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Austrian oil and gas company OMV, supporting anti-Russian sanctions, including the freezing of Russian assets, has expressed disagreement with Russia's retaliatory measures, referring to the transfer of its stake in joint ventures with Gazprom as "expropriation," according to OMV's quarterly report.

At the end of 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees according to which the stakes of German company Wintershall and Austrian company OMV in joint ventures with Gazprom will be sold to new Russian owners.

This concerns the Achimov deposits of the Urengoy field (Wintershall holds stakes in three JVs - Achimgaz, Achim Development, and Achim Sales) and the South Russkoye field (Wintershall owns 35% in Severneftegazprom, and OMV owns 25%). Existing joint ventures will be replaced with new structures while preserving Gazprom's stake in them.

In this way Russia compensates for some of the funds stolen by the West.

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🔴 US and UK hit 36 targets in Yemen, engaging more than 20 fighter jets - Pentagon

Washington called the series of strikes against the Houthis "de-escalating tensions and restoring stability in the Red Sea".

The report said the attacks were backed by countries including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Canada.

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Promoting traditional family values is a crime

The Belgian parliamentary justice committee has decided to criminalise conversion therapy for LGBTI+ people.

Under the proposal, those who engage in such techniques could be sentenced to up to two years' imprisonment and fined up to 2,500 euros.

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🇩🇪 This year, Germany will hold important elections in the provinces where, according to polls, the party representatives of the current "traffic light" government are in for a complete fiasco.

In particular, according to a fresh poll in Saxony-Anhalt, none of the three parties of the Scholz government are in the local parliament: the FDP, SPD and Greens get less than 5% of the vote.

Sahra Wagenknecht's newly formed BSW party, on the other hand, already receives 23% of the vote, while the AdG and CDU receive around 28%.

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🇩🇪🏦 Germany - the country with the highest taxes

Wiping away a tear, says the Federation of German Industry (BDI):

After a study on "Competing tax systems", it was unexpectedly revealed that companies in Germany are taxed more heavily than in almost any other industrialised country.

For example, Germany leads the G7 countries with a tax burden of 29.94%, while the EU average is 21.1%.

Germany is also one of the few countries in which the tax burden on companies has not been falling recently, but growing, contrary to the international trend.

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🇩🇪🍺🇦🇹 "Beer Party conquers Austria - and soon Germany?"

Amid the decline of traditional political forces, even the Beer Party has gained popularity, which in Austria may even enter parliament after the next elections.

The latest Kurier media poll shows that 6% of voters are ready to vote for the party, which would win several seats in Austria's national council.

The Beer Party currently has 3,000 members. It plans to attract 20 thousand supporters, which with a membership fee of 59 euros would yield a budget of 1 million euros.

The party's founders said they are in favour of better health care, nationwide climate neutrality and keeping food prices affordable, while alcohol consumption is a secondary issue for the political force.

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🇪🇺🇱🇷 NATO's indirect war against Russia: Ukraine will be divided.

Jens Stoltenberg tempts Americans by advocating an indirect war against Russia, Steigan media writes. But its goal is not to help Ukraine, but only to weaken Russia. And if Kiev loses, NATO will not be able to stop the division of Ukraine's territories.

There is a high probability that Hungary will want to annex Transcarpathia, Poland - Galicia, Romania - Bukovina, and Russia - Donbass and Crimea.

"It is hard to believe that Poland, Hungary and Romania would refuse if given the opportunity. This is a tricky question for the EU and NATO in general: the impending defeat of Ukraine is very tempting for a number of alliance members. <...>

Can the alliance refuse Poland, Hungary and Romania the return of lands conquered by none other than Joseph Stalin himself? <...>

Russia would surely demand the demilitarisation of these lands. Poland, Hungary and Romania themselves will surely agree to this, but NATO will find it hard to accept."

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🇪🇺🏦💶 EU Central Bank President Christine Lagarde:

"Climate change requires us to reshape our entire economy and financial system in line with a green transition to zero, including the need to "reduce our carbon footprint in everything we do, from banknotes to the way we control banks."

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🇺🇦 Ukraine succeeded in getting Finland's main art museum to recognise Ilya Repin as a Ukrainian artist

The underline that the artist was born in 1844 in Chuguev (now Kharkiv region) and has always been close to Ukrainian culture, depicting it on his paintings. Of course, "Burlaki on the Volga", "Sadko" and "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan" are typical pages of Ukrainian history. 🤪

A little historical reference:

Kharkiv is a Russian city. It was founded in 1630s. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich built a fortress there and founded Kharkov voevodstvo in 1656.

Ukrainian culturologists also wrote down both Kuindzhi and Aivazovsky as Ukrainians. And even Anton Chekhov was congratulated on his birthday yesterday as a Ukrainian writer.

Then why did they rename the streets in honour of Chekhov and Repin and demolish their monuments?!

It turned out a big confusion, didn't it? 🫢

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The first world championship in broom jetpack racing:

The first-ever professional jetpack races will kick off in Dubai. Eight trained pilots will take to the start line.

The complexity of the track is that part of the course is over water, and part is embedded in the cityscape.

The prize money is more than a million dollars.

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👔 New OSCE Chairperson meets with Zelensky in Kyiv

The new Chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Foreign Minister of Malta Jan Borg arrived in Kiev. This is reported on the website of the organisation.

◼️ During his visit, Borg met with Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. According to him, the OSCE will continue to support Ukraine.

