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Cześć, mieliście kiedyś taki problem jak na zdjęciu? Zapiętki(?) sie wytarły i teraz strasznie nie wygodnie sie chodzi w tych butach, ociera pięte, skarpetki, noga lata. Da sie to jakoś zakryć albo czymś zakleić? Buty mają dopiero niecałe półtora roku i są ogólnie w bardzo dobrym stanie, więc szkoda mi ich wyrzucać.

I jak zabezpieczyć drugie buty przed tym samym? Cena nie ma znaczenia, są dla mnie bardzo cenne

Powstała inicjatywa która już trafiła do Unii Europejskiej z propozycją stworzenia alternatywy dla burgundowej okładki paszportu. Miałby istnieć obok narodowego i mieć napis "European Union" i nazwe państwa, oraz 12 złotych gwiazd Unii Europejskiej.

Co o tym myślicie

https://star-pass.eu/

Situation is grim elsewhere though.

The 2026 RSF World Press Freedom Index paints a sobering picture of journalism under threat across the globe.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released today, paints a sobering picture of journalism under threat across the globe. For the first time in the Index’s 25-year history, more than half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom. The overall average score across all 180 countries and territories assessed has never been lower.

To put that in context: back in 2002, only 13.7% of countries fell into those bottom two categories. Today it is 52.2%. And while 20% of the global population once lived in a country rated “good” for press freedom, that figure has now collapsed to less than 1%.

Legal Indicator Plummets due to misuse of national security laws

Of the five indicators RSF uses to assess press freedom covering political, legal, economic, social and security environments, it is the legal indicator that has seen the steepest decline this year, deteriorating in over 60% of states.

The driving force behind this is the growing misuse of national security legislation to silence journalists. In the two and a half decades since 9/11, expanding the scope of state secrets has become a means for governments seeking to shut down reporting on matters of public interest. This tactic, once confined to authoritarian states, is gaining traction in democracies too.

Russia holds 48 journalists behind bars as of April 2026, deploying anti-terrorism and extremism laws to restrict press freedom. Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison under national security legislation – the heaviest sentence ever handed to a journalist in the territory. In the Philippines, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio was convicted on terrorism charges despite, as an RSF investigation revealed, no tangible evidence against her.

Beyond national security laws, SLAPPs (strategic litigation against public participation designed to intimidate and silence journalists through costly legal action) are also on the rise, from Bulgaria to Guatemala and even France.

The Americas have seen significant deterioration, with the region dropping 14 points since 2022, a decline comparable to that seen in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, considered the world’s most dangerous regions for journalists.

The United States has fallen seven places to 64th, as President Trump has turned his hostility towards the press into what RSF describes as systematic policy. The detention and deportation of Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara, combined with sweeping cuts to the US Agency for Global Media, have had ripple effects far beyond American borders, leading to the effective closure or scaling back of international broadcasters outlets such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.

In Latin America, the picture is similarly grim. Ecuador has dropped 31 places following the murders of two journalists in 2025. Peru fell 14 places after four journalists were killed the same year.

Sources:
https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-allocates-two-thirds-of-eus-e150-billion-safe-defence-loans-to-five-countries/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal)

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