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Business
No refrigerators in office, work from home, closing school premises. Slovakia considers potential energy savings during winter
As winter is coming and energy prices are soaring, Slovakia's administration has been considering various ways to save energy in…
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Argentina removes aid for electricity and gas bills for 10% of households
Argentina announced measures to tackle energy price increases. The 10% households considered to have enough purchasing power will not receive…
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Business
Ryanair furious against a tax in Hungary. The CEO calls the minister of economy an “idiot”
Hungary will apply an 'excess profit' tax on airline companies while Ryanair and others are losing money.
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Politics
Norway MPs had an remuneration freeze in 2021. This year’s increase will most likely offset it
Members of parliament of Norway were supposed to freeze their remuneration. But they will eventually have a raise, not only…
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Society
Online insults in Japan can lead to one year in prison
Japan passed a bill that makes online insults punishable to jail. The law will be revised in three years if…
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Politics
A Russian politician submitted a bill to revoke the recognition of Lithuania’s independence
A Russian politician proposed a draft bill to repeal Russia's recognition of the independence of Lithuania.
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Society
More than 15% of people suffer from hunger in Brazil in 2022
More than 33 million people in Brazil suffer from hunger in 2022, a figure that almost doubled in two years.
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Society
Hong Kong launches a “counter-terrorism hotline”
Hong Kong authorities launch a counter-terrorism hotline and consider offering financial rewards to citizens who provide useful information to the…
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Society
Hungary condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for its treatment of an Iraqi asylum seeker attached to a leash
Hungary has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights because the use of handcuffs and leash to an…
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Politics
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unable to fly to Serbia
The foreign minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov cancelled his visit to Serbia because Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their…
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Health & Science
Authorities of Malaysia say there is no overall shortage of medicines as some doctors worry and ask people not to panic buy
The minister of Health of Malaysia gathered pharmaceutical industry players to evaluate the reports of a shortage of common medicines…
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Business
Croatia ready to adopt the euro, Romania doesn’t meet any criteria of the European commission
Croatia managed to fulfill all requirements of the European Commission for the adoption on the euro on January 2023, ten…
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Health & Science
In Canada, British Columbia will temporarily decriminalize possession of small quantities of some illicit drugs
The province of British Columbia in Canada was granted an exemption so that adults with less than 2.5 grams of…
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Politics
Hungary excludes cars registered abroad from state-controlled fuel prices
Hungary has decided that its state-controlled fuel prices will only be available to Hungarians. Cars registered abroad will pay the…
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Society
More reports against discrimination in the Netherlands for the 3rd consecutive year
The Netherlands recorded more reports of discrimination in 2021, a third consecutive year of increase, mainly due to people who…
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