One of Putin's opponents, Boris Nadezhdin, has withdrawn from the upcoming Russian parliamentary election. He says that he has been "silenced" and "forced out of politics." Earlier this week, he was also labeled a foreign agent by Russian authorities.

“Russian recruits arriving on the front lines in Ukraine survive an estimated 20 to 30 minutes before they are killed or wounded”
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/07/16/russian-troops-survive-just-20-30-minutes-on-ukraines-front-lines-cia-director-says/

Puha det er godt nok blevet dyrt at tanke bilen med benzin, efter Trump startede krigen i Iran. Men på den anden side skal vi glæde os over at vi – i modsætning til russerne – trods alt kan få benzin #dkpol

China is intensifying the competition in the AI race. The company Moonshot has unveiled its new Kimi K3 model, which it claims surpasses the leading AI models developed in the United States. At the same time, China has ambition to become the world’s leading force in AI

New strategy from Trump and republicans until midterm election – call all other communists

The automotive industry in Europe is facing the loss of thousands of jobs, and some are now blaming the EU's mandate to replace fossil-fuel cars with electric vehicles. However, remember that it is primarily the European automotive industry itself that failed to develop its…

Canada and Europe are boycotting the US when it comes to travel and purchasing goods. For example, wine exports to Canada have dropped to one-third, and Canadians are instead buying domestically produced wine. I wonder if that will change again once the trade war is over?…

So with the release of the documents, Trump has shown that the Chinese are hacking to obtain Americans' personal information, but not that they have used this to influence an American election, nor has it been documented that there has been widespread election fraud. He is trying…

Trump after he lost the 2020 election

Now that Trump has released a lot of documents, when will the rest of the Epstein files be released?

CBS News did a fact-check on Trumps speech tonight on election security.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-trump-speech-on-election-security/

Today, Zelenskyy replaced Ukraine's Defense Minister Fedorov, and the new Defense Minister is Yevhenii Khmara. He is currently the head of the Security Service of Ukraine.

New strategy from Trump and the Republicans ahead of the midterm elections – calling their opponents communists. They have already done this over 80 times since the end of July
https://www.berlingske.dk/internationalt/birgitte-borup-trumps-kommunistangreb-handler-om-at-udnytte-demokraternes-splittelse

“Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe.“
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/germany-warns-against-election-interference-as-us-offers-funding-to-maga-aligned-causes-in-europe

God bedring til Henrik Qvortrup. Det er en forfærdelig tilstand, hvor hurtig behandling er afgørende og kritisk. Husker tydeligt det første tilfælde jeg så, hvor en mand havde så stærke smerter i benet, så han bad om at få det amputeret https://x.com/tv2newsdk/status/2077397606473621504

American interference in the French presidential election has begun. Elon Musk has (as expected) expressed his full support for Marine Le Pen.

Denmark is a highly digital country and the country in the EU where the most young people have basic digital skills (92.1% 16-24y).

Det går hurtigt med skiftet til el-biler i Danmark. I juni solgt rekordmange elbiler på omkring 17.000 og der er nu 660.000 elbiler i Danmark. Bliver nok også presset af de stigende benzinbiler #dkøko

The Baltic countries, Latvia and Lithuania, are now warning about intelligence showing that Russia has planned sabotage targeting infrastructure in several NATO countries. They are therefore increasing security around energy and transport infrastructure.

Da Trump pressede verdens lande med ulovlig told, er det nu endt med at USA har måttet betale 81 milliarder dollars tilbage
https://news.sky.com/story/us-returns-81bn-after-trump-tariffs-ruled-illegal-13563237

Trump is not treating Canada properly, and this has led them to increase cooperation with Europe in trade and defense, and now they are also participating in Eurovision. Canadians are very welcome and will always be Europe's friends.

Det er fint hvis det ender med at EU udvides med flere lande, men det er ikke kun disse lande der skal reformeres for at være klar til en udvidelse. Det skal EU også, der skal mere magt til EU parlamentet der er valgt direkte af folket og færre beslutninger skal kræve…

Trump lovede at krigen mod Iran var slut på 2 dage, så en uge og så en måned og her er vi så et halvt år senere. Han er dybt utroværdig, på godt og på ondt, hvilket også er et problem for USA. Hvem kan tage Trump seriøst? #dkpol

Endelig et dansk medie der skriver om #chatcontrol og at dømme udfra overskriften mere retvisende end DR kunne formå https://x.com/berlingske/status/2076705714064544026