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The Czech Republic is advancing its nuclear energy initiatives by developing two new reactors at the Dukovany power plant, in what is a $19 billion investment.  Mobile drilling rigs are conducting geological surveys and extracting samples from 140 meters from beneath the ground.  This mission would double the Czech Republic’s nuclear output.  In comparison, Germany shut down its last nuclear reactor in...

History has shown us that inflation is the most dangerous economic threat to a country’s well-being and has profound redistributive effects on the social structure and the economy, by altering the rationality of economic calculation, increased inequalities and unfulfilled expectations. Those who have built up savings, with skill and moderation, see how they are being eroded by decreasing purchasing...

It's just so strange that my pet peeves are not a global consensus. So I am launching my campaign for a global exorcism of the Top 10 abominations. Yes yes, I know. Languages develop through what eggheads call mistakes. That sounds true — but there must surely be a limit! Things have gone too far. Obviously. So I will correct...

Britain has declared that people granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently.  Britain’s government has been struggling to reduce small boat crossings and asylum claims. More specifically, people who are granted asylum will only be allowed to stay in the UK temporarily, with their refugee status regularly reviewed. You must return...

Some 500 people have gathered outside the country’s top court to demand the ouster of the High Court chief judge and calling for reforms to the justice system. Civic organizations who organized the Friday evening protest accuse Lia Savonea, head of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, of weakening the fight against corruption, transforming the top magistrates body into...

The Romanian Investment and Development Bank is committing €20 million to the Three Seas Initiative Innovation Fund, supporting business growth in the region and in Romania Fund reaches €100 million milestone, with contributions from five national promotional banks: BID (Romania), BGK (Poland), NRI (Czechia), MFB (Hungary), and HBOR (Croatia) EIF to match national contributions, aiming to mobilise at...

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic is speculated to garner $1.3 million when it will be sold at an auction on November 22. Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were among the more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg 14 April 1912. Straus’s...

The German government has put together a new military service plan to boost troop numbers.  This new military service plan will send all 18-year-old men — and women! — to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve and undergo medical screening from 2027. Completion will be mandatory for men and voluntary for women.  Germany has stated that it intends to...

Donald Trump administration’s has reached trade agreements with four Latin American countries that will hopefully lower the price of bananas, coffee, and chocolate for American buyers.  These agreements “commit the United States to removing the president’s reciprocal tariffs on certain exports that cannot be grown, mined, or produced in sufficient quantities” in the USA.  Coffee has become more of a luxury...

What a shameful day! This is the conclusion how Romania’s highest magistrates’ body reacted. On Wednesday the High Court headed by Lia Savonea (link at the end) launched a smoke bomb agreement. On Thursday the Supreme Council of Magistrates headed by Elena Costache  issued a  press release which was no less ‘smoke-free’ than Savonea's "agreement". The Supreme Council of Magistrates press...