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Zelensky and Duda held talks
Following the talks, which took place on October 12 in Kiev, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda made a series of statements: they condemned the desecration of monuments and stressed the importance of exhuming the victims of the conflicts of the twentieth century, debated the need to vacate Crimea, signed an agreement on expanding access to facilities. privatization. Zelenskiy expressed the view that Poland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025 will help Ukraine achieve full membership in the bloc.
Scientists predict nearly 8,000 cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine daily
In the near future, the situation with the spread of the coronavirus may become very heavy for Ukraine’s medical system, scientists from the Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute believe. The daily increase in patients with COVID-19 in the country could reach 7,800 cases.
Saakashvili was attacked in Greece
It emerged that on October 11, an unknown assailant attacked the former president of Georgia, the head of the Executive Committee for Reforms of Ukraine, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the Greek capital, Athens. He accused former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili of preparing for this provocation.
Balukh was discharged from intensive care and Poroshenko from infectious disease hospital
Vladimir Balukh, a former Kremlin political prisoner from Crimea who was attacked, is being transferred from intensive care to the neurosurgery department. He still doesn’t understand what happened to him and where he is.
Ukraine’s fifth president, European Solidarity People’s Deputy Petro Poroshenko, who is being treated for COVID-19, has been released from the hospital. Poroshenko’s health has improved.
American Hochstein leaves the Naftogaz Supervisory Board
NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy received an official notification from the American businessman and diplomat Amos Hochstein about the termination of his powers as an independent director on the company’s supervisory board. Among the reasons for the decision to leave the supervisory board, Hochstein mentioned the strengthening of opposition to the reform of the gas market and the transformation of Naftogaz into an efficient and independent company.
Nobel Prize in Economics
American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson received the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics from the Swedish State Bank for improving auction theory and inventing new formats for its implementation.
Belarusian security officials said they would use military weapons against activists.
Belarusian police announced their readiness to use military weapons to suppress protests in the country. Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Gennady Kazakevich said protesters began using stones, knives, sharpeners, and also began to build barricades and burn tires. Kazakevich says the siloviki faced “not only aggression, but groups of militants, radicals and anarchists.”
October 12, during the march of pensioners in Minsk security forces used tear gas and special equipment after protesters tried to retrieve the detainees.
The European Union agreed to impose sanctions for the Navalny poisoning
European Union countries are preparing to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The EU Foreign Ministers have reached an agreement on this issue.
The EU can impose sanctions against Lukashenka
The foreign ministers of the European Union countries agreed on the possibility of applying sanctions against the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, if the situation in the country does not improve.
Guterres and the latest weather alert
The 21st century could be the last in human history if people don’t start tackling climate change, said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, presenting a plan to combat global warming.
Death penalty for rape
The Bangladeshi authorities impose the death penalty for rape after several days of protests against sexual violence against women that continued in the country.
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