Zoran Milanovic obtained nearly half of the votes within the first spherical of the Croatian presidential election. The second spherical will likely be held on January 12, as no candidate has gained an absolute majority.
In Croatia , after counting 100% of the votes within the first spherical of the presidential election, the nation's head of state Zoran Milanovic received . UNN reviews this close to the info of the State Election Fee.
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Croatia's incumbent President Zoran Milanovic, a critic of NATO and the EU, received the primary spherical of presidential elections on Sunday with 49.09 % help.
Dragan Primorac of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union get together, who got here in second, garnered 19.35 %.
Since not one of the candidates gained an absolute majority, Croatia will maintain a second spherical on January 12.
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As Politico wrote, throughout his election marketing campaign, President Milanovic sought to capitalize on a sequence of scandals that noticed greater than 30 ministers from the prime minister's get together resign or be fired over corruption throughout Andrej Plenkovic's mandate.
He additionally criticized Plenković for his pro-European stance, calling him "an errand boy" for European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, and referred to as immigration Croatia's essential downside.
Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha stated imports of Russian liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) to the European Union have to be banned and changed with provides from the US and different companions.
"There may be sufficient LNG gasoline available on the market to not fund the legal Russian regime with its agression, struggle crimes, and hybrid assaults," Sybiha wrote on X on Dec. 29.
Sybiha’s assertion got here in response to a latest Monetary Occasions report stating that Russian LNG imports to the EU "reached a report excessive" in 2024.
In line with the Monetary Occasions, as of mid-December, the EU imported a report 16.5 million tonnes of Russian LNG, surpassing final 12 months’s complete of 15.18 million tonnes. The report famous the quantity additionally exceeded the earlier report of 15.21 million tonnes imported in 2022, citing knowledge from analytics agency Kpler.
In his assertion, Sybiha referred to as the imports "unacceptable" and reiterated that they need to get replaced with provides from the U.S. and different companions.
On Dec. 27, Ukraine acquired its first cargo of U.S. LNG, which arrived through a terminal in Greece.
Whereas LNG exports have confronted fewer sanctions than oil, latest restrictions have begun tightening across the sector. In June, the EU imposed historic sanctions on the Russian gasoline trade, together with its first ban on LNG transshipment.
Nonetheless, whereas some EU nations like Germany not import Russian LNG straight, the German state power firm SEFE has a long-term contract with Russia's Yamal facility. The provides from Yamal are routed to France earlier than being fed into the European pipeline system.
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen introduced up the matter of Russian LNG in a telephone dialog with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shortly after his Nov. 5 victory.
Von der Leyen stated she floated the concept of changing Russian LNG with extra imports from the U.S.
"We nonetheless get an entire lot of LNG through Russia, from Russia," she stated. "And why not exchange it with American LNG, which is cheaper, and brings down our power costs?"
A spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service mentioned that there usually are not sufficient Russian troops in Belarus to invade once more. No actions of kit or personnel of the Russian and Belarusian armies have been noticed on the border.
Russia doesn’t have a ample variety of items on the territory of Belarus to create a repeated invasion of Ukraine. This was acknowledged by the spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, Andriy Demchenko, throughout a telethon, UNN experiences .
The scenario there (on the border with Belarus – ed.) is completely managed by our protection forces. Russia doesn’t have sufficient items on the territory of Belarus to create a repeat invasion. However we have now to be ready for any scenario, and our intelligence items are intently monitoring this
– Demchenko mentioned.
Demchenko famous that border guards haven’t observed any motion of kit or personnel from both the Russian or Belarusian military items close to the Ukrainian border within the current interval.
Though Belarus retains a sure variety of its navy on the border with Ukraine, it’s making an attempt to continually escalate the scenario that Ukraine is a menace
– Demchenko mentioned.
