Total of 176 #Dutch companies have gone bankrupt in Sept 2022, the largest number recorded in two years;
Rise of electricity prices in Europe since Oct 8th;
Almost 40% of #German companies withdrew from international markets due to the energy crisis;
An open letter sent by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) to the EU Commission states that this yr the average price of electricity for railway operators will be about €420 per MWh, which is at least 3 times higher than in 2021,
and in some countries prices have increased 10 times.
Prices for 2023 may exceed 500 euros/MWh.
#Europe turns to logging vulnerable and protected forests to guarantee energy security amid its standoff with #Russia;
Eurozone Inflation Jumps to Record 10.7% - Growth Slowed to 0.2% in Q3
- Polish Inflation Hits 25-Year High of 17.9%
- Inflation in Germany is expected to peak at 10.4% in Oct - Energy prices were 43.0% higher than this time last yr, & avg increase in food prices by 20.3%
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This term is used to refer to areas that the police/citizens consider too dangerous to enter on their own;
# Areas are controlled by criminal groups, mafias, drug trafficking, and beacefuls which are in charge of controlling who enters & leaves the area;
In Europe, people usually worry the most are those that are governed by Sh@ria, which a Beaceful majority tries to impose it throughout the neighbourhood.
In 2014, German Bild announced the existence of lsIamic police who patrolled the streets and who monitored compliance with the Sh@ria law that prohibits concerts, listening to music, smoking, drinking alcohol/consuming any type of drug, and it forces women to wear the veil.
Chinese PLA commanders press their soldiers to go upto their claimed line but we do not allow them there. Its impossible for them to come. Year by year they make such attempts & they gets injuries.
-Former Army chief Gen Naravane
- We know the physical standards of PLA. CCP soldiers, in the height of crisis in E.Ladakh - had to be relieved every 48 hrs. Our soldiers sit there, that's the hardness of our troops.
- Our troops are very fine people with nationalistic approach & they do whatever is needed.
- Galwan clash has diminished the stature of not only PLA but China as a country in the global eyes that it is possible to stand up to China bullies;
- We would still like to maintain that we are a 21st-century army and not regressive like PLA.
Soviet KGB was more concerned about the psy-op warfare against the American govt through ideological subversion rather than espionage activities, which constituted only 15% of their work;
How many cycles India had gone through?😇
Fmr Soviet KGB informant Yuri Bezmenov:
4 methods to alter the mindset & behaviour of ppl in foreign countries.
Demoralisation(15-20 yrs): Exposure to true info doesn't matter anymore. Person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. Facts tell nothing to him.
Destabilisation(2-5 yrs): Altering the nation’s foreign relations, economy, and defence systems.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a package of laws banning propaganda of LGBTQ+, pedophilia and gender reassignment in advertising, media, books, movies and audiovisual services.
Russia' new package of laws applies to content in movies, books, commercials, media publications and computer games.
Fines:
- up to $12,700 for citizens and up to $159,400 for entities that may encourage paedophilia;