dr_scientist

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Ukraine deal: EU leaders agree €90bn loan, but without use of frozen Russian assets in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] dr_scientist@lemmy.world 28 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

It's a shame (and maybe shameful) they couldn't use the frozen assets. I found this from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, but didn't want overpost the story.

"Some €210 billion of Russian assets are frozen in Europe, most of them in the Belgian financial clearing house Euroclear. Belgium had objected to the loan plan, calling it legally risky and warning that it could harm Euroclear’s business."

Think it's important to see what influence banks have on highly political decisions.

Link to Sydney Herald article, similiar reporting.

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Vietnam's 'Sorrow of War' sells out after viral controversy (www.france24.com)
 

When "The Sorrow of War" was honoured by Vietnam's government as one of the 50 greatest works of literature and art since reunification, some conservative figures reacted with fury -- suggesting the novel's unvarnished depictions of the war diminished the victors' heroism.

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Germany accuses Russia of air traffic control cyber-attack (www.bbc.com)
 

Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador.

A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a "cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024". The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country's federal election in February this year.