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In an interview with journalists on the sidelines of a gathering of the Supreme Eurasian Financial Council in Leningrad Oblast, self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko answered the questionhow many “Oreshnik” missile techniques Belarus will obtain from Russia.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has written a letter to European Council President António Costa and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, by which he once more complains about Ukraine's refusal to proceed transiting Russian fuel after 2024.
Supply: Fico revealed the open letter on his social media, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Within the letter, the Slovak prime minister writes to EU leaders that "tacit acceptance of the unilateral determination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is incorrect and irrational."
He additionally notes that it’s going to "result in tensions and retaliatory measures".
"There is no such thing as a doubt that the unilateral determination of the Ukrainian president could have a big unfavorable influence on our widespread European efforts to maintain tempo with the world's fastest-growing international locations," Fico wrote.
He said that he didn’t know whether or not the "imprecise method" of the European Fee and most member states was based mostly on the truth that the financial penalties of stopping fuel transit via Ukraine "haven’t been analysed professionally in any respect and have been assessed solely ideologically", or whether or not such an evaluation had been carried out however not mentioned overtly with member states.
Within the letter, Fico argues that stopping fuel transit would hurt the EU greater than Russia, citing "goal and convincing paperwork" from the Slovak oil and fuel firm SPP.
In conclusion, the Slovak prime minister referred to as on EU leaders to "pay due consideration to this unprecedented scenario and provides it pressing consideration".
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Slovakia has repeatedly tried to realize an extension of the settlement between Ukraine and Russia on the transit of Russian fuel, which is because of expire in 2024.
On 19 December, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine was not contemplating renewing the settlement with Gazprom on the transit of Russian fuel to Europe and made it clear that Kyiv wouldn’t conform to pump Russian fuel below the guise of Azerbaijani fuel.
In opposition to this backdrop, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made a controversial go to to Russia, the place he met with Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
The Slovak prime minister additionally threatened to chop off electrical energy provides to Ukraine.
Anthony Hopkins is commemorating a significant milestone in his sobriety journey.
The 2-time Oscar-winning actor, 86, celebrated 49 years of being sober — and his “unexpectedly lengthy life” — in a poignant Instagram video on Sunday.
“Good morning! Completely satisfied twenty ninth of December. twenty ninth? Why twenty ninth? Nicely, 49 years in the past at present, I finished [drinking],” Hopkins defined, making a hand gesture for consuming. “I used to be having such enjoyable, however then I noticed I used to be in large, large bother as a result of I couldn’t bear in mind something and I used to be driving a automobile, drunk out of my cranium.”
Anthony Hopkins in 2019.
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It was that second Hopkins realized that he wanted to hunt assist. “I phoned up a gaggle of individuals like me — alcoholic — and that was it. Sober,” he mentioned. “I’ve had extra enjoyable in these 49 years than ever.”
The Silence of the Lambs star then used his social media platform to encourage others who could also be coping with comparable struggles with dependancy to achieve out for help.
“Should you do have an issue — having enjoyable is fantastic, having a drink is okay – however in case you are having an issue with the booze, there may be assist,” Hopkins mentioned. “It’s not a horrible deal. It’s a situation. Should you’re allergic to alcohol, get some assist. There’s loads of assist round. One factor I didn’t notice: I used to be not distinctive. There are literally thousands of individuals round like me.”
He continued, “Anyway, I obtained sober and, it sounds a boring phrase, however I’ve had a beautiful life. They nonetheless make use of me, they nonetheless give me jobs. I’m going to be 87 in two day’s time. So I’m celebrating my lengthy life — unexpectedly lengthy life.”
Hopkins closed out his message by imploring others to “telephone any intergroup” or “12-step program” to get the assistance they want, calling alcoholism a “killer.” Blowing a kiss to the digital camera, he concluded, “With that, Completely satisfied New Yr!”
He captioned the video, “Someday at a time. 49 years. Life is in session.”
