Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew congratulated Orthodox Christians on Easter and called for an immediate end to the war, “which undermines human dignity and is a provocative violation of God’s commandment to love one’s neighbor.”
This year, because of the war and possible provocations, believers in Ukraine were asked not to go to church but to join online services.
Exactly at 7.30. broadcast on April 24 from the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv.
Only the built-in Android feature will be eligible for this action
Google is preparing to change the rules for mobile applications in the Android online store. Starting next month, applications will be virtually banned from recording phone calls, CNET reports.
The reason is abuse of rules and available features, the company explains. Official recording of telephone conversations is not allowed, but not prohibited, notes Ars technica.
Many applications use the accessibility software package, which offers many specialized features. Among them is the ability to record voice calls.
This feature is used by third-party applications, and Google commented to CNET that this is not correct. The company argues that the feature is designed to help people with disabilities use devices and software, rather than recording conversations.
The ban comes into force on May 11 this year. It makes call recording applications virtually unacceptable to the Google Play Store. Users will be able to install ones from external sources, but they will need to use their own software.
Ars Technica notes that Google’s official call recording application remains, as well as the functionality itself in the company’s Pixel smartphones in countries where this is allowed. There are many countries where recordings are allowed as long as both parties are informed, and many applications give a clear signal for the beginning and end of the recording.
Google has previously restricted accessibility features and what they can be used for. The company seems to be most concerned about setting precedents for these technologies to be used for various activities to help people with disabilities.
The European Union has adopted new rules for IT giants. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described the newly adopted Digital Services Act as “historic”, CNBC reports.
The law has been agreed between the member states and the European Parliament. It introduces new, stricter requirements for IT giants for the content that is published and distributed through their platforms.
“The law will update the rules for all online services in the EU. It will ensure that the online environment remains secure, protect freedom of expression and opportunities for digital businesses. It gives practical application to the principle that whatever is illegal offline must be “Illegal and online. The bigger the online platform, the greater its responsibility,” Layen said in an official statement.
The law provides a number of rules for online platforms. They will need to have new and clear procedures on what they do and how they remove illegal content such as hate speech, incitement to terrorism, sexual abuse of children and more. For online stores and platforms, there is an additional requirement to introduce mechanisms that do not allow the sale of illegal goods.
Another requirement will be online advertising. The law prohibits the selection and targeting of online ads based on gender, race, or religion. Special targeting of ads to children is also prohibited, as are practices of “targeting” consumers to specific products or services through hints, links, etc.
The law also provides for hefty fines for non-compliance. The fine can be up to 6% of world annual turnover. Companies can also be forced to submit information about their algorithms, and may even be charged up to 0.05% of their annual turnover each year to cover monitoring costs. The specific requirements and fines vary according to the size of the company.
Officially, IT giants are concise. Google told Reuters that “details will be important” and will “work with lawmakers to describe the remaining technical details correctly to ensure that the law works for everyone.” According to a report by the Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Witness, IT giants have lobbied hard in recent years to change details of the law according to their interests, TechCrunch reports. Last year alone, the five IT giants Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and Spotify spent more than 27m euros on lobbying, the report said.
Companies have also described problems and weaknesses in laws that make it easier to circumvent the rules. For example, aggregating users into other groups that again allow them to target ads, arguing that they do not collect age data, and more.
The law is due to enter into force in 2024. It is separate from the Digital Markets Act, which was also adopted recently and has even heavier fines.
It was found by a farmer cultivating his land
A 4,500-year-old stone statuette depicting the face of an ancient goddess has been discovered in southern Gaza, archaeologists in the Palestinian enclave say.
Made of limestone and 22 centimeters long, the statue from 2500 BC was found by a farmer cultivating his land in Khan Younis.
“The statue represents the Canaanite goddess Anat,” said Jamal Abu Reda, in charge of antiquities at the tourism ministry.
Anat, one of the most famous Canaanite deities, is the goddess of love and war. The find was made in an area that is an important “land trade route for several civilizations” that lived in what is now the Gaza Strip, according to Abu Reda.
The find is the latest in Gaza, where tourism at archeological sites is limited due to an Israeli blockade imposed after the Hamas militant group took power in the enclave in 2007.
In February, workers at a construction site in northern Gaza discovered 31 Roman-era tombs dating back to the first century AD.
