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“Behavior like that seen last night is not acceptable under any circumstances,” he said today, at the opening of the parliamentary session. At issue are scenes of confusion recorded in a vote on Wednesday night on a Labor Party proposal to ban shale gas exploration. [“fracking”]which was eventually blocked by the Government by 326 against 230 votes. During the afternoon it was reported that Conservative MPs were instructed to vote against the proposal, as a defeat would be seen as a motion of censure on the prime minister. Doubts about voting discipline created confusion and the process was clouded by…
On Wednesday, the parliamentary opposition opposed the possibility of Ukrainian soldiers coming to Croatia for training, insisting that there must be a consensus at the EU and NATO level, and that all member states should receive them, and not that Croatia be “pushed into the first rows”. Chairman of the Defense Committee Franko Vidović (Social Democrats) says that it is not clear to him how the Minister of Foreign Affairs goes abroad, arranges such an arrangement and then presents it as a fait accompli, without consulting the President of the Republic, who co-creates the foreign policy. Vidović (Social Democrats): For…
The Indian Ministry of Defense announced a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test on 14 October. The rocket was fired from the only Indian boomer so far – INS Arihant (SSBN 80). This is the perfect time to look at the program of nuclear submarine ballistic missile carriers, their weapons, and their role in the nuclear doctrine of an emerging power like India. The Ministry of Defense did not provide too many details of the test. The missile of an undisclosed type was to cover the assumed distance and hit the designated zone in the waters of the Bay of…
“If there’s something strange in your neighborhood …”: Few film songs are as catchy as the title song of ‘Ghostbusters – Die Geisterjäger’ (1984). The melody by Ray Parker Jr. stormed the charts internationally, won a Grammy and almost 40 years later most people know the lyrics. It is similar with the ghost hunters themselves, whose story was underlined with it. The Ghostbusters are doing well in the eighties revival, which is partly due to the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’. That has now been crowned with a video game. Who you gonna call? Editor’s recommendation’Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed’ is playable since…
Vision | Eurozone inflation revised lower to record 9.9% in September More news Inês Castel-Branco is the new face of Kozii PRIMA likes the dishes from Casa Davolta, the new Hunter models and the return of Chefs on Fire Unipartner brings together large organizations to debate People, Sustainability and Digital Eco Rally de Lisboa takes place this weekend and has national champions Top smartphones, vacuum cleaners and more news from Xiaomi Australia, a house with a view of the sea Kate Middleton’s vintage style Environmental associations demand “immediate measures” to compensate for night flights in Lisbon Arson caused more than…
Russia’s top oil exporter Rosneft has expanded its tanker leasing business to facilitate deliveries to customers in anticipation of tougher Western sanctions, three sources familiar with the matter said. Rosneft produces more than 40 percent of the Russian oil it sold until now at the port of loading, which meant that the buyer had to search for tankers himself and bear the costs of transportation and insurance. The situation has now changed as Western countries are preparing to impose sanctions on carriers and insurers working with Russian oil if its price exceeds a certain limit. It is not yet known…
Russian combat aircraft are falling not only in Ukraine. Tonight, a Su-34 front bomber crashed in the city of Yeysk – right next to an apartment block in the city center. Both crew members managed to eject (one parachute is shown in the photo below), but at least six civilians were killed and more than twenty were injured. There was information in the Russian media that there was an engine fire. It is not known yet what exactly led to the accident. As always, the probable cause is, of course, a technical malfunction of the engine, but in such a…
According to documents supporting the draft law on the State Budget for 2023, consulted today by Lusa, the Government estimates for the next year a GDP of 229.8 billion escudos (2,081 million euros), equivalent to a growth economic growth of 4.8% compared to 2022, while personnel expenses rose 5%. This is an increase in nominal expenditure of 1,169 million escudos (10.6 million euros) compared to 2022, explained by the increases in lower salaries in the civil service, raising the heading of personnel expenses to the equivalent of 10 .6% of Cape Verdean GDP estimated for next year. Government data indicate…
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Vesna Pusić commented live on the situation in Ukraine in N1 Studio. Vladimir Putin said the other day that he had finished mass attacks on Ukrainian cities, but this is clearly not true. The shelling of Kiev and other cities continued. “All in all, it’s actually terrible, but on Saturday we could hear the news warning that a major attack was being prepared, specifically on Kyiv and the cities, because the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed its citizens that Kyiv was under a great security risk and that withdraw. Also, Serbia…
After a break of more than a month and a half, the Pentagon resumed the collection of F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin. Deliveries of new machines were suspended due to the decision of the Department of Defense on August 31, after the detection of elements made of materials from China in one of the parts supplied by Honeywell. The non-enforcement acceptance is provided for nine machines of the 13th production batch and 117 of the 14th batch. Chinese cobalt and samarium alloys were used to produce the magnets found in the turbine lubrication pumps of the auxiliary power unit…