This isn’t the primary time that Hopkins has taken to social media to replicate on his sobriety journey and encourage others to make a change of their lives forward of the New Yr. He has beforehand revealed movies on Dec. 29 in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Talking with The New York Times in 2020, Hopkins revealed that he selected to get sober in 1975 after waking up in an Arizona resort room with no recollection of how he’d gotten there. “I assumed, ‘Nicely, I’ve obtained to cease this as a result of I’m both going to kill any person or myself,’” he instructed the outlet. “My life, from that second on, took on new which means.”
U.S. President Joe Biden has declared January 9, 2025, a Nationwide Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Flags shall be flown at half-staff for 30 days after the dying of the 100-year-old Nobel laureate.
US President Joe Biden has expressed condolences on the dying of the thirty ninth President of america and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter and declared January 9 a day of mourning for the deceased. This was reported by the White Home press service, in line with UNN.
I hereby designate January 9, 2025, as a Nationwide Day of Mourning all through america,
– the assertion mentioned.
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He additionally known as on the American folks to collect of their respective locations of worship on today to honor the reminiscence of President James Earl Carter Jr.
I invite folks around the globe who share our grief to hitch us on this solemn commemoration,
– Biden mentioned.
Biden's assertion additionally famous that he had ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the thirty ninth president of america inside 30 days of Carter's dying.
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The thirty ninth President of america Jimmy Carter died on the age of 100 after refusing additional remedy. The Nobel laureate had been battling melanoma and spent his final days beneath hospice care at residence.
There may be one Russian Kalibr cruise missile service ship within the Black Sea, however with out missiles. There are 8 ships within the Mediterranean, 3 of which have 26 Kalibrs on board.
As of 6:00 a.m. on December 30, there’s one enemy missile launcher within the Black Sea, however there are not any Kalibrs on it. This was reported by the Ukrainian Navy, in line with UNN.
Within the Black Sea, there’s 1 enemy ship carrying Kalibr cruise missiles, no missiles; within the Sea of Azov, there are not any enemy ships,
– the assertion stated.
Additionally it is reported that there are 8 enemy ships within the Mediterranean, 3 of that are Kalibr cruise missile carriers with a complete volley of as much as 26 missiles.
Inside a day, the Kerch Strait was handed within the pursuits of Russia:
– 4 vessels sailed to the Black Sea, of which 1 continued to the Bosphorus;
– 6 vessels sailed to the Azov Sea, 2 of them have been shifting from the Bosphorus.
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Navy spokesperson studies that a part of the Russian obstacles of the Kerch Bridge are out of order because of storms. The storm season will final for one more 2-3 months.
We might and arguably ought to hunt round to seek out one thing else a bit extra novel to put in writing about right here, however actually it more and more takes one thing near wilfully contrarian attention-seeking to disregard the obvious motive for Liverpool’s gorgeous season.
It’s not fairly appropriate to recommend these are unprecedented ranges for Salah, given what he’s already achieved at Liverpool. However he completely has by no means been higher than he’s been this season and this was one other very good particular person efficiency on a night when Liverpool had been as a complete form of unremarkable.
That is a gigantic praise, by the best way. Salah aside, it could be arduous to single out a Liverpool participant who put in an impressive particular person efficiency. They had been all good, clearly, all did what’s required and anticipated of them. However Liverpool are actually a crew for whom a sequence of six and 7 out of 10 performances augmented by Salah’s now customary 9 is sufficient to safe a thumping victory away from residence.
West Ham stored the Reds at bay for half an hour, however as soon as Luis Diaz began the ball rolling after a slice of fine fortune with the best way the ball bounced again to him, Liverpool set to work.
The second aim would be the one talked about. Salah cleverly manipulated the offside guidelines to completely legitimately dash ahead from an offside place to select up the ball a couple of seconds later earlier than an outrageous spin and flick despatched the ball into the trail of Cody Gakpo for a tap-in.
Sky’s pundits spent half-time debating whether or not or not he meant it. We’re cheerfully keen at this level to use The Bergkamp Protocols right here and settle for it was intentional merely due to the particular participant in query.