TIR trucks confiscated
35 Bulgarian truck drivers were taken off the cabins of their trucks after a massive action by the Belgian federal police on Sunday on Orthodox Easter, the specialized portal Diario de transporte reported. According to an OFFNews inspection, everyone worked on documents for a company registered in the Vabel district of Targovishte.
In the early hours of the day, dozens of unmarked police cars and unmarked cars surrounded Bulgarian-registered trucks in the Tesenderlo area of northeastern Belgium. All 35 drivers had to leave their trucks immediately, leaving all their personal belongings in them. The Bulgarians were then taken to the police station, where they were interrogated throughout the day, and only in the evening were they taken to a hotel nearby. They were told they could return to their trucks on Monday, but only to pick up their personal belongings from the cabs.
According to the Diario de transporte, all the trucks have been confiscated by the police and will be material evidence in pre-trial proceedings for violating social and tax laws in Belgium. The Sunday interrogations of the drivers were in connection with the same proceedings. It turned out that all Bulgarians work in a Belgian company and operate in Belgium, although they were employed by a fictitious Bulgarian branch with payment of Bulgarian salaries. The branch was made of so-called mailboxes and did not carry out any activity in Bulgaria, except for the registration of trucks on Bulgarian territory and the conclusion of Bulgarian employment contracts with drivers.
A report by OFFNews showed that the owners of the Bulgarian branch of the company are two brothers, Turks from Belgium and a Turkish citizen. A quick check of the number of socially insured persons shows that as of January this year, the company had paid insurance to 32 people. In 2016-2019, before the pandemic, their number was around 90-120, and the company has been operating in this form since 2011.
The Belgian carrier, which has opted for such a scheme, is threatened with high financial penalties, and the owner of the company could go to jail. Evidence of tax evasion in Belgium and social security payments will be sought in the pre-trial proceedings.
The situation is dramatic in that they have been literally thrown out of their cabins. All 35 drivers turned to the Belgian trade union BTB-ABVV for help and assistance. The union has already launched its procedures, notifying the branch union in Bulgaria.
Probably the drivers will receive some help for their return to Bulgaria and will be offered jobs in light companies. The European Labor Inspectorate ELA was also informed about the case in order to expand the investigation in Bulgaria. It is possible that in the future process the Bulgarians will claim to equalize the salaries of the average for Bulgaria with those in Belgium for at least the last two months.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited Bulgaria and Romania last week to seek support for his country, which has been attacked by Russia. On Friday (April 22nd), Kuleba met in Bucharest with Prime Minister Nicola Chuca and Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. The issue of sending weapons to Ukraine was also raised in the Romanian capital.
“If a country comes to us and says, ‘We don’t have tanks, but we have bulletproof vests,’ we understand that, it’s your sovereign choice, it’s your national interest. In some cases, we see that states can do something but not they do it because they do not want to have bad relations with Russia, “Kuleba said after meeting with Prime Minister Nicolae Chuka. The Ukrainian foreign minister said he had raised the issue of arms supplies, adding: “We leave it to the countries to decide how they can help us.”
“If we see that this is not happening, we will increase diplomatic and public pressure. What we do not accept is hypocrisy. This is not the case with Romania. Since the beginning of this war, Romania has been very honest, open, friendly and active,” he said. Kuleba at a press conference with Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu.
“Weapons, like money, love silence, and we do not comment on what we get and where we come from, unless there is an official announcement. Romania’s policy since February 24 is smart. You can interpret the rest yourself,” he said. .
MiG fighters 21
Asked what military assistance Romania has provided to Ukraine and whether Romania will donate its MiG-21 fighters to Ukraine, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu declined to say, “it’s not good to talk about these things in public” because “things are constantly evolving “.
On April 15th, the Romanian Ministry of Defense announced that Romania was suspending flights of its remaining MiG-21 Lancer military fighters due to a “significantly higher accident rate” and would speed up the planned purchase of used F-16 fighters from Norway.
“Romania may not have talked enough about what it has done,” Aurescu told a news conference with Kuleba.
“Romania is an extremely responsible country in fulfilling its international obligations to its strategic partners. Things are constantly evolving and I think it is not good to talk about these things publicly,” the Romanian foreign minister told a news conference.
