"Putin has been in power for more than 22 years, and this has chased away all institutions in Russia. Before he was a spy, he was a gangster. What do gangsters do? They make sure there are no new people except the ones they grew up with. There are no institutions in Russia to replace this gangster system." - says John Sweeney author of "Killer in the Kremlin", published this year.more
The water scarcity worsening in Spain is due not only to low rainfall and progressive heat waves, but also to too many swimming pools in the Spanish municipalities.more
Almost half of the crimes in the Red Light District in the capital of the Netherlands are committed by foreigners, according to data presented by the capital city hall. Police are alerting that criminals are increasingly applying for asylum and cannot be expelled from the country.more
According to the German government's energy saving ordinance, working spaces in public buildings should be heated to a maximum of 19 degrees. Occupational medicine doctors warn, however, that too cold rooms are not advisable when performing many jobs, especially when sitting and requiring little physical effort - informs the website of the weekly "Spiegel".more
It costs less than half a cent to charge a cell phone, and it costs 0.05 euros to make a toast in a toaster, according to the Italian press in early October, when the price of energy rose 59 percent. Italians are increasingly disciplined in terms of energy savings and look for them wherever they can.more
Ukraine has started a new phase of the offensive in the Kherson Oblast, putting Russians in a dilemma of whether to defend the entire area or concentrate on the most viable parts of the region, the British defense ministry said today.more
The crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station noon EDT Wednesday, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew will serve as the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.
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Today, a one-day strike by Eurowings pilots, part of the Lufthansa group, began, the spokesman for the pilots' trade union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said in the morning.more
Actually, no one should be compared to Hitler, not even Putin. But the parallels in Hitler's fall to Putin's current situation are striking, notes Nikolaus Blome in the Spiegel weekly. Are these the last days not in Hitler's bunker in Berlin, but somewhere in the Kremlin? - the author wonders.more
In less than two weeks after Vladimir Putin announced mobilization, some 700,000 people left Russia, 200,000 of whom went to Kazakhstan, Forbes magazine reported in its Russian edition. It is unclear how many plan to return.more
Elon Musk has once again changed his mind and stated that he is ready to buy Twitter for the $44 billion price originally agreed with the service, Reuters reported yesterday.more
The government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday that free rail travel on medium-distance and suburban routes will be in effect in the country in 2023.more
Inflation in Germany rose to 10 percent in September - the highest level since 1951. Consumers, however, see the price increase differently. According to the survey, perceived inflation among Germans is 34.2 percent, the Welt newspaper's website reported.more
EU member states last night reached an agreement on an eighth package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, an EU source said. Another diplomatic source said that some details still need to be clarified and this will happen today.more
The average electricity user in Los Angeles spends $269 per month on electricity. In megadomes, the bill can run into the tens of thousands, and in extreme cases reach 50,000.more
The number of deaths in Europe is rising among patients using drugs created from a combination of ibuprofen and codeine, Spanish media outlet EFE and daily La Razon reported, citing European Medicines Agency (EMA) experts wishing to remain anonymous.more
Former US President Donald Trump came close to relieving his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner from their advisory role and flushed papers in the White House toilet - that's one of the many pieces of information in journalist Maggie Haberman's book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America ".more
KLM and Transavia have created a common list of nuisance passengers - informs the NOS portal. Persons entered on it will not be able to use the services of both carriers for five years.more
By the end of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to have a USB Type-C charging port. Laptops will be required from spring 2026, the European Parliament decided. As a result, consumers will only need one charger.more
AerCap, the largest aircraft leasing company in the world, filed a lawsuit in a London court for compensation for 116 aircraft that could not be recovered from Russian airlines following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Financial Times writes. The case may be $ 3.5 billion.more
Ukrainian troops are on track to meet their main goals ahead of winter, including pushing Russians beyond the Dnieper in the Kherson region, Celeste Wallander, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security said today. She also added that the Ukrainian reflection of Lyman in the Donetsk region was of key importance.more
A chain of five hotels in Puglia in southern Italy was shut down after receiving electricity bills of half a million euros. The industry is calling for immediate support and warns that otherwise the number of hotels closings will increase and the ski season will be at risk.more
The US administration is developing responses to a range of nuclear scenarios in Ukraine that Russia may take, from the use of tactical nuclear weapons to an attack on a nuclear power plant, CNN said yesterday. According to TV sources, Putin is under pressure from nationalists, although there are no signs of preparations for such a move yet.more
On Saturday, October 1, at the Teatro dei Rinnovati in Siena, the awards were presented to the winners of this year's Siena Awards. Two Poles - Daniel Koszela and Krzysztof Krawczyk are among the best photographers in the world. They both won the Drone Photo Awards 2022 competition.more
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed concern over Putin's threats to use an atomic bomb in the war in Ukraine. "We take his words very seriously, everything else would be neglect," Baerbock reported in the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung.more
