Russia Suspends Participation in Treaty with the United States: New Arms Race Ahead?

Russia Suspends Participation in Treaty with the United States: New Arms Race Ahead?

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, together with the head of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev, “circled around” the Central training ground of the Russian Federation on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the press service of the military department reports. The statement of the Ministry of Defense specifies that from 1954 to 1990, nuclear weapons tests were carried out at … Read more

July Year-on-Year Inflation in Czech Republic Lower Than Expected: Food Prices Drive Slowdown

July Year-on-Year Inflation in Czech Republic Lower Than Expected: Food Prices Drive Slowdown

July year-on-year inflation of 8.8 percent was a tenth of a percentage point lower than the Czech National Bank (ČNB) expected in its latest summer forecast. For example, food prices rose more slowly than the central bank expected. On the contrary, regulated prices rose faster. They grew by 22.5 percent, while the CNB expected a … Read more

Pharmacy Owners Selling Medicines at Ministry-approved Prices After Hiding Increased Costs

Pharmacy Owners Selling Medicines at Ministry-approved Prices After Hiding Increased Costs

When buying any medicine, it is noticed that the owner of the pharmacy deletes the old price on the box, and sells it at the price determined by the Ministry of Public Health, as most of the medicines are still old. For example, if a customer buys a drug for 1,700,000 pounds, the price on … Read more

Russian Opera Singer Anna Netrebko Files Lawsuit Against Metropolitan Opera and CEO Peter Gelb Over Canceled Performances Amid Russian-Ukraine Conflict

Russian Opera Singer Anna Netrebko Files Lawsuit Against Metropolitan Opera and CEO Peter Gelb Over Canceled Performances Amid Russian-Ukraine Conflict

Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera and the theater’s CEO Peter Gelb over her canceled performances following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. About it informs Associated Press. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in New York. Netrebko is demanding at least $360,000 in compensation for … Read more

Generali Austria Awards SME EnterPRIZE for the Third Time with Special Start-up Prize

Generali Austria Awards SME EnterPRIZE for the Third Time with Special Start-up Prize

The SME EnterPRIZE was awarded for the third time at the Generali Open Kitzbühel. The special “Start-up” prize was awarded for the first time. Vienna (OTS) – Yesterday, Generali Austria honored the winners of the SME EnterPRIZE sustainability prize in Kitzbühel. The award honors small and medium-sized enterprises that contribute to the positive development of … Read more

Masha Gessen Awarded Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thinking

Masha Gessen Awarded Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thinking

Bremen (dpa) – Masha Gessen received this year’s Hannah Arendt Prize for political thinking. According to the jury, Gessen is one of the bravest chroniclers of the time, as stated in a statement on Thursday. Gessen’s books, essays and presence open up new perspectives that help to understand a world undergoing accelerated change, the award’s … Read more

Ukrainian Journalist Detained in Crimea for Coverage of Crimean Tatar Trial

Ukrainian Journalist Detained in Crimea for Coverage of Crimean Tatar Trial

In the annexed Crimea, Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a journalist from the Ukrainian edition of Grati, was detained, the editorial office of Grati reports. According to the publication, Zudieva was supposed to cover the trial in the case of the deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Nariman Dzhelal, and the Akhtemov brothers, whom … Read more

The Price of Recreation in Lipno nad Vltavou: Is it Worth it?

The Price of Recreation in Lipno nad Vltavou: Is it Worth it?

25/07/2023 4:44 | Reportage Cauliflower for 530 CZK, scrambled eggs for 170 CZK. Recreation in Lipno nad Vltavou is certainly not free, and Czech tourists are not enthusiastic about the prices. “Tomorrow I’ll buy you a walrus in Lidl,” says the young mother of a parched boy demanding a scoop of ice cream for 50 … Read more

The Battle Against Illegal Pharmacies: Endangering the Health of Citizens

The Battle Against Illegal Pharmacies: Endangering the Health of Citizens

Since some pharmacies started manipulating the prices of medicines and selling them at a price higher than the medicine price index issued by the Ministry of Health, the health battle began to take a different turn. The health of the citizen has been transformed by the economic crisis into a commercial commodity that generates money … Read more