Cristina Maza
@cmaza.bsky.social
Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defence. Editing @ Euractiv. www.cristinamaza.com Write: https://lazoletters.substack.com/welcome email: c.maza@protonmail.com cristina.maza@euractiv.com Signal: Cmaza.12
Western officials also observed that actors within the Russian disinformation ecosystem reacted “very quickly and on a massive scale” to the events at the Spanish-Moroccan border.
Cristina Maza@cmaza.bsky.social · 10h agoA Western government source told Euractiv that Morocco is believed to have at least tacitly approved the surge towards Ceuta and that the incident was likely intended as a political warning to Madrid. www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
A Western government source told Euractiv that Morocco is believed to have at least tacitly approved the surge towards Ceuta and that the incident was likely intended as a political warning to Madrid. www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
Don’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies | Euractiv
EU steps up fight against disinformation instead of confronting Rabat
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"Kushner did not have to persuade Rama that development could transform a nation...But Kushner’s proposal alone could not explain why it found such an enthusiastic champion in the Prime Minister" Must-read piece on Albania's 🦩 protests by @thencarolsaid.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2137...
Greetings From Javanka-bania
The Trump clan finds a new place to ruin.
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A fringe group of Israeli settlers has been making incursions into southern Syria in an attempt to establish settlements. It is believed to be the first time civilians have tried to settle the area. apnews.com/article/isra...
Fringe Israeli settler group is sneaking into Syria to try to claim land for a Jewish outpost
Right-wing Israeli activists are ramping up their fringe campaign to establish Jewish settlements inside Syria by staging frequent incursions across the border.
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Shocking case of a person in the United States getting sentenced to 30 years in prison for having printed "antifa" material.
Inkstick Media@inkstickmedia.com · 7d ago"At the end of the controversial 'Antifa trial,' Daniel Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to three decades in prison for moving a box of zines and antifascist literature. His sister wants people to know the real Daniel." By: @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/a-prairielan...
From Volkswagen to Mercedes, Germany's struggling auto industry is embracing defense production — even as workers question what they're being asked to build. inkstickmedia.com/as-germany-r...
As Germany Rearms, Carmakers Turn to Defense Contracts
From Volkswagen to Mercedes, the country's struggling auto industry is embracing defense production—even as workers question what they're being asked to build.
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It feels as though the breaking news list is reading like: Dangerous heat wave. Love Island. Diarrhea parasite. Corruption! More about Jack Antonoff's relationship than you ever wanted to know. Someone died but not that person. Don't eat the berries; again, explosive diarrhea.
The lawyer for a Palestinian medic from Gaza who has been detained by Israeli authorities for over 18 months without charge told the BBC he fears for his client’s life because his client was so badly beaten that he could not recognise him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya tells the BBC his client was so badly beaten he could not recognise him during a visit last week.
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Romania's defence minister plans to sail home across the Black Sea after this year's NATO summit in Ankara. Read that and more in our @euractiv.com live blog: www.euractiv.com/news/live-bl...
LIVE BLOG: NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum kicks off in Ankara | Euractiv
Follow Euractiv's defence team on the ground in Turkey
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Spain’s main conservative party allied with the far right to continue governing the key region of Andalusia, in a potential dress rehearsal for next year’s general election. www.euractiv.com/news/right-f...
Right, far right to govern Spain's key Andalusia region | Euractiv
The most populous region wields wide-ranging powers in areas such as health and education in Spain's decentralised political system, giving national significance to such deals
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Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) would seek to restore imports of Russian gas if it came to power, party leader Alice Weidel said, arguing that cheap Russian energy was key to reviving Europe’s largest economy. www.euractiv.com/news/german-...
German far-right leader vows to overturn EU ban on Russian gas | Euractiv
‘We need it back,” far-right AfD’s Weidel said
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Brussels and Washington are increasingly at odds over the future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the international body overseeing Bosnia’s post-war constitutional order. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-us-a...
EU, US at odds over Bosnia's top international envoy | Euractiv
Brussels and Washington increasingly diverge over the future of the Office of the High Representative
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"It was important to me that the interviews be in Deitsch. There are few audiovisual recordings of native speakers." This is so cool. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Our Amish Language — The Dial
As my community modernized, we used Pennsylvania Dutch less and less. Now I'm trying to preserve it.
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Brexit has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband. Reversing it is clearly in the national interest. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband
Exclusive: ‘We are suffering a punishing Brexit tax every day’ says former foreign secretary in withering assessment of decision to leave the bloc
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Before Bari Weiss slowly strangled 60 Minutes to death in front of our eyes, Scott Pelley interviewed me about the work of Bellingcat youtu.be/keQFk4z7nRI?...
How Bellingcat trains journalists and investigators
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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White phosphorus ignites upon contact with oxygen and causes deep tissue burns. The NYT has evidence that Israel is using it in populated areas of Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...
What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon
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I'm old enough to remember when we were optimistic about the democratizing power of the Internet and its ability to connect activists and fuel civic engagement. How naive we all were...
Cristina Maza@cmaza.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Chinese company Geedge Networks is developing new products that use AI to analyse location data and internet activity to predict who might do or say something critical of the government. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
The Chinese company Geedge Networks is developing new products that use AI to analyse location data and internet activity to predict who might do or say something critical of the government. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk
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Albania’s EU membership bid has hit a new bump in the road over a luxury coastal resort project linked to Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law. www.euractiv.com/news/new-eu-...
New EU enlargement hurdle for Albania over Trump son-in-law's beach resort plans | Euractiv
Protesters have 'no chance' of stopping the multi-billion investment, says Edi Rama
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This week's newsletter has a deep dive into an all-women's village in Syria. lazoletters.substack.com/p/inside-jin...
EU capitals are considering whether to exclude Ukrainian men of military age from any future extension of the bloc’s temporary protection scheme for the more than four million people fleeing Russia’s invasion. www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: EU weighs excluding military-age Ukrainian men from extended protection scheme | Euractiv
Some EU capitals argue the framework should be revised to support Ukraine’s war effort, with any limits applying only to future applicants
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A new pan-European movement called Via Nova wants to revive Latin to give Europeans a shared spoken language with historical weight, one that, in its words, carries “civilisational baggage”, Euractiv reports. www.euractiv.com/news/ad-brux...
Ad Bruxellam: Making Latin the EU’s next language | Euractiv
It hides in Brussels more than you think, even in the EU’s motto
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A new pan-European movement called Via Nova wants to revive Latin to give Europeans a shared spoken language with historical weight, one that, in its words, carries “civilisational baggage”, Euractiv reports. www.euractiv.com/news/ad-brux...
Ad Bruxellam: Making Latin the EU’s next language | Euractiv
It hides in Brussels more than you think, even in the EU’s motto
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EU capitals are considering whether to exclude Ukrainian men of military age from any future extension of the bloc’s temporary protection scheme for the more than four million people fleeing Russia’s invasion. www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: EU weighs excluding military-age Ukrainian men from extended protection scheme | Euractiv
Some EU capitals argue the framework should be revised to support Ukraine’s war effort, with any limits applying only to future applicants
euractiv.com
