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☆ WADA to launch independent review into its handling of doping case involving Chinese swimming
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has commissioned an independent review into its handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers after the organization said that it had been the subject of “damaging and baseless allegations.”The development comes after WADA was criticized by members of the anti-doping community, sparking a dispute which looks set to overshadow events in the pool at this year’s Olympics in Paris. “We have no evidence of any sort of skullduggery or planting of trimetazidine,” Wenzel told reporters on Monday. “In the past few days, WADA has been unfairly accused of bias in favor of China by not appealing the CHINADA [China Anti-Doping Agency] case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” added Bańka. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. WADA said that Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, attorney general of Vaud in Switzerland for 17 years until his retirement in 2022, will lead the review into the handling of the case.

Persons: WADA, –, ”, Witold Bańka, “, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Bańka, ” Bańka, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Eric Cottier, USADA, WADA’s, ” WADA, Cottier Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, New York Times, ARD, Tokyo Olympics, Sport, Xinhua Locations: Paris, China, trimetazidine, Swiss, Vaud, Switzerland

☆ WADA Appoints Special Prosecutor in Chinese Doping Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor to review how 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug were allowed to avoid public scrutiny and compete at the 2021 Olympics, where they won gold medals and set records. The decision to appoint the special prosecutor, Eric Cottier of Switzerland, came amid an outcry from top government officials, antidoping experts and authorities, and athletes over the way Chinese antidoping officials and the global regulator, known as WADA, handled the positives. “WADA’s integrity and reputation is under attack,” the WADA president, Witold Banka, said in a statement. “In the past few days, WADA has been unfairly accused of bias in favor of China by not appealing the Chinada case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We continue to reject the false accusations and we are pleased to be able to put these questions into the hands of an experienced, respected and independent prosecutor.”

Persons: Eric Cottier of, WADA, Witold Banka, “, ” Organizations: Doping Agency, New York Times, Sport Locations: Eric Cottier of Switzerland, China

☆ India election 2024: Voters battle extreme temperatures as intense heat wave hits region
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New Delhi CNN —Indian voters are battling sweltering conditions to take part in the world’s biggest election as a severe heat wave hits parts of the country and authorities forecast a hotter-than-normal summer for the South Asian nation. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a heat wave will affect parts of south and east India until the end of the week, including four states that are voting on Friday. Climate politicsIndia, the world’s most populous nation with 1.4 billion people, often experiences heat waves during the summer months of May and June. But in recent years, they have arrived earlier and become more prolonged, with scientists linking some of these longer and more intense heat waves to the climate crisis. Last year successive heat waves hit India again, closing schools, damaging crops and putting pressure on energy supplies.

Persons: Gandhi Ray, ”, “, Noemi Cassanelli, Narendra Modi, ” Ray, Commision, Aditya Valiathan Pillai, climatologist Maximiliano Herrera Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN —, South, India Meteorological Department, IMD, CNN, National Disaster Management Authority, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Indian National Congress, World Meteorological Organization Locations: New Delhi, India, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Baripada, Khammam, Banka district, Maharashtra, Pakistan, Mumbai, Bangladesh, Asia, Thailand, Philippines, Mekong, Vietnam

☆ Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. Sun is now free to return to competitions next month, but revelations about the 2021 case have cast Chinese swimmers and WADA in a harsh spotlight. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. China’s national swimming championships, which serve as selection trials for the upcoming Olympics, are currently underway in Shenzhen, concluding on April 27. At the Tokyo Olympics, China won six medals in swimming, including three golds.

Persons: –, “, ” Mack Horton, Horton, Sun Yang, Sun, WADA, Adam Peaty, ”, Sarah Hirshland, Witold Banka, …, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Denis Cotterell, Cotterell wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Tokyo, Paris Games, New York Times, ARD, Doping Agency, Olympic, “, Sydney Morning Herald, WADA, Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic, ”, CHINADA, Xinhua, Paris Olympics, Chinese Swimming Association, China Locations: Tokyo, China, Australian, South Korea, ”, trimetazidine, Shenzhen

Most of Kosovo uses the euro, even though the country isn't part of the EU. But parts of Kosovo's north, populated mostly by ethnic Serbs, continue to use the dinar. The Central Bank reported on Wednesday that Serbian bank Komercijalna Banka AD Beograd closed its branches in Kosovo. Serbian forces fought a 1998-99 war with ethnic Albanian separatists in what was then the province of Kosovo. Kosovo eventually declared independence in 2008, but the government in Belgrade doesn't recognize its neighbor as a separate country.

