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☆ Russian war critic poses an awkward challenge for Putin and the Kremlin as the election nears
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The Kremlin has sought to dismiss Nadezhdin's potential to upset an election whose win for Putin is seen as a done deal. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told CNBC Thursday that "we are not inclined to exaggerate the level of support for Mr. However, Nadezhdin's recent growing popularity and prominence has changed that, political analysts say, and he now poses a challenge and a dilemma for the Kremlin as the election nears. Nadezhdin has said in interviews that he would end the war with Ukraine, describing the war as a "fatal mistake." Stanovaya believed it was likely that the CEC would not recognize a portion of the signatures that Nadezhdin has garnered.

Persons: Boris Nadezhdin, Vera Savina, Vladimir Putin's, Nadezhdin, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, isn't, Putin's, Tatiana Stanovaya, he's, Stanovaya, András, Czifra, Peskov Organizations: Civic Initiative, Central, Commission, Afp, Getty, Kremlin, CNBC, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Duma, Ukraine, Moscow, Election Commission, CEC, Eurasia, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Boris Nadezhdin Press, Central Electoral, Putin, Kremlin's Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Mar, today's Russia, Anadolu

Even including the sale of Heathrow, this year is the slowest for airport transactions in the past decade, totalling $5.9 billion globally to date, according to Dealogic data. They have hired Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) and Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA) to find a buyer for a sale of their 49% stake in the company, the people said. Heathrow's sale valued the airport at 14.3 times EBITDA, according to JP Morgan analysis published on Wednesday. UK's Esken (ESKN.L), owner of regional Southend Airport, said in June it had started a process for the sale of the airport. On Thursday, Hungary's state-owned Corvinus and Vinci Airports notified the European Commission of a proposed joint takeover of Budapest's airport, according to a document posted on the EU website.

Persons: Andras Kranicz, GIP, Australia's Macquarie, Spain's, Ferrovial, Agata Lyznik, Mediobanca, Gianni, Origoni, Nico Torrisi, Morgan, UK's, France's Vinci, Vinci, Corvinus, Emma, Victoria Farr, Andres Gonzalez, Elisa Anzolin, Joanna Plucinska, Mathieu Rosemain, Anousha Sakoui, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: LONDON, Heathrow, BNP, Global Infrastructure Partners, AGS Airports, Southampton, Australia's, International, ACI, Airports, Macquarie, Credit Agricole Assurance, 2i, Credit, SAC, Gatwick, Southend Airport, Global Infrastructure Fund, Vinci Airports, European Commission, EU, Thomson Locations: Edinburgh, Italy, FRANKFURT, Spanish, Europe, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Heathrow, France, Hungary's, Budapest's

Farmers in Poland and other eastern European countries who held out for higher prices have been hit by a perfect storm. A jump in exports from Brazil and Russia helped to drive global grain prices lower while the EU opened its borders to tariff-free Ukrainian grain imports in a show of solidarity after Russia blocked the country's Black Sea ports. After opening its borders to Ukrainian grain, Poland imported 2.08 million tonnes of maize and 579,315 tonnes of wheat last year, up from just 6,269 tonnes of maize and 3,033 tonnes of wheat in 2021. If the grain corridor due to expire this month were to collapse, Ukrainian farmers would have little option but to send all their grain exports through eastern Europe. European wheat prices hit post-harvest highs in October 2022 of more than 350 euros a tonne but since then prices have dropped to pre-invasion levels of about 235 euros.

☆ Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Robin George Andrews | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fomalhaut, a star just 25 light-years away, is so dazzlingly bright that it blots out the faint light of other stars around it. Stargazers have been enraptured by its secrets for thousands of years. Now, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have documented evidence that Fomalhaut is a dynamic star wreathed in cosmic chaos. The powerful observatory’s infrared vision is letting astronomers better understand Fomalhaut’s features, including a mysterious ring unlike anything found in our solar system. “It’s the first time we’ve seen such structures in an evolved system.”The findings could contribute to the solution to an existential puzzle: How weird, or ordinary, is our solar system?

☆ Webb telescope spies evidence of hidden planets around nearby star
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The revelation of the Fomalhaut’s two inner rings has suggested that planets hidden deeper within the star system may be affecting the dust belt’s shape. Stars form from gas and dust, and then a ring of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk orbits the star, where planets are born. Once the planets form around a star, debris belts form and become shaped by the gravity of the planets. Studying the dust belts can help unlock more of the secrets behind how planetary systems form. “I think it’s not a very big leap to say there’s probably a really interesting planetary system around the star.”

The Romanian central bank said slower economic growth and cheaper energy would help bring inflation down to single digits this year from over 16% now, earlier than previously forecast. "So the main question is when inflation in the region will fall enough that central banks will be willing to start normalising monetary conditions." Inflation is still expected to rise in early 2023 in some central European countries, based on central bank forecasts, before returning to single-digit territory by year-end. "This will help to improve external positions and lower inflation pressures in Central and Eastern Europe." "Given the dovish bias around the growth-inflation trade-off at Poland's central bank, we think the risk of premature policy easing is greatest there."

