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A video clip that went viral on social networks has sparked heated debates, after a woman from Russia described the conditions in which she lives with her family, notes Dialog The woman, aged 41 and mother of four children, claims that she only washes once a month, due to the lack of basic conditions in her home. “We wash ourselves once a month. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But that’s our reality. I’m 41 years old and have four children. We live in a small village, in an old house, with a stove that could go out at any time. We…

Initially conceived for traffic management and crime fighting, automatic license plate readers in the US have become, with the help of artificial intelligence, a mass location tracking infrastructure. Without a federal law similar to Europe’s GDPR, the collected data circulates without transparency and is already being reused for purposes far beyond the initial mandate – from deportations to reproductive health investigations, writes Live Science. For decades, cars have dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that one day these would also function as surveillance nodes. In thousands of cities across the USA, automatic license plate readers…

Latvia has introduced mandatory military training in high schools to prepare young people for potential Russian aggression and to strengthen national cohesion, including among the Russian-speaking minority. The program combines practical exercises, weapons handling, and patriotic education. Sindija Brakovska is 18 years old and dreams of becoming a stylist or a dance teacher. She studies at the Riga Technical School of Tourism and Creative Industry, a vocational school focused on hospitality, tourism, and fashion, reports the publication “Politico”. “I like girly things,” says the young woman. Alongside twenty other girls aged between 16 and 18, she is learning to shoot…

Russia finds itself in a critical situation, where the economic crisis, failures on the front, and geopolitical issues combine into a “perfect storm,” warns popular blogger Z and “furious patriot” Maxim Kalashnikov, notes Dialog. According to Kalashnikov, the Russian Federation is on the brink of events comparable to those of February 1917, when the Russian Empire ceased to exist. The information was reported on his blog on March 29. The blogger warns that “something bad is brewing” in Russia. He emphasizes that “the sharks of the raw materials industry are horrified by the fact that the government has urged them…

The last year has become a turning point for politics in Hungary, marked by unprecedented scandals directly affecting Viktor Orbán’s regime. From accusations of corruption and ties with Russia, to internal espionage and aggressive media campaigns, all these events have revealed major weaknesses in the Fidesz party and have shaken the entire public opinion in the country, notes eurointegration.com. Hungarian politics, known for its tensions and fierce competition between parties, is now going through a period of major instability. At the root of the crisis are corruption revelations related to funding received by the regime from the Kremlin, accusations of…

At the initiative of Vladimir Putin, Russia is examining a legislative change that would allow the registration of vehicles stolen from Western countries, an initiative that is causing major concerns in Europe. Stolen vehicles from the European Union could soon become perfectly legal on the roads of Russia, where they could be registered without any problem if a series of legislative changes being examined in Moscow are adopted. Since the beginning of February, the Russian Ministry of the Interior has been promoting a bill that is officially intended to “protect the interests of car owners whose vehicles have been pursued…

“Matryoshka”, the well-known pro-Kremlin bot network, has launched a disinformation campaign targeting the parliamentary elections next month in Budapest, different from those in other countries, such as the Republic of Moldova, where Moscow has tried to influence the vote. In the middle of March, a professionally made video, distributed on the X platform and falsely attributed to a media outlet from the Republic of Moldova, claimed that the Hungarians were urged “to take up arms, resist the authorities, and kill Viktor Orbán”. Another fake video clip, marked with the logo of the Ukrainian platform United24, claims that a high-ranking Ukrainian…

The biggest oil supply shock in history has reached the one-month threshold. Prices have risen sharply, economic growth forecasts are reduced globally, and shortages are beginning to appear across Asia, from Thailand to Pakistan. And the energy industry warns that this crisis is just beginning and is spreading to the West. “In the coming weeks,” experts warn, there will be a shortage of oil in Europe, reports Bloomberg in a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on the global economy. Bloomberg writes that in conversations held by journalists with over thirty oil and…

A multinational NATO tactical group aimed at deterring Russia from attacking countries on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance will be deployed in Finland this summer, according to an announcement made on Wednesday by Sweden, the framework nation of this force, reports Agerpres. “We hope to start this summer”, with the first elements to be deployed “at the beginning of the summer”, stated the head of Swedish joint operations, Vice Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, to a few journalists. NATO Battalions in 8 Countries on the Eastern Flank NATO deploys multinational battalions in eight countries on the eastern flank…

This is a first in American justice. A jury in Los Angeles decided on Wednesday that Meta and Google deliberately built social media platforms that create addiction – and that this directly affected the mental health of a young woman, reports BBC. The case concerns Kaley, a 20-year-old who sued the two companies for the social media addiction she developed in her childhood. The verdict, communicated to Judge Carolyn Kuhl, vindicates her. After a trial of about five weeks, the jury established responsibilities: Meta – the company that owns Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp – bears 70% of the blame for…