Persons: Kosovo's, Aleksandar Vučić, Alexander, Botsan, ” Vucic, ”, Besnik Bislimi, Albin Kurti, Miroslav Lajčák, Josep Borrell, ___ Llazar Semini Organizations: Union, Serbian, Kosovo’s Central Bank, Western, The Central Bank, NATO, Belgrade doesn't, European Union, Kosovo, Kosovo police, EU Locations: PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbian, Kosovo's, Serbs, Serbia, Russia, Russian, Belgrade, Pristina, Metohija, Kosovo Serbs, ” Kosovo, Komercijalna Banka, Beograd, Brussels, EU, United States, Vučić, Balkans, Kosovo’s, Tirana, Albania

☆ Czech banks hit as central bank ceases paying interest on reserves
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Czech National Bank (CNB) decided on Thursday to cancel paying interest on banks' mandatory minimum reserves from Oct. 5, a move to reduce the costs of implementing monetary policy. The decision follows a similar move by the European Central Bank in July. Komercni Banka said its stipulated amount of required minimum reserves for the current maintenance period stood at approximately 19.6 billion Czech crowns ($861.12 million). Banks have been required to keep a portion of liabilities at the central bank as reserves. Mandatory minimum reserves are not used as a monetary policy instrument but can act as a liquidity buffer to ensure the smooth flow of interbank payments, the central bank said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Komercni Banka, MONETA, Banks, Jason Hovet, Jan Lopatka, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Money Bank, Prague Stock Exchange, Czech National Bank, European Central Bank, Analysts, Komercni, KB, Thomson Locations: Komercni Banka, Komercni, BKOM.PR, Czech, Prague

☆ WADA's 'Operation LIMS' passes 200 sanctions of Russian athletes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 18 (Reuters) - More than 200 Russian athletes have been sanctioned following the ‘Operation LIMS’ investigation into Moscow's anti-doping laboratory with more bans to come, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday. The suspensions are the result of data and samples retrieved by WADA's Intelligence and Investigations team into the Moscow Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). A total of 203 Russian athletes have been sanctioned by 17 anti-doping organisations with an additional 73 charged. "The continued success of WADA’s ‘Operation LIMS’ investigation is a testament to the significant work being conducted by the Agency’s Intelligence and Investigations, and Legal Affairs departments," WADA president Witold Banka said in a statement. WADA’s Executive Committee voted in 2018 to reinstate RUSADA subject to a number of conditions that included access to all data from the LIMS.

☆ Exclusive: Germans shun deposits abroad on fear of new crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Francesco Canepa | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

By contrast, German banks, which are perceived as safer because of their government's high credit rating and two separate safety nets on deposits, saw an increase in demand, both platforms said. Sibylle Miller-Trach of the German consumer association in Bavaria said "term deposits aren't necessarily safe" and savers should gather information about the creditworthiness of the bank and its country. Household flows into bank deposits with an agreed maturitySPREAD SEEN WIDENINGCheck24 and competing platforms do not publish figures about their volumes of business so it is hard to tell how much money Germans have deposited abroad. By contrast, the most that savers could get from a German bank was 2.55% from online lender SWK Bank. "The current crisis is leading customers to keep their deposits with their local bank," said Christian van Beek, a director at the Scope Ratings agency.

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."

CNN —The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has referred the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after deeming the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has made no progress on the skater’s Winter Olympics doping case. In a statement on Tuesday, WADA President Witold Bańka said: “Despite putting RUSADA under formal notice to resolve the Kamila Valieva case promptly, no progress was made. She had tested positive for a banned substance – the heart medication trimetazidine, which can enhance endurance – in December 2021. In October, RUSADA said in a statement that it had completed its investigation but was keeping the final resolution of a case involving a figure skater, who is a member of the Russian Olympic Committee and a “protected person,” confidential. Team USA finished second in the team event, Japan third and Canada in fourth.

☆ MONETA expects to exceed 2022 profit forecast after solid quarter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PRAGUE, Oct 27 (Reuters) - MONETA Money Bank (MONET.PR) said on Thursday it expects to exceed its 2022 profit forecast after reporting solid third-quarter results, adding that a Czech government decision to cap household energy prices should ease pressure on loans. At the same time, the government is pursuing a windfall tax on banks, energy firms and other sectors to help control a swelling state deficit. read moreAs the windfall tax is not likely to hit 2022 profits, MONETA said that it was on track to meet and even surpass its guidance for this year's net profit of at least 4.4 billion crowns ($180.5 million). MONETA's estimate-beating quarterly profit of 1.25 billion crowns brought it to 94% of its full-year guidance after the first nine months of the year. read more($1 = 24.3770 Czech crowns)Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Alexander SmithOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ WADA still monitoring Russia ahead of expiration of ban - Banka
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nick Mulvenney | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A woman walks into the head office of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Christinne MuschiSYDNEY, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) are still monitoring testing operations in Russia ahead of the decision on whether to reinstate the country, despite complications caused by the Ukraine war, president Witold Banka said on Tuesday. The existing two-year ban from international sport imposed by WADA on Russia for widespread, state-sponsored infringements of doping regulations expires at the end of the year. "We are monitoring this issue very closely and last month I expressed my will that they have to accelerate the process. More and more it is becoming a key pillar of what we do as the World Anti-Doping Agency."