West Ham weren’t innocent on this equation, both. After a short rally at 1-0 down wherein Mohammed Kudus thudded a shot into the bottom of the submit they collapsed. The choice to permit Salah the time to face nonetheless within the penalty space, put his foot on the ball after which give Alphonse Areola the eyes earlier than discovering the underside nook felt questionable.
It should certainly be time for one other two-game Julen Lopetegui ultimatum, with Man Metropolis and Fulham up subsequent both aspect of an FA Cup conflict with Villa.
For the second time in exactly per week, Liverpool spent a lot of the second half of a doubtlessly tough journey to London coasting to a merely thumping nice victory slightly than the doubtless record-breaking one on supply in the event that they fancied it. As at Spurs, it was totally comprehensible given the time of yr and upcoming workload, however annoying nonetheless. Why solely rating 5 – 6 when eight or 9 are so clearly on supply? Poor stuff from Arne Slot’s complacent coasters, it must be mentioned.
They did nonetheless rating two extra objectives within the second half, one inevitably assisted by Salah in fact who jinked this manner and that earlier than expertly teeing up Diogo Jota. That takes his absurd numbers for the Premier League season to 17 objectives and 13 assists from simply 18 video games.
It’s the eighth sport already this season wherein Salah has each scored and assisted. For a clue at how genuinely ridiculous that statistic is, Bukayo Saka is the one different participant within the Premier League this season to have managed eight assists all in.
Salah is now three away from his nearest rival for each objectives and assists, whereas Liverpool’s tally of 45 objectives this season is now 4 greater than Spurs, who don’t actually matter, and 7 greater than any correct crew has managed.
With an eight-point lead over Nottingham Forest as a result of apparently it’s 1979, Liverpool head into the brand new yr in absurdly impolite well being. There’s a sure merciless irony in Pep’s City going so entirely to sh*t the second Jurgen Klopp departs however it does now seem that solely a critical calamity involving Salah can probably reopen a title race wherein even Arsenal and Chelsea are actually distant spectators and Metropolis barely even that to disclaim Slot a shocking first-season success.
The info of 800,000 Volkswagen electrical automobile house owners was made publicly out there by Amazon's cloud storage. The leak revealed GPS coordinates and details about 466,000 automobiles, which allowed the corporate to trace the house owners' each day routines.
In Europe, the information of about 800 thousand motorists had been leaked to the general public. That is reported by Der Spiegel, based on UNN.
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It’s famous that on account of the Volkswagen information leak, confidential data of 800 thousand electrical automobile house owners grew to become out there, together with GPS coordinates and battery degree. The leak made it attainable to find out the each day routine of the house owners, together with politicians, entrepreneurs and safety forces. The bug was fastened, however the incident highlighted the necessity to enhance cybersecurity within the automotive business.
In about 466 thousand out of 800 thousand circumstances, the placement information was so correct that it could possibly be used to map every proprietor's each day routine,
– the message says.
In accordance with the publication, a number of terabytes of knowledge belonging to hundreds of electrical automobile house owners had been unprotected in Amazon's cloud storage. The leak affected Volkswagen, Seat, Audi, and Skoda automobiles. It’s famous that the geolocation of about 460 thousand automobiles was additionally made public.
The issue was found by an nameless whistleblower who used publicly out there software program to reveal confidential data.
A lot of the victims are drivers from Germany. Because it turned out, the leak occurred by Volkswagen's subsidiary, the software program improvement firm Cariad. Cariad's technical crew acted shortly to dam unauthorized entry to buyer information.
Volkswagen has issued a press release assuring clients that no confidential data reminiscent of passwords or cost particulars had been disclosed within the hack. Nonetheless, considerations stay about how this information could possibly be utilized by criminals, fraudsters, blackmailers, or stalkers.
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German automobile big Volkswagen is planning a large-scale optimization by 2030, chopping a 3rd of its workers. The corporate is not going to shut crops, however will scale back manufacturing capability and lower administration salaries.
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