Apologies for all those of you whose knowledge of German might not allow them to understand the text but I must share it here: a TV spot of a Polish hotel has gone viral and found many copy-cats, also among Polish political parties, police force and even on children's

Russian military drone has crashed in the Eastern part of Latvia yesterday. There is an ongoing investigation. We are in close contact with our allies. The number of such incidents is increasing along the Eastern flank of NATO and we must address them collectively.

Warsaw is a sh...ok, it's less of a position and more of an opinion, so: dress code must die.

"The wave of Polish takeovers is just getting started," writes the The Telegraph after Poland's eSky bought travel brand Thomas Cook. "The UK spends a lot of time worrying about competition from Germany and France, but we may be looking in the wrong place" telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

The European Union is working on a proposal to censure Slovakia over the erosion of democratic norms in a move that could result in the bloc withholding funds earmarked for Bratislava trib.al/zDfyf1y

🏢 I've been to some liminal hotels in my life, but HEC Chateau wins in the "look around, there's something in the backroom behind you" category.

🇫🇷🗳️🇪🇺 Spending today speaking at RED-SPINEL Research Project project event on innovative governance practices and democracy at a sometimes liminal and sometimes breathtaking HEC Chateau. More than happy to reunite with Dimitry Kochenov and Ana Bobić + meet some new friends!

🥇🥇Glory day for outgoing EU competition czar Margrethe @Vestager as the EU's highest court also confirms the European Commission's 2,4 million euro fine against Google over its Shopping service (following a shock victory in the tax case against Apple and Ireland)

🇵🇱⚖️Purely from a chronicler's duty - the Polish Constitutional Tribunal finds the resolution of the parliament establishing the committee to investigate the use of Pegasus spyware incompatible with the Constitution. Chances this judgment will be published and/or respected: zero.

Today IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media has called attention to an ongoing smear campaign run by pro-government Hungarian media outlets against our collaborative project The Eastern Frontier Initiative with our partners 444 PressOne Gazeta Wyborcza.pl Denník SME ipi.media/hungary-new-sm…

🇫🇷🏯 Chateau gonna Szato.