☆ Pets returned to shelters in Hungary as owners face rising costs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Dogs look out from a kennel at Noah's Ark Animal Shelter in Budapest, Hungary, November 2, 2022. People turn up daily on the doorstep of the Noah's Ark Animal Shelter, saying they cannot care for their pets due to the rising costs of living and energy prices and with some owners moving abroad for work. "We are now living from day to day and we have to consider hard whether we can accommodate an animal, whether we can finance the healing of an animal," Schneider says. The situation is similar across Hungary's animal shelters, according to the Hungarian Animal Protection Alliance. Pet owners walking their dogs in a Budapest park confirmed the costs of keeping pets has surged.

☆ Ex-ambassador says the US and its allies need to bring Hungary's authoritarian leader 'to his senses' as he and Turkey's Erdogan hold NATO's expansion hostage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Hungary and Turkey are the only two states that haven't approved adding Finland and Sweden to NATO. One ex-diplomat told Insider the US and its allies need to bring Orbán "to his senses." Hungary and Turkey, however, have yet to sign off on adding new members to the alliance and are instead purposefully holding up proceedings. Both leaders have tried to leverage their own strategic interests in exchange for approving what would be a major expansion of the NATO alliance, interests like security guarantees or pleasing other heads of state. The two Nordic countries would provide the NATO alliance with a significant boost to its overall military capabilities across all domains — air, land, sea, and with intelligence.

☆ Ploaie de goluri în ultimele meciuri din faza grupelor ale Euro 2020. Portugalia a remizat cu Franța
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cristiano Ronaldo a marcat primul gol al întâlnirii, din penalty, în minutul 31. Lusitanii au obținut apoi încă un penalty, iar Cristiano Ronaldo l-a transformat și de această dată impecabil. Astfel, superstarul Portugaliei a egalat recordul absolut de goluri marcate la nivel de echipe naționale - 109, deținut de iranianul Ali Daei.În celălalt meci al grupei F, disputat la Munchen, Germania a remizat cu Ungaria cu același scor, 2-2. Pentru scandinavi, Emil Forsberg a marcat două goluri, iar Viktor Claesson - unul. La selecționata poloneză, Robert Lewandowski a reușit dubla.Astfel, Suedia a câștigat grupa cu 7 puncte, iar Spania s-a calificat în faza următoare a Campionatului European cu 5 puncte acumulate.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Lusitanii, iranianul Ali, Adam Szalai, Andras Schafer, Leon Goretzka.Astfel, Aymeric, Pablo Sarabia, Torres, Martin Dubravka, Emil Forsberg, Viktor, Robert Lewandowski Organizations: Real Madrid, iranianul, Campionatului European Locations: franceză, Portugaliei, Munchen, Germania, Ungaria, Franța, Portugalia, Spania, Slovacia, Sevilla, Suedia, Polonia, dubla.Astfel

☆ Viktor Orbán şi fantoma Ungariei Mari
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-25 | by ( ) adevarul.ro time to read: +16 min

Noi reprize naţionaliste Budapesta-Bucureştide Peter WeberFantoma Ungariei Mari a fost scoasă din nou de la naftalină. Premierul Ungariei, Orbán Viktor, sau cei pe care aceasta îi sperie pentru ca ei înşişi să-şi sperie propriii cetăţeni cu ea. **Vezi aici__________________Dar azi nu e despre preşedintele României, ci despre liderul Ungariei: Viktor Orbán. Avem convingerea că Viktor Orbán, vulpoi bătrân şi populist cu experienţă, ar fi procedat la fel şi în absenţa declaraţiilor lui Iohannis. Cum ar fi ca Viktor Orbán să decreteze sărbătoare naţională la data aniversării Dictatului de la Viena din 1940?

Persons: Sever Ioan Miu, Peter Weber, Ungariei, Orbán Viktor, Orbán, ungare . Paradoxal, Viktor Orbán, Bogdan Munteanu, Klaus W ., Vadim Tudor, ., internaţionale, Klaus Iohannis, __________________, Ceauşescu, András, ____________, Uniri, Titus Corlăţean Organizations: Aşadar, PSD, UDMR, Deutsche, facebook, NATO, Freedom Locations: Budapesta, Bucureşti, Trianon, Ungariei, ungară, României, ungare, România, lozincă, Seghedin, Ungaria, Deutsche Welle, ungar, Regatului Ungar, cârcă, Transilvaniei, Austria, Germania, maghiar, UE, Transilvania, râvnite, Viena, Franţa, Rin, Europei, Cluj - Napoca

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