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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

How Russia prepares its strategic missile plant for eternal war — Dead and wounded everywhere — Russian attack on Dnipro kills at least 18, injures nearly 300 — Council of Europe, Ukraine to sign accord on June 25 to set up Russian aggression tribunal — Europeans oppose following Trump if he pushes Ukraine to cede territory, lift Russia sanctions, poll finds … and more

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#Russia afraid to admit scale of losses, by dumping it's soldiers’ bodies on #Ukraine

#Ukrainian authorities confirmed at least 20 of the bodies Russia returned as Ukrainian were actually #RussianSoldiers

Sometimes these bodies even have Russian #passports. He also cited the case of a deceased #Israeli citizen fighting on Russia’s side, whom #Moscow had passed off as a #Ukrainian soldier

kyivindependent.com/by-dumping

The Kyiv Independent · Russia 'afraid to admit' scale of losses, trying to hide by dumping soldiers' bodies on Ukraine, Zelensky saysBy Tim Zadorozhnyy

A federal judge on Tues blocked the #Trump admin from refusing to issue #passports to #transgender & #nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their #gender identities, after finding it was likely #unconstitutional.

US District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary #injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the US #State Dept from enforcing the policy in the case of just 6 people.

#law #discrimination
reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-

Service Canada slashes hundreds of jobs as demand for passports declines
Fewer Canadians are expected to apply for passports this year, prompting Service Canada to cut 800 jobs nationwide.According to a projection by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), passport volumes in 2025 to 2026 will be significantly lower than those in 2024 to 2025.In an email to Daily Hive, ...
#jobs #economy #travel #passports
blogto.com/travel/2025/05/serv

«#Italy has approved a law that tightens the rules for people with #Italian heritage to get #passports.

Previously, anyone with an Italian ancestor who lived after 17 March, 1861 - when the #KingdomOfItaly was created - qualified to be a #citizen under the '#JusSanguinis', or descendent blood line law.

Under the amended law, which parliament ratified on Tuesday, applicants for an Italian passport must now have one parent or grandparent who was a citizen by birth.»

bbc.com/news/articles/cdxkk0z9

www.bbc.comItaly tightens rules for Italian descendants to become citizensApplicants for an Italian passport must now have one parent or grandparent who was a citizen by birth.

My least-replicable travel hack is now saving me money, not just time

The passport that I’ve taken for much of my international travel since the spring of 2017 finally has some stamps in it–courtesy of the Brazilian border officers in São Paolo who did the honors with my Irish passport at the start and end of my trip for Web Summit Rio this week.

While I had traveled to Rio on my U.S. passport the previous two years, Brazil has since rolled out its e-visa program for U.S., Canadian and Australian citizens. Applying for one of these 10-year travel permissions costs $80.90 and, per numerous reports from travelers, requires time and patience to deal with glitches and delays in the approval process.

Traveling with my Irish passport, however, required nothing beyond scanning it into the United app’s Travel-Ready Center, having a check-in agent at Dulles eyeball that before issuing my boarding pass for last Saturday’s flight, and showing it one more time to a gate agent during boarding.

I didn’t have any issues exiting the country on that passport either, although having two passports on the reservation meant I had go through a second doc check for my U.S. passport before getting a boarding pass for my flight back to the States.

This was the second time this year that my Irish citizenship has saved me little money instead of merely letting me use shorter passport lines in Europe as an EU national (and not getting a passport stamp in the process).

Since Jan. 8, American citizens traveling to the United Kingdom have had to pay £16 for a two-year ETA (electronic travel authorisation) and do that at least three business days before flying to the U.K. It could have been worse; the British government originally planned to require an ETA just for connecting through Heathrow before relenting.

But Irish nationals are exempt from this, in keeping with the U.K. and Ireland’s Common Travel Area arrangements. So I didn’t have to worry about getting an ETA for my two-day stopover in London between Web Summit Qatar and MWC Barcelona.

Starting in the last quarter of 2026, I’ll get one more way to save a little money when the EU implements its ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System), which will cost €7 and be valid for three years or, if sooner, the expiration of the passport used to apply for it. EU nationals will, of course, be exempt from that.

I feel a little guilty ducking all of these minor administrative obstacles since all of these countries are only responding to longstanding U.S. travel-permissions requirements for their own citizens. Brazilian citizens need a visa to travel to the U.S., with fees starting at $185 for a 10-year non-immigrant tourist visa. And U.K. and EU nationals need to pay $21 for an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), good for two years or passport expiration.

No American can blame any foreign government for deciding to return a little of these favors. And every American should hope that foreign governments following news of the incarcerations of international tourists and students in the U.S. (in some cases only for their speech) under the xenophobic Trump administration have the grace not to reciprocate.

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Zelensky slams Putin’s 3-day truce proposal as ‘manipulation,’ reiterates calls for 30-day unconditional ceasefire — Russia’s military building up at Finland’s border — Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars — Over 95% of drones used at front line made in Ukraine … and more

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