Egisto Ott will legal gehandelt haben - viel ließe sich mit einer hochgeheimen Operation erklären, über die er aber nicht sprechen dürfe. Unser Bericht vom heutigen Verhandlungstag 1 - mit @laurinlorenz.bsky.social www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Ott sagt, er hat über die geheimen Operationen geheime Berichte geschrieben, die waren im Stahlschrank und von da sind sie verschwunden. Geheim in Luft aufgelöst. @profil.at #ottprozess

How about EU leaders today use emergency summit to develop a clear timetable for taking over critical enablers for the defense of Europe from the US and plan to develop capabilities? This has been over due for at least a year & is at very heart of vulnerability to US blackmail.

"Former intelligence official Egisto Ott goes on trial in Vienna on Thursday, accused of spying for Russia in what is being dubbed Austria's biggest spy trial in years." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Heute beginnt der größte österreichische Spionageprozess der vergangenen Jahrzehnte - wir berichten live vom Egisto-Ott-Verfahren @laurinlorenz.bsky.social : www.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebe...

Egisto Ott, einst Spitzenbeamter beim Verfassungsschutz, soll jahrelang Staatsgeheimnisse an Russland verkauft haben. Ab heute steht er vor Gericht. / für @taz.de

Die schnelle Übernahme kurdisch gehaltener Gebiete durch die syrische Regierung ist offenbar das Ergebnis geheimer diplomatischer Absprachen gewesen. Die USA ihre einstigen Verbündeten, die von Kurden geführten Syrischen Demokratischen Kräfte (SDF). orf.at#/stories/341...

Bezüglich der Belastung der Atemluft mit lungengängigem #Feinstaub ist Deutschland aktuell eher Osteuropa zuzuordnen. Holzofen-Rauchgase sind hierzulande Ursache des größten Luftreinhalteproblems in Wohngebieten.

Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH

The Trump administration apparently blinking first on economic war with Europe is good news. If everyone can slow-walk talks on a "deal" it will be even better. But it would be dangerous to assume the crisis is definitely over. And I don't think the damage to NATO can be undone.

If the US is genuinely worried about a Russian threat in the Arctic then the best way to address it would be to destroy Russia's capacity for military aggression by helping Ukraine to win.

‼️ Trump walks back tariff threat. That was fast

Trump just manipulated the market again.

Obviously it was the European response that mattered...

If they aren't already, Canada and Iceland should be deeply alarmed by this comment from Trump.

Lots of stories about Trump saying he won't use force to take Greenland. He said that, but also that the US "probably won't get anything, unless I decide to use excessive strength and force", so I wouldn't take this at face value. Here's the whole, mad section of the speech:

The heating situation in #Kyiv is critical -4,200 apartment buildings are currently without heating,it will take weeks to restore heating in some of them.That is,provided there are no new strikes Russia is torturing the civilian population in an attempt to render Kyiv uninhabitable 📹warm_touch_17

By standing up to President Trump, the 72-year-old Fed chair, Jay Powell, has “put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House,” @JohnCassidy writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/VgYCpA

$1.4 billion. That’s how much the NY Times estimates - based in part on other analyses - of how much Donald Trump has profited from the presidency in the last year. Just one year. Staggering corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dollar and US stocks fall as Trump says ‘no going back’ on Greenland bid ft.trib.al/BAAAq9i

The Canadian leader urged the world’s ‘middle powers’ to unite, in a speech that won a standing ovation ahead of Donald Trump’s arrival in Davos. ft.trib.al/HX9MTVn

Trump row over Greenland derails Ukraine postwar deal ft.trib.al/KrTbyD7

„Seit ich in diesem Beruf arbeite, habe ich schon mindestens dreimal gedacht: Das wars“, sagt @wegner.io in unserer Jubiläumsausgabe. Trotzdem schaut er optimistisch in die Zukunft: „Wir verkaufen keine Informationen, sondern wir sind Gastgeber von Gemeinschaften.“ www.journalist.de/meinung/mein...

European leaders, notably Merz & Meloni, need to read and internalize this from the excellent @edwardluce.bsky.social: “Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail.” www.ft.com/content/dede...

"The US has squandered its most valuable financial asset: trust. It risks paying a heavy price for this for decades to come." Important piece by my colleague @katie0martin.ft.com on the hit to the dollar and US borrowing costs of Trump's derangement. www.ft.com/content/9f73...

Bei Waffengutachter und Journalist Lars Winkelsdorf gab es eine Hausdurchsuchung – wegen einer Waffe, die es nicht gibt und nach einem taz-Artikel:

Update on Iran

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace… www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.

Opinion: Confronted with such a bewildering range of possible endgames, what should Europe do? The answer is that to avoid the worst outcomes, European leaders need to push back now. ft.trib.al/Y9cCREW

Trumpist

„Trump hat einen Punkt“ - sagt Spahn zu Grönland. Erstaunlich, wie leichtfertig dieser Mann Bereicherungspolitik mit „Realismus“ verwechselt. Wir sind Partner, nicht Beute. Das Muster kennen wir: Auch bei Masken war es teuer für sehr viele – lukrativ für wenige. #SystemSpahn

Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners? TRUMP: I don't talk about that REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?

Donald Trump verändert von Grund auf die politische Agenda der USA und ignoriert allgemein akzeptierte Grenzen exekutiver Macht. Deutschland und die EU müssen ihre Beziehungen zu den USA grundsätzlich neu denken, schreibt Johannes Thimm in einer neuen Studie. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

The question of punching back against Trump is so sensitive that it is kept away from the mainstream European debates. But five insiders have confirmed to POLITICO that the topic is being discussed privately across the continent. 🔗 politi.co/49A8WF3

Breaking: Trump was told an attack on Iran wouldn't guarantee the collapse of the regime, and that the U.S. needed more firepower in the region. on.wsj.com/3No5Rk3

He could face the death sentence in a separate trial on a charge of masterminding an insurrection by declaring martial law without justification

A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law reut.rs/4b2cfqZ

I’m back in Moscow…and back with the Russian newspapers which report on “Galloping Inflation. Food prices rise markedly [in Russia] since the start of 2026.” One paper links rising prices to a recent VAT hike to help finance Russia’s war in Ukraine. #ReadingRussia

Surprise Surprise

The first Canadian prime minister to visit Beijing in almost a decade, Carney is turning to the world’s second-largest economy as part of an effort to double exports to non-US partners over the next decade. ft.trib.al/8GHJ3y1

Statt dass #Hohlmeier, #Rukwied und Co ihre Sessel räumen, köpft der gescheiterte #BayWa -Aufsichtsrat lieber einen neuen Vorstand, der das Desaster aufklären will. Aber an der Krise sind solche Leute natürlich nie schuld. Irre. www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Wegen des Verdachts der Untreue hat die Staatsanwaltschaft Ermittlungen gegen den früheren Baywa-Vorstandschef Klaus Josef Lutz aufgenommen. Was dahintersteckt.

New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

So schmutzig waren die Thermen von Pompeji#Antike#Hygiene#Pompeji

SCOOP Petr Bystron (AfD) hat einen luxuriösen Trip nach Beijing unternommen - bezahlt von der zentralen staatlichen Propagandaagentur Xinhua. Auf Fragen dazu reagierte er nicht. Recherche @t-online.de

Auflösung zu Wagenknecht und Russland in ihrem Facebook-Profil: www.t-online.de/nachrichten/... (Die aktuell angezeigte Überschrift ist noch etwas irreführend, Admin wurde entfernt)