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PRAGUE (AP) — František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to support the dissident movement in his communist homeland at the time, has died. The Charter 77 Foundation said Janouch died on Friday morning in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, where he had lived since the 1970s. Born on Sept. 22, 1931 in the town of Lysa nad Labem near Prague, Janouch studied nuclear physics at Charles University in Prague and at universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the then Soviet Union. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesAt the invitation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, he moved to Sweden in 1974. “František Janouch contributed significantly to the return of freedom to our country,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.

Persons: Janouch, Václav Havel, Havel, “ František Janouch, Petr Fiala Organizations: Charles University, Nuclear Physics Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Locations: PRAGUE, Czech, Sweden, Sweden's, Stockholm, Lysa nad Labem, Prague, Moscow, St, Petersburg, Soviet Union, Soviet, Czechoslovakia, Swedish

[1/3] Writer Milan Kundera is pictured in Prague, former Czechoslovakia, May 6, 1963. CTK Photo/Frantisek Nesvadba via REUTERSPRAGUE, July 12 (Reuters) - Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" who lived nearly five decades in Paris after emigrating in disillusionment from his Communist-ruled homeland, has died at the age of 94. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Kundera was "a writer and a voice that we will miss". "Milan Kundera's work is at the same time a deep, human, intimate and distant exploration," she said. Fellow Czech writer Karel Hvizdala told Czech Television he saw his friend last November and he was already in poor health.

Persons: Milan Kundera, Frantisek Nesvadba, Kundera, Petr Fiala, Petr Pavel, Pavel, Elisabeth Borne, Milan, Karel Hvizdala, Albert Camus, Daniel Day, Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Philip Kaufman, Timothy Garton Ash, Monde, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Czechoslovakia's, Jan Lopatka, Robert Muller, Elizabeth Pineau, Tassilo Hummel, Michael Kahn, Jason Hovet, Toby Chopra, Kevin Liffey, Mark Heinrich, Nick Macfie Organizations: CTK, REUTERS, Moravian, Prague Spring, Czech Television, Czechoslovak Communist, New York Times, Oxford University, Paris Mayor, Czechoslovakia's Communist, Thomson Locations: Prague, Czechoslovakia, REUTERS PRAGUE, Czech, Paris, Brno, France, Communist Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak, Europe, Central Europe, French, Western

Companies Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Follow(Reuters) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT.O) convinced an Ohio federal judge on Friday to throw out a $64 million jury verdict over its alleged theft of trade secrets related to self-inflating tires. A jury decided last year that Goodyear misappropriated five of the 12 trade secrets Coda accused it of misusing. But Lioi said Friday that four of the five secrets – related to Coda's design, development and placement of self-inflating tire pumps – were not specific enough to be considered protectable trade secrets. Lioi said Coda's fifth alleged secret, related to developing a functional self-inflating tire, was "no secret at all" because the concept was not new in 2009. The case is Coda Development SRO v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, No.

☆ Final farewell: From Sidney Poitier to Pope Emeritus Benedict a look back at the influential figures who died in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +55 min

Other world leaders who died in 2022 include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in August. The final days of 2022 saw the loss of some exceptionally notable figures, including Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Dan Reeves, 77. A Cuban-born artist whose radiant color palette and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice. A prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films.

☆ Ziua Internațională a Studentului. Cum a apărut sărbătoarea și când a fost marcată pentru prima dată
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Ziua de 17 noiembrie a fost declarată oficial Ziua internaţională a studenţilor în anul 1941 de către Consiliul Internaţional al Studenţilor pentru a comemora evenimentele din 1939, desfăşurate la Praga. În 1939, ocupanţii nazişti din Cehoslovacia au suprimat, la Praga, o demonstraţie a studenţilor de la Facultatea de Medicină din cadrul Universităţii Caroline, ce marca momentul creării unei Republici Cehoslovace independente. Ziua internaţională a studenţilor este marcată, în prezent, în ţări precum Grecia, Republica Cehă şi Slovacia. „Un moment de cotitură în mişcarea pentru drepturile studenţilor a fost adoptarea de către Uniunea Europeană a Studenţilor a Cartei Drepturilor Studenţilor europeni, ca document de referinţă vis-a-vis de drepturile pe care le au toţi studenţii din Europa. Potrivit site-ului citat, ANOSR doreşte să reînvie spiritul purtat de studenţii de atunci; să acorde importanţa cuvenită zilei de 17 noiembrie.

Persons: Josef Matoušek, Jaroslav, Jan Weinert, Josef Adamec, Jan Černý, Marek Frauwirt, Václav Šafránek, František Skorkovský, Manifestaţia, ANOSR Organizations: Consiliul, Uniunea Europeană Locations: desfăşurate, Praga, Cehoslovacia, Universităţii Caroline, Londra, România, Grecia, Republica Cehă, Slovacia, Atena, Politehnicii, Europa, Bucureşti

☆ Un stat condus de un distribuitor de știri false este lider în războiul cibernetic. Lecție pentru Moldova — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-16 | by ( Tatiana Beghiu | Diana Preașcă | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +12 min

„În colaborare cu BIS și alte companii externe am reușit să-i oprim înainte ca ei să-și încheie atacul”, adaugă el. Butonul de dezactivare a internetuluiMichal Koudelka, șeful BIS, a condus mai mulți ani operațiunile legate de campaniile de răspândire a propagandei rusești. Centrul reprezintă, de fapt, un grup mic de angajați plătiți de stat care monitorizează și corectează știrile false și campaniile de dezinformare privind securitatea internă. Asociația solicită companiilor să nu mai plaseze reclame pe site-uri web de știri false și, astfel, să le reducă veniturile. Și Republica Moldova încearcă să lupte împotriva propagandei rusești și a știrilor false.

Persons: Pavel Baudiš, El, Avast, Pavel, Michal, Miloš Zeman, Marek Hlavica, František, František Vrabel, Miroslav Feix, Igor Dodon, Adrian Organizations: Ministerului, Interne, Agenția Națională, Securitate, Uniunea Europeană, NATO, Externe, Armatei Cehe, Forțelor Armate, Audiovizualului Locations: Praga, Cehia, miliardarii, Antarctica, Vatican, BIS, Republica Cehă, ceh, Rusia, China, Europa, Cehe, Cehă, Crimeei, Ucrainei, NATO, britanic, american, Statele Baltice, Europa Centrală, Republicii Cehe, Moldova, Federația Rusă, Moldovei, Republicii Moldova, Federației Ruse

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