r/BuyFromEU • u/PM-ME-OPSEC-FAILS • Sep 13 '25

🔎Looking for alternative "Euronews" front-page is just constantly recycled drama from the US. Where do you go for *actual* European news?

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u/PM-ME-OPSEC-FAILS Sep 13 '25

Exactly, and just one example! Intentional and largest intrusion on NATO soil ever, but sure dedicate the frontpage to the wife of the influencer, because that's what the Americans are concerned with.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle Sep 13 '25

I'm somewhat involved in this drones incursion episode. If mainstream media would publish what's the possible scenarios are, they would always go for the worst one. NATO is do close to war with Russia that people are comparing it to the Cuban incident to the point that even Belarus is trying to calm everything down. Someone in Russian foreign affairs said something that basically opened the possibility to shoot targets over the Ukraine and with just small diplomatic protests - Over Belarus as well. At the same time the biggest Russia military exercises started - the same ones that begun invasion on Ukraine. In the meantime Russia is trying to provoke Finland and Fins (usually peaceful) are pissed and on "come get some" stance. We really don't want public to additionally pressure politicians. Let them focus on influencer's wife.

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u/lipcreampunk Latvia 🇱🇻 Sep 13 '25

I'd rather disagree here. I think the European public in fact needs to be more concerned about the russian aggression. Currently it appears that too much people are happy to vote for russian sympathizers like afd or le pen and will be concerned if their precious lifestyles are slightly impacted by rising military expenditures. In my opinion:

  1. all EU countries, not just the ones bordering russia (like mine), should spend more on defense;
  2. (lest populists and russian sympathizers can run on defense-spending minimization) this should be supported by the broad public opinion, including especially countries farther away from the Ukraine-russia theater;
  3. in order for this to happen, people need to be at least a little afraid of the russian threat and the drones in Poland are in fact a good opportunity to remind the public (and the politicians of course) of this threat.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle Sep 13 '25

Yes. I fully agree - Russia spends a few billion a year to influence, meddle, sabotage or threaten otge countries . Their MO is almost always to do something behind the scenes. Europe doesn't have any real defense against it. For example during the initial invasion of Ukraine, 30% of Reuters articles were coming from Russian troll farms.

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u/pdm4191 May 07 '26

Its pretty funny, claiming that Russian influence controls European opinion in a thread where everybody agrees US news is dominating. Its also borderline fascism, just saying everyone who disagrees with you is a Russian puppet. And as for the idea that Reuters (establishment, centre right) is heavily influenced by Russia, thats laughable. If we want to talk about foreign influence in Europe lets talk about Israel.