Body armor and helmets
The government in Bucharest is not talking about military aid offered by Romania to Ukraine, Romanian media reported. Last month, Romania reportedly donated 2,000 body armor and 2,000 helmets to the Ukrainian army, worth a total of 2m euros.
Amendments to an ordinance allowing the donation of weapons
At the same time, Nacional reported on a draft emergency ordinance prepared by Romania’s Ministry of National Defense, which had been amended to allow Ukraine to donate arms and military equipment. Under current law, donations to other countries are not allowed, only the sale of weapons in case of surplus or obsolete products, or the decommissioning and scrapping of used ones.
“At the Extraordinary NATO Summit and the Council of the European Union on 24 March 2022, NATO and EU members decided to continue the necessary efforts to ensure the security and defense of all Allies in all areas within a 360-degree approach. “It was therefore considered necessary to establish appropriate mechanisms for the transfer of products from the armed forces’ own reserves for national defense between allied or partner countries,” the draft emergency regulation was quoted as saying by Nacional. The publication recalls that Ukraine has been a NATO partner since 1997.
“In view of the need to respond promptly to requests from allied or partner countries and the lack of a legal framework to allow the prompt delivery of requested assistance, urgent legislative intervention is needed, given that all these issues affect the interests of the national Security of Romania (() “, the government said in an explanatory memorandum to the draft emergency regulation.
Asked about the project a few days before Dmitry Kuleba’s visit to Romania, Prime Minister Nicolae Chuca said the law was under analysis and a concrete decision would be made as soon as it was finalized.
Refugees
After meeting with Kuleba, Prime Minister Nicolae Chuka assured that Romania would continue to support Ukraine as humanitarian aid, in managing the flow of refugees and in facilitating Ukrainian exports.
For his part, Foreign Minister Aurescu reminded that Romania had reacted immediately, at the beginning of the Russian invasion, with the reception of Ukrainian refugees. Aurescu recalled the humanitarian center in Suceava County, which coordinates and delivers humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
Aurescu also said that crimes committed in Ukraine should not go unpunished, and reiterated that Romania supports an international investigation into Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
In information about Dmitry Kuleba’s visit to Sofia, Romanian media quoted the Ukrainian foreign minister as saying that his refusal to provide weapons to his country was tantamount to supporting the “Russian aggression and extermination” of Ukrainians.
In Bucharest, Kuleba said the best way to stop Putin is for Ukraine to get what it needs.
“You give us everything we need to win, and we keep Putin in Ukraine and defeat him there so that NATO Article 5 is not tested. The best way to stop Putin is to give Putin Ukraine needs what it needs, “Kuleba said.
“War is the moment of truth, then you see someone’s real face, and Romania has shown its true face, a friendly face. It not only speaks but also acts. We will never forget,” Kuleba said in Bucharest.
More than 800,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania since the conflict began, and according to Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, Romania has so far provided humanitarian aid totaling $ 63 million to Ukrainian refugees.
Romanians support Ukraine
Public opinion in Romania is highly mobilized in support of Ukraine. A March poll by IRES found that 96 per cent of Romanians surveyed believe Romania should support Ukrainian refugees.
Thirty-eight percent of those polled said Romania should send weapons to Ukraine, and 21 per cent said Romania should intervene militarily in support of Ukraine.
Seventy-nine percent of Romanians are closely following developments in the neighboring country, and 60 percent fear Romania may be attacked, according to the survey.
Adevarul was quoted as saying by Mediapool that Romania has pursued a balanced policy with regard to Ukraine, without spectacular or aggressive statements, unlike in Poland or the Baltic states.
Commenting on Romania’s military assistance to the neighboring country, political analyst Stefan Vlaston told Adevarul that Romania may have helped or is helping the Ukrainian army discreetly, without media hype, although it said it was personal. he does not believe in such a thing. According to Stefan Vlaston, Romania is more likely not to help Ukraine militarily because it fears that Russia will emerge victorious from this war and does not want to upset Moscow too much.
According to foreign policy expert Oana Popescu-Zamfir, Romania has been cautious, and the reasons for this are complex and related to relations between the two countries over the past 30 years.
Oana Popescu-Zamfir believes that Romania is afraid of Ukraine because, from a geopolitical point of view, Ukraine is a huge country – the second largest after Russia in Eastern Europe. In addition, Popescu-Zamfir notes, Romania has generally had difficult relations with Ukraine, with disputes between the two countries over the status of the Romanian minority in Ukraine, northern Bukovina, the continental shelf and hydrocarbon reserves around Snake Island, the Bistroe Canal, the Krivoy Rog plant.