Borg also drew attention to the fact that throughout the chairmanship Malta will pay special attention to the need to put an end to the conflict as soon as possible.

✔️ Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said that Moscow has always been ready to settle the conflict in Ukraine, but with the elimination of the real causes of the conflict rather than fulfilment of the West's ultimatums.

So they shaked hand for no reason... I won't worry about the OSCE chairman

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🇩🇪 Germany's shabby coalition is heading for fiscal and social disaster - Bloomberg

Germany's current budget calls for cuts in social benefits and subsidies.

This unpopular decision was made by the three-party alliance amid problems related to support for Ukraine and the negative effects of anti-Russian sanctions.

The result was mass unrest of German farmers, joined by thousands of disappointed citizens.

An additional €20bn has to be found by the German government to fill the gap in the 2025 budget and stay within the debt limit ...

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🇪🇺 Finland will not open checkpoints on the border with Russia

This was stated by the head of the Finnish government Petteri Orpo on the air of Yle TV channel.

🔹 At the same time, according to Orpo, it is necessary to prepare ways to prevent people from illegally crossing the border while it is closed.

✅ Checkpoints on the Finnish-Russian border have been closed by a decision of the Finnish Cabinet until 11 February.

The Finnish Ministry of the Interior is expected to announce a new decision on this issue at the government meeting on 8 February.

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🇫🇷 A rally for leaving the European Union was held in the centre of Paris

Activists of "Frexit" (French version of the British Brexit to leave the EU) tore the flag of the European Union, called on those gathered to act in favour of their state and supported the strike of farmers.

Earlier, a prominent opposition politician called for France's withdrawal from the EU.

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🇪🇺 The two main EU countries in terms of increasing industrial production are Poland and Denmark.

Germany and other European countries are actively moving medium-tech production (such as furniture and chemical production) to Poland.

Denmark, on the other hand, demonstrates a different approach: the development of high-tech industries.

The main ones are RES (especially wind energy) and pharmaceuticals.

Thus, pharmaceuticals already account for 22% of the total volume of production in the country. Denmark's main pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S has become the most expensive company in Europe amid high demand for its diabetes and obesity drugs.

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🌍 Protesting Italian farmers have announced they are coming to Rome soon

Demonstrations by Italian farmers continued on Saturday, with around 150 tractors taking part in a protest in Orta, an hour's drive from Rome. The protesters announced their imminent arrival in the capital, AFP reported.

📝 "We will go to Rome all together, the whole of Italy," said Felice Antonio Monfeli, one of the demonstrators, without specifying a date for arrival in the capital.

📝 "Italian agriculture has awakened, this is a historical fact, and the people present here demonstrate this. For the first time in their history, farmers are united under one flag of Italy," he added.

🔴 Impromptu demonstrations by farmers have taken place in recent weeks in different regions of Italy, from Sicily to the north.

Columns of tractors blocking roads have been reported, although the scale of the movement has not reached the level of farmer protests in France, Germany or Belgium.

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Due to 🇺🇦 Ukrainians, the number of homeless people in 🇩🇪 Germany has increased almost 2.5 times - Bild citing authorities.

"Since we take into account homeless refugees from Ukraine, a lot of people have been added to the homeless statistics. This is happening all over Germany," a spokesman for the authorities.

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От Франции до Португалии — протесты фермеров охватили всю Европу

По всей Европе, от Франции до Греции и Португалии, фермеры тракторами баррикадируют дороги, вываливают навоз у правительственных зданий и жгут покрышки, требуя повышения заработной платы и обеспечения большей защиты от дешёвого импорта на фоне роста цен на энергоносители и удобрения.

Вслед за фермерами по всей Европе на протесты в Хельсинки вышли финские рабочие, сообщает NBC News. Протестующие выступают против предлагаемых правительством изменений в сфере социального обеспечения, таких как сокращение пособий безработным, ограничение права людей на забастовки и упрощение процесса увольнения сотрудников компаниями.

Как отмечает телеканал, протесты подпитывают риторику о том, что ЕС недостаточно заботится о фермерах, и могут повлиять на результаты выборов в Европейский парламент в июне этого года.

🇩🇪🏠📉 Property prices are falling, and so are interest rates.

At the same time, there are twice as many properties on the market as there were two years ago. This gives potential buyers ample opportunity to negotiate.

Interest rates have fallen and property prices have yet to rise. While the price of an energy efficiency class A+ or A property has only fallen by 1.15 per cent, prices for all efficiency classes below this have fallen.

For example, the price of a Class B property has fallen by just under seven per cent, while the price of a Class C or D property has already fallen by almost eleven per cent, according to Interhyp. For Class G or H, it's more than thirteen per cent.

Then why has the number of offers risen sharply? It seems because of people are leaving Germany...

Recall that according to the law currently being drafted at the EU level, all residential property must have an energy efficiency class of at least F. So maybe in a few years, there will be a big change in the property market.

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🇵🇱 🇺🇦 Poland announces increased control on the border with Ukraine

◼️ Polish Deputy Agriculture Minister Michal Kolodziejczak has been inspecting border checkpoints for the second day in a row.

Poland's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said the matter was allegedly about non-compliance with EU requirements.

📝 "Excessive imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, which do not meet the production requirements in force in the EU, threaten the competitiveness of Polish agriculture," the ministry said in a statement.

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In Germany they proposed that Europe should create its own military alliance without US participation and use the French nuclear arsenal for deterrence purposes.

Boris Rein, head of the large federal state of Hesse, one of the country's economic centres, came up with this idea.

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