gilt Israels Behörden als Boykottaufruf. Die taz fordert Einsatz für die Einreise.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If there are still sane governments within the EU, they should pull their forces together and put an end to the frugal madness. It's economically insane, politically stupid, and geopolitically irresponsible. My editorial via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/meinung/leit...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Once we are done with the ICC, we will be livestreaming the execution of Ukraine and paying Russia so that gas prices go down. It's crucial to buy from Russia so it could give more to Iran to target US troops when we restart the war, for which we need the gas prices go down. Stable genius.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Make it a cultural issue instead of a materialistic one. It always works.
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Paul Gogo @paugog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Je ne peux plus me rendre, comme je le faisais plusieurs fois par an, devant l’immeuble où a été assassinée la journaliste Anna Politkovskaïa, il y a 20 ans, dans le centre de Moscou. Alors voici ma dernière photo, prise en janvier dernier. Des nationalistes venaient d’arracher la plaque -
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In short: "socialization" is popular because people blame investors for housing unaffordability. The state helped create the market it now wants to reverse. It would help today's tenants but add no homes, cost money and favor insiders.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Conservative parties lose voters because people can't afford things that make them conservative to begin with: Having children, owning a house, getting a solid pension. Etc.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 08/10/2026
And so it begins: the very first proposal of the new regional parliament in which the AfD is the strongest faction is about an immediate end to sanctions against Russia and the normalisation of relations. (Which, of course, they cannot decide at the regional level.) www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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Sachsen-Anhalt: BSW will mit AfD Ukraine-Antrag verabschieden
Das BSW und die AfD wollen im Landtag in Sachsen-Anhalt den ersten gemeinsamen inhaltlichen Antrag beschließen: Ukrainehilfen sollen eingestellt, Russlandsanktionen aufgehoben werden.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Anna Politkovskaya was murdered 20 years ago. Anyone paying attention could and should have known by then what Putinism stood for. Some woke up in 2014, some only in 2022, and others never will. That, too, is a choice.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/10/2026
20 years ago, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered for speaking truth to power in Putin’s Russia. She exposed the brutality of war. She gave a voice to its victims. And she refused to be intimidated into silence. This cost her life. But her memory is carried by so many to this day.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Strasbourg nightlife sociopolitics is why you gotta love @gerardofortuna.bsky.social
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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whatever else they may be, good to see French students are still world-class slogan writers ... (translation in alt text if needed)
French student protest placard reading : "Macron: f*ck your teacher, not ours" ... Brigitte was famously once Macron's drama teacher
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The (mostly right wing) Flemish schizophrenia on Brussels is pretty confusing. Shouting "Brussel is van ons" while at the same time cut every penny that guarantees some Flemish cultural presence in Brussels.
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Bibliotheken zien het zwart in: 'Vlaanderen morrelt aan Nederlands­talige aanwezigheid'
De beparingen van de Vlaamse regering komen bijzonder hard aan bij de Nederlandstalige Brusselse bibliotheken. “Dit gaat niet enkel over boeken ontlenen."
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 06/10/2026
Und 2.): Nach Jahrzehnten des Dritten Weges und der "TINA" (There Is No Alternative)-Politik muss man vielleicht einfach wieder eine klare Alternative bieten. Und die Alternative kann nicht "noch mehr Mitte" sein. Vielleicht für Parteistrategen zum Überlegen, das liegt über meinem Paygrade.
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 06/10/2026
Noch zwei Dinge: 1.) Weil mir jetzt jeder Zweite mit der dänischen Sozialdemokratie kommt: Dänemark ist a) ein Ausreißer und b) haben die dänischen Sozialdemokraten 2025 und Kopenhagen zum ersten Mal seit 100 Jahren verloren und c) in der 2026-Wahl haben sie nach links und rechts Stimmen verloren.
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Laurent Schmit @lschmit.eu · 06/10/2026
Lëtzebuerg huet Problemer: Logement, Klima, Wirtschaftskris. Mee d'CSV invitéiert den Harald "Gendersternchen" Martenstein. Wann d'CSV wéilt eppes iwwert den Ëmgang mat extrem rietse Parteie léieren, kéint se @leoniedejonge.bsky.social invitéieren. Si ass awer natierlech keen "ale wäisse Mann".
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sánchez calls elections for November 29. Odds strongly against him but history suggests it would be unwise to write off the great survivor of Spanish politics entirely. The timing is typically canny: seizing moment where the national conversation has turned from migration to housing.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyEls van Veen O
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can’t defeat Ukraine on battlefield. My strategy is: 1 Bomb hospitals, schools,power & stations to create refugees 2 Fund anti western & anti refugee parties in west 3 Humiliate western leaders who want appeasement 4 Repeat www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘This is terrorism’: daytime Russian strike hits science academy in Kyiv
Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxembourg gets a big ❤️ from M.Fridman for his delisting. via @wort.lu
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I feel u. #RWDM4Life
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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‼️Népszabadság is returning on 8 October, exactly ten years after Orbán’s government shut it down. I was the paper’s Brussels correspondent when it was closed. For those of us who witnessed the destruction of Hungary’s independent press from the inside, this is a deeply personal moment. 2/1
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 24/09/2026
Kylian Mbappé legt sich mit den französischen Nationalisten an. Seine Warnung vor dem Erstarken der politischen Rechten zeigt einmal mehr: Fußball ist durchaus politisch.