Achiziționarea Nova KBM, semnifică pentru OTP Group continuarea expansiunii în regiune și consolidarea stabilității. Proaspăt alăturată grupului, Nova KBM (Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor) a aparținut anterior, în proporție de 80% - Apollo Global Management și 20% - BERD. Datorită structuri eficiente, atât economice cât și juridice, Grupul OTP furnizează serviciile sale financiare universale prin intermediul mai multor subsidiare în 11 țări. Recenta achiziție este cea mai semnificativă din istoria OTP Group, întrucât garantează Grupului poziția de lider pe piața Sloveniei (atât în împrumuturi, cât și în depozite), cu o pondere de aproape 30%. Mobiasbanca – OTP Group s-a alăturat grupului OTP în vara anului 2019.

Organizations: OTP Group, Nova, Management, OTP, Sloveniei, Comunitatea, Group Locations: Nova, Nova KBM, BERD, OTP Group, Moldova

☆ Cea mai semnificativă achiziție din istoria Grupului OTP
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Cea mai semnificativă achiziție din istoria Grupului OTPOTP Bank - cea mai mare instituție bancară din Ungaria și a treia din Europa Centrală și de Est, a semnat la final de mai, un acord de achiziție în proporție de 100% a băncii slovene Nova KBM, inclusiv a sucursalelor acesteia. Achiziționarea Nova KBM, semnifică pentru OTP Group continuarea expansiunii în regiune și consolidarea stabilității. Proaspăt alăturată grupului, Nova KBM (Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor) a aparținut anterior, în proporție de 80% - Apollo Global Management și 20% - BERD. Recenta achiziție este cea mai semnificativă din istoria OTP Group, întrucât garantează Grupului poziția de lider pe piața Sloveniei (atât în împrumuturi, cât și în depozite), cu o pondere de aproape 30%. Mobiasbanca – OTP Group s-a alăturat grupului OTP în vara anului 2019.

Organizations: OTP, slovene Nova, Nova, OTP Group, Management, Sloveniei, Comunitatea, Group Locations: OTP Bank, Ungaria, Europa Centrală, Est, slovene, Nova KBM, BERD, OTP Group, Moldova

☆ Александре из Вулканешт всего год и ей диагностировали рак. Открыт срочный сбор средств!
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +3 min

Объявлен срочный сбор средств на лечение маленькой Александры Петровой из города Вулканешты, Молдова. Как рассказывает мама девочки Елена Петрова, дочка росла здоровой и не было никаких подозрений на болезнь. Сашеньке тогда было 1 год и 1 месяц», — сказала мама Елена корреспондентке nokta.md. Мы умоляем-помогите нашему ребенку остаться в живых!», — говорит мама Елена. Остаток к сбору — 716 тысяч 892 лея/ (41 595 долларов)Реквизиты для помощи указаны ниже:MOLDINCON BANK IBAN : MD27ML0000002259A6294941 ( MDL, USD, EUR) ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк 4356 9600 6508 0399(ДОЛЛАРОВАЯ $) ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк 4356 9600 6404 9114(ЕВРО €) ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк 4356 9600 6407 2793(МОЛДАВСКИЙ ЛЕЙ) ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк MDL-22593870621 ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк USD-22594134619 ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Агро Банк EUR-2259413411 ( Елена Петрова, мама) PETROVA ELENA Сбербанк России 4817 7601 8945 7652 ( Оксана Викторовна Круглова,волонтер) OXANA KRYGLOVA карта привязана к номеру 8 906 663-61-81 Pay Pal : ksana.2020@bk.ru ( оформлен на волонтера Круглова Оксана Викторовна) Турция: Garanti Banka TR92 0006 2000 0050 0006 6250 13 (OLGA CRETU (волонтер)журналист Надежда Млечковаnokta

Persons: Medipol Hastanesi, Medipol, … —, PETROVA ELENA, PETROVA ELENA MDL, OXANA, ksana, OLGA CRETU, nokta, Александра Петрова, Сашенька, Елена Петрова, Елена, Сашеньке, Саша, РАК Сначала, капельницыСаша, плохоОна, Саше, Оксана Викторовна Круглова, Круглов, Оксана Викторовна, Надежда Млечкова Organizations: Центр матери и ребенка, Агро Банк (ДОЛЛАРОВАЯ $, Агро Банк (ЕВРО ), Агро Банк (МОЛДАВСКИЙ ЛЕЙ), Агро Банк, Сбербанк России ( Locations: Garanti Banka, Вулканешты, Молдова, Стамбул, Кагул, Кишинев, Турция

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