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On this day in 1573, the Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt began with an attack on the fortress of Cesargrad, near the town of Klanjec. Peasants formed their own government, planning to abolish feudalism and establish self-rule.

Amidst growing incursions by Ottoman forces into the region, local feudal lords ramped up economic demands on the local peasantry. One powerful noble, Franjo (or Ferenc) Tahy was particularly notorious for his cruel and violent treatment of the local populace.

Complaints made by peasants to the central government were ignored, so popular resistance efforts began to develop. The local peasantry refused to pay taxes to Tahy, who responded by sending armed mercenaries to attack them, however they were defeated by armed peasants.

On the night of January 27-28, rebels seized the fortress of Cesargrad, marking the start of the revolt. The peasants formed an alternative government, with serf Matija Gubec elected as leader.

The rebels made long term plans of systemic reform, including replacing feudal lords with peasant officials, abolishing feudal land holdings and provincial borders, canceling obligations to the Roman Catholic Church, opening of highways for trade, and establishing self-rule by the peasants.

News of the uprising quickly spread through the discontented lower classes of the region, who followed suit by fighting back against their oppressors, taking further territory throughout Carniola, Croatia and Styria.

The Croatian Parliament declared the revolutionary peasants traitors. After their initial wave of success, peasant forces suffered a major defeat at Krško on February 5th, which precipitated a further wave of defeats over the coming days.

The rebels made their final stand at Stubičke Toplice on the 9th, where the uprising was crushed for good. Matija Gubec was captured, and Ivan Mogaić, another important revolutionary leader, was killed on the battlefield.

Captives were maimed and tortured by authorities, and Gubec was publicly tortured and executed on the 15th. Although the revolt was unsuccessful, its memory has persisted in the region in the centuries since, with Gubec attaining legendary status in local folklore.

A detachment of Yugoslav volunteers for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War named themselves the "Grupo Matija Gubec". In 1975, a film based on the events entitled "Anno Domini 1573" was released, and historical re-enactments of the Revolt are held in Croatia every year.

• Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt wiki

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He told the news portal "The Pioneer" that Europe must look for new allies in view of US President Trump's second term in office. Canada is an enormously important country strategically and economically and in many ways more European than some EU member states. The fact that Canada is not geographically located in Europe is an obstacle to accession. However, solutions could be found for this. Gabriel emphasized that under Trump, the USA had completely left the global order. For Germany and Europe, this was not only a challenge, but also an opportunity.

Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister, according to senior European officials.

The US president spoke to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish premier, for 45 minutes last week. The White House has not commented on the call but Frederiksen said she had emphasised that the vast Arctic island — an autonomous part of the kingdom of Denmark — was not for sale, while noting America’s “big interest” in it.

Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said the conversation had gone very badly.

They added that Trump had been aggressive and confrontational following the Danish prime minister’s comments that the island was not for sale, despite her offer of more co-operation on military bases and mineral exploitation..

“It was horrendous,” said one of the people. Another added: “He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”

The details of the call are likely to deepen European concerns that Trump’s return to power will strain transatlantic ties more than ever, as the US president heaps pressure on allies to give up territory.

Trump has started his second term musing about potentially taking over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada.

Many European officials had hoped his comments about seeking control of Greenland for “national security” reasons were a negotiating ploy to gain more influence over the Nato territory. Russia and China are both also jostling for position in the Arctic.

But the call with Frederiksen has crushed such hopes, deepening the foreign policy crisis between the Nato allies.

“The intent was very clear. They want it. The Danes are now in crisis mode,” said one person briefed on the call. Another said: “The Danes are utterly freaked out by this.”

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A proposed law compelling the UK to meet new legally binding targets on climate change and protecting nature has failed to clear its first hurdle in the House of Commons.

The government won a motion, by 120 votes to seven, to end debate of the bill, meaning it will not return to the House of Commons until July and is unlikely to become law.

The Climate and Nature Bill had been proposed by Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage, however she said she would not push for a vote on the bill itself, having agreed to work with ministers to find a way forward. ..

However, the party's frontbench spokesman Andrew Bowie opposed it, specifically objecting to the role of the citizens' assembly.

He said a government minister would be "legally bound" to follow proposals of the assembly's "unelected and unaccountable" members.

so now ngo bad, huh britain?

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Surprising no one.

The new prime minister promised to abandon a proposed tightening on sick leave for public employees and to maintain a windfall tax on high earners already included in the draft budget rolled over from the Barnier government.

Moreover, what retreats Bayrou has pointed to amount to minor tweaks to a budgetary framework largely focused on spending cuts, with a few exceptional levies to deflect criticism of a lack of fiscal justice. Bayrou has, however, slightly walked back his predecessor’s proposed budgetary tightening for 2025. If Barnier hoped to lower the deficit to 5 percent of GDP in the new year, his successor is aiming for a figure at around 5.4 percent. France finished 2024 with a budget deficit at 6.1 percent of GDP, more than twice the nominal European Union limit.

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Honey, it's 1920s we have to burn down the homes of the commies

But when it came to an actual escalation into violence against a politician over his beliefs, there hasn’t been a word about the attack on Mélenchon. The last time he was mentioned by Reuters — aside from a brief report about his comments following Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death this Tuesday — was in a December 6 article where you can read about how the ominous-sounding “firebrand leader” of France Insoumise “slammed” the Socialist Party president Olivier Faure for daring to talk to Emmanuel Macron.

mainly a story how it's not a story when it happens to leftists