On 8 April 2022, a Russian missile strike hit the railway station of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. The strike killed 63 civilians (including 9 children) and wounded 150.2wk ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
An electronic billboard appeared today in Moscow showing this Putin quote: “Russia’s borders do not end anywhere.”3mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
'All Are Gone, The Old Familiar Fasces' — American cartoon (5 July 1962) showing an aged Francisco Franco sitting in a crumbling room looking at portraits of his old 'friends', Mussolini and Hitler.2mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
French postcard from the First World War (ca. 1914-5) showing the Kaiser riding his 'dream horse' of Europe while the Russian bear snarls behind him7mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
What Russia wanted to capture vs What has been captured in Ukraine since January 20231yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
'Not the Russians, not the Americans, this is the enemy' — British poster published in the 1980s by the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons.7mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine and were under temporary protection at the end of February 20242wk ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
'The real trouble will come with the Wake' - 15 Aug 1900, depicting the countries fighting for China after the boxing rebellion2mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Not quite Europe: European countries swapped out for countries with the most similar shape, rotated and scaled to fit.10mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Turkish cartoon by Ramiz Gokce (1928) showing the new Latin letters kicking out the old Arabic script6mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
A new 1.2GW electric link between France and Italy is now online, it will raise capacity exchange of the two countries by 40%1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
European Russian gas dependency vs. gas-storage depletion ( days after 15 May if imports from Russia are halted on 16 May)2yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Tens of thousands of people have gathered on Prague’s Wenceslas Square this afternoon to show unity against fear and support for continued solidarity with Ukraine1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
We will not leave you alone in the face of cowardly aggression. We are and will remain alongside the Ukrainian people in defense of democracy and freedom. The 🇮🇹 Min. Guido Crosetto to the colleague 🇺🇦 Oleksii Reznikov in the meeting of the Contact Group for the defence of Ukraine1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Ratification of NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden as of 31 of August1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Venice is currently experiencing the highest tide of the last 53 years (187cm!)4yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Russia’s Flagship Oil Is Trading at Half Global Prices With Tiny Pool of Buyers1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Benito Mussolini on the facade of Milan cathedral. The portrait appeared as part of a public giardino luminoso (light garden) exhibition (1933)1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Belarus: MTZ presented a Formula 1 tractor, at an exhibition in Serbia. Lukashenko himself tested it and said it can accelerate to 320Km/h10mo ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
European countries' position on developing 5G network by Huawei [October 2020]3yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Today 18 Countries signed the Common Procurement of Ammunition, to fast track production for Ukraine and member states1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Legal entries of Russian nationals in EU since the start of the War, Frontex data1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Italian postcard from the Second World War (1941) showing death guiding a parachutist, with a line from Gabriele D'Annunzio’s poem La canzone del Quarnaro: ‘...and death at my side.’2wk ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
After Storm Dudley Netherlands is going to be struck by storm Eunice on Friday (130+ Km/h)2yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Gas coming to Italy from Russia decreased 20 Billion m3/Y but increased to 27 from alternative sources1yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
EU-28 unemployment at 6.3 % in November 2019, lowest since the start of the EU monthly unemployment series in January 2000.4yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Switzerland, Sotomo poll:Should Switzerland join NATO?Should Switzerland work more closely with NATO?2yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Monthly number of migrants landed by boat in Italy updated to July (2016 -77% YoY, 2017 -80% YoY )6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Number of installed industrial robots per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry (2016)4yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Monthly number of migrants landed by boat in Italy updated to June (2016 -71% YoY, 2017 -77% YoY )6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Comparison of number of migrants landed in Italy by boat in the years 2016/2017/20186yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Genetic structure from 127 individuals in Central Italy (Mesolithic to Middle Age) and comparison to modern populations3yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Comparison of migrants landed by boat in Italy in years 2016/2017/2018, -70%YoY6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Italian military export grew 85% since 2015 and 452% since 2014 to 14,6 billion €7yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Percentuale della popolazione con antenati italiani nelle americhe [xpost /r/Mapporn]7yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/italy
Total number of touristic bookings per inhabitant in the selected cities of Europe, Eurostat 20191yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Monthly number of migrants landed by boat in Italy updated to August (2016 -81% YoY, 2017 -80% YoY)[source Ministry of the Interior, pdf in comments]6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Monthly number of migrants landed by boat in Italy updated to April (2016/2017/2018, -81% YoY)6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
States that are party to the Ottawa Treaty, for Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines [2000x1018]11yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/MapPorn
Not even Pope Francis can fill italian churches - Percent of italians going to the church at least once a week 1995-20158yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
In the light of recent developments I give you the imaginary flag of Catalanders!7yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/vexillology
The Floating Piers, the new land art installation by Christo in the italian Iseo lake8yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Countries sized according to their number of cycling Grand Tour wins (i.e Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espana).6yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/europe
Flag of indipendentist Sardinians who want to join Switzerland (a real thing)10yr ⋅ BkkGrl ⋅ r/vexillology
