Is there a driver on the bus? Is Putin on the plane? Production of Future and Northern Lights on Mars
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The exchange of conditions between Putin, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and US Donald Trump for the form of meetings (four or more eyes) has shifted attention from the content to the form of conversations. There is already speculation that negotiations may not be at all. The Dnevnik International Team will monitor the topic today.
| Focus in parliament will be Hearing for the agreement with the Turkish company Botash. the need for its renegotiationS |
Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov, the Executive Director of Bulgartransgaz and former Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov, as well as Denitsa Zlateva, former Executive Director of Bulgargaz, will stand today before the deputies. The contract with Botash was signed in early 2023 by the cabinet of Pigeon Donev, appointed by President Rumen Radev. He linked Bulgaria to the payment of nearly BGN 4 billion, even if he did not import any gas through Turkey.
Poland chooses a predecessor and the bet on Donald Tusk is high, for Europe – even more so
Poland elects president this Sunday (May 18) and The bet is not only high for Donald Tusk’s pro -European government to implement its reform programS The forecasts are for a very contested run-off and if it with the support of nationalists defeated the Eurosceptic candidate « law and justice » (PIS) is expected to withdraw (or be kept further) than the nucleus of the European Union.
| Then the revival of the Weimar Triangle (Germany-France-Poland) and the conversion of the E3 (Germany-France-Education) into the E4 (with Poland), with the new group of countries leading to security and defense, it will be paused. The defeat of the pro -European forces will also affect the hope that authoritarian trends in Central Europe can still be interrupted by the power of the newsletter. |
The main candidates are the Liberal Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trezhaskovsky (33.7% According to IBRIS Summary, published on May 14) and a senior member of the ruling Civil Platform Party (PO), against a historian nationalist Carol Narotsky (21.6%), who heads the Polish Institute of National Memory and is the PIS candidate. Where will the scales lean depend on Slavomir Menzen (11.8%) of the far right « Confederation » and the chairman of the lower house of the Polish Parliament – Shimon living room (7.1%) of one of the centrist groups in the ruling coalition, which has previously been a journalist and television presenter and is popular on social networks with the jokes with which he runs MPs.
Sofia will be without public transport today, but the day will be learned
Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev will meet with the representatives of the protesters in the public transport to submit a specific proposal to raise remuneration and improve working conditions today at 2 pm. This was understood last night after « dialogue » through the television screen (while Terziev was interviewing BBC) and live inclusions from the protest points. The unions reacted that they did not accept the proposal heard (BGN 100 increase and doubling the bonus for some of the employees in the system and so far they are not inferior from their requests), but will be said to the mayor personally. Whether there will be a change in the municipality’s proposal will be understood in the coming hours.
Useful information briefly:
- For the second consecutive day Sofia is left without ground transportationafter the protest of employees in the metropolitan electricity and autotransport has passed into civil disobedience. Protesters are adamant that they will not renew work until all their requests are fulfilled.
- The subway will be working without interruptions so faralthough his employees also discussed protest.
- From the Sofia Municipality, they have announced that There is no reason for the day to be announced again as an unsuccessful daybecause the mayor’s office did not receive a protest notification. The decision Wednesday (May 14) to be out of the schools caused dissatisfaction among their guides and parents, because it was taken at the last moment. Today, it became clear that if there were belated students, they would not be sanctioned.
Political comments on the protest and reactions continue that the former governing the capital – GERB – plays a role in tension and difficult dialogue. The occasion on Wednesday also gave a reply to party leader Boyko Borisov that « The Sophians must suffer the change and the rescuers. Apparently the Bulgarian learns his lessons in the difficult way. » And the mayor and his finance deputy and the finance minister exchange an explanation whether there is money or not through official messages.
Quote of the day
The introduction of a compulsory subject « Virtues and Religions » has no added value for Bulgarian school education, displaces the focus of the necessary educational reforms, creates conditions for division in society, creates an opportunity to spread harmful ideologies among all students, and with all this the risk of contributing to the diversion of the country from its Western civilization.
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The Chinese government is providing significant subsidies for companies in this sector, with over $ 20 billion being allocated in the last year. A $ 1 trillion fund ($ 137 billion) has been set up to support startups in AI and robotics.
| The state is a major buyer of humanoid robots and related technologies. The potential consequences for the labor force are already being discussed. It is proposed to create a program for unemployment insurance caused by AI. |
China’s main advantage is its dominance in the hardware for humanoid robots, with the country capable of producing up to 90% of the components, which reduces barriers for the entry of new companies.
