Year: 2025
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Point of view
“The ability to build is what must be returned to states”: Francis Fukuyama on the failure of democracies in the world
Modern democratic countries are experiencing a deep functional crisis. Formally preserved institutions, the presence of elections, parliamentarism and the distribution…
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Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense has allocated a third of the defense budget to high-tech weapons
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine allocated a third of the funds from the defense budget for the development of…
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EU and the world
Global oil prices continue to fall
Oil prices fell more than 1.5% on April 21 as investors focused on concerns that the introduction of US tariffs…
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Expert thought
How the life expectancy of Ukrainians has changed during the war: Oleksandr Hladun
The war radically changes all demographic indicators — from the structure of the population to the birth rate and average…
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EU and the world
ChatGPT users’ courtesy words cost OpenAI tens of millions of dollars
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said processing polite words like “please” and “thank you” is costing the company additional “tens of…
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Legal advice
Changes in the identification of pensioners: what you need to know in order not to lose payments in 2025
Whenever the government changes the rules in pension provision, it causes quite understandable concern. For some, it is due to…
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Ukraine
Ukraine has completed the season of gas withdrawal from underground storage facilities
Ukraine stopped withdrawing gas from underground storages (PSG) and started pumping it. About this informs Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE). This…
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EU and the world
China warns countries against trade deals with the US that could hurt Beijing
China issued a warning to other countries, urging them not to enter into trade agreements with the United States that…
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EU and the world
Pope Francis dies in the Vatican
Pope Francis died at the age of 88. Since February 14, he was in the hospital in a serious condition,…
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EU and the world
In Easter greetings, Trump called Biden “the worst and most incompetent president”
US President Donald Trump congratulated Americans on Easter. In his statement, he spoke harshly about Joe Biden, by naming his…
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