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Kylian Mbappé gegen Marine Le Pen: Ein Kapitän, der seine Meinung sagt
Kylian Mbappé legt sich mit den französischen Nationalisten an. Seine Warnung vor dem Erstarken der politischen Rechten zeigt einmal mehr: Fußball ist durchaus politisch.
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Docteur Bagarre @docteurbagarre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Utiliser l'argument des neo maurassiens "tu aimes les etrangers ? Accueille les chez toi" n'est pas la pensée de gauche que vous imaginez. S'il faut mourir pour l'Ukraine afin d'en parler, alors il faudrait mourir sous les bombes israéliennes pour parler de la Palestine. On en est vraiment là ?
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Paul Gogo @paugog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Entre le RN et LFI, c’est visiblement la saison des grands aveux qui prônent une capitulation de l’Ukraine, et donc des Européens. La campagne va être longue…
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Any Russia/Defence/Geopolitics expert who wants to tell the Luxembourgish public why delisting Fridman wasn't a great idea after all? Get in touch via dm. Looking at you @rikefranke.eu @gresselgustav.bsky.social et. al. :)
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What our neighbours need are rich, privileged westerners who to tell them this and that they only fight Russia cos they are, in a totally non racist way, too fucking dumb to see its actually their own fault Putin came to power and invaded them. Fuck me running.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 24/09/2026
Soyons collectivement à la hauteur. Et arrêtons de trouver des excuses à l’agresseur, qui n’attend que ça et observe de près les prises de position des différents candidat·es à la présidentielle française, dont on sait qu’elle sera déterminante sur le sujet.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 24/09/2026
Se réfugier derrière un faux pacifisme qui renvoie dos-à-dos l'agressé et l'agresseur est indécent. A fortiori quand la Russie escalade en Europe, en multipliant les attaques contre nos sociétés, avec ses drones, ses cyberattaques et ses ingérences. Défendre l’Ukraine, c’est défendre l’Europe.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 24/09/2026
La Russie est la seule à bloquer sur une posture inacceptable (reddition sans condition du Donbass et neutralité forcée de l'Ukraine qui n’est rien d’autre qu’une capitulation). • La guerre s'arrête demain si la Russie rentre chez elle.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 24/09/2026
La Russie, elle, frappe des centres commerciaux en pleine journée (entre autres) avec l’intention manifeste et assumée de tuer des civils. • Le dialogue ne se décrète pas. La Russie ne souhaite pas dialoguer malgré les efforts des Ukrainiens, des Européens et même des Américains.
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Loïc Tregoures @tregs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Toujours aussi impeccable. Ne vous alliez pas avec le parti poutiniste de gauche
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 24/09/2026
Voter Le Pen c’est voter Poutine.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stop asking the Ukrainian president stupid, loaded, victim-blaming questions. There is nothing Ukraine can do for peace besides defeating Russia. Russia rejects peace and compromise and it offers only full occupation or complete domination.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Luxembourg's PM Luc Frieden finally reacts to his country's demand to delist M.Fridman from the EU sanctions list and speaks of "higher national interest". via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/politik/frie...
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 23/09/2026
Moscow reminding Paris, Luxembourg and the EU’s 25 other capitals of the reason for Brussels to sanction the billionaires whose businesses generate the economic output to fund the war…
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Yann Wernert @wernertyann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Der RN verschärft den Ton gegenüber Russland und verurteilt deutlich hybride Angriffe. Praktische Konsequenzen werden daraus nicht gezogen: die Hilfe für die Ukraine stellt er oft in Frage und stimmt auch dagegen. Ein großer Positionswechsel ist es nicht, denn ... www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Le RN prend ses distances avec la Russie sans clarifier sa position sur l’Ukraine, un exercice d’équilibriste à l’approche de l’élection présidentielle de 2027
Après avoir minimisé les alertes d’Emmanuel Macron sur la menace russe à la sortie de la réunion organisée à l’Elysée, vendredi 18 septembre, Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella ont publié le lendemain u...
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Benoît Majerus @majben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Des coupures de presse des années 1980 rassemblées par l'ambassade luxembourgeoise à Bonn ne sont pas accessibles à la recherche pour "state security" #wtf #letsmakeithappen #histlux
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 23/09/2026
So it's official. EU sanctions on Russia are no longer only for the benefit of Ukraine's existential fight against Moscow's invasion - they are now currency for EU capitals to trade for prisoners. Welcome to the Brussels bazaar.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Article 1 of the associated membership agreement: Canadian PMs have to write von der Leyen's SOTEU speeches.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carney has already delivered a clearer message against the far right than von der Leyen did yesterday in 90 minutes.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I need subtitles for Quebecois.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OHHH NOOO. Not in Quebecois!!!
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don't know what's more cringe: Terry Reintke's hockey shirt or Sefcovic's tie.
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Freaky debate on vaccines just before Carney's speech. If associate membership means joining the EU without joining the European Parliament, he might like it after all.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Erinnerung: 'Die Idee, man könne die radikale Rechte „entzaubern“, indem man sie in die Verantwortung hebt, findet in den Daten keinerlei Bestätigung.'
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Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
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