According to her, the ideal option for Romania is a Ukraine that is most connected to Europe – the EU / NATO, so that it is bound by the rules and collective decisions of these organizations, to be outside the sphere of Russian influence and dependent on the West, but not to be too strong.
In public statements surrounding the Ukrainian foreign minister’s visit to Bucharest, Romania pledged continued support for Ukrainian refugees and assistance for Ukrainian exports, and received an invitation from Dmytro Kuleba to take part in Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Their 17-day tour cost $ 55 million per person
Three rich businessmen have returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station, the Associated Press reported, quoted by dariknews.bg.
The Dragon ship took three businessmen to the ISS on April 9 – 72-year-old Larry Connor of Dayton, Ohio, who runs the Connor Group, and 52-year-old Mark Patty, founder and CEO of Maverick Corp. in Montreal, Canada. , 64-year-old Israeli Eitan Stibe, a former fighter pilot, founder and partner at White Capital, and 63-year-old former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Allegria, who works at Axiom Space.
They spent two weeks at the station with seven professional astronauts: three Americans, one German and three Russians.
The four axioms from the Axiom Space sent to the ISS were the first fully commercial team of space tourists to arrive at the station. They brought with them to the ISS equipment for nearly 20 scientific experiments, biomedical research and technological demonstrations to be carried out in orbit, according to Reuters.
Returning with a SpaceX capsule, they landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. This ended their 17-day tour, which cost them $ 55 million per person.
The trip was supposed to last a little over a week, but bad weather kept visitors in orbit for almost twice as long as expected.
“Welcome back to planet Earth,” SpaceX’s Southern California Air Traffic Control said. “We hope you enjoyed the extra few days in space.”
“An amazing mission,” said real estate mogul Larry Connor.
SpaceX will try to launch three NASA astronauts and an Italian to the space station on Wednesday. They will replace the three Americans and a German who have been there since November and will return to Earth.
Photo: Crew-4 astronauts, SpaceX.
The United States and Amnesty reacted sharply, greatly embarrassed and disappointed
A Turkish court has sentenced businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole, finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government by funding anti-government protests in 2013, Reuters reported.
Kavala, 64, has been in prison for four and a half years without a sentence and denies charges against him and 15 other defendants over the Gezi protests. The demonstrations began with a small protest in defense of a park in Istanbul, but escalated into massive anti-government protests across the country, killing eight protesters.
Other defendants were sentenced to up to 18 years in prison for aiding and abetting an attempt to overthrow the government.
The court said it had decided to acquit Kavala on espionage charges for lack of evidence.
In December 2019, the European Court of Human Rights demanded Kavala’s immediate release, ruling that his arrest was politically motivated and in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Turkey has ignored the ECtHR ruling, although the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, which monitors the implementation of Strasbourg court rulings, has repeatedly called on it to comply.
Kavala, who has been repeatedly accused by Erdogan of being an agent of US billionaire George Soros, is a prominent figure in Turkish civil society. He is the founder of the non-governmental organization Anadolu Culture, which supports cultural and social projects, and is a founding member of the Soros Open Society Foundation in Turkey. The businessman has also been involved in promoting Turkish art and cultural heritage abroad and is known for supporting cultural projects on topics such as minority rights and the Kurdish issue.
The human rights organization Amnesty International described the sentence against Kavala as a devastating blow to justice and human rights.
The organisation’s director for Europe, Nils Muznieks, said the verdict was illogical. He said authorities had not provided evidence to support the baseless allegations.
The United States, meanwhile, said it was “very embarrassed and disappointed” by the verdict against the Turkish philanthropist.
“His unjust sentence is inconsistent with respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. We again call on Turkey to release Osman Kavala,” the State Department said in a written statement. “We are deeply concerned about the ongoing harassment of civil society, the media, political and business leaders in Turkey.”
Photo: Osman Kavala, Turkish businessman, philanthropist and human rights activist poses for a photo in Istanbul, April 29, 2015 (AP)
Here is what happened on April 26
Here is the place where we will remind you what important events have happened today. Both historically and for things of public importance in the world.
The Chernobyl accident
In 1986, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded and caught fire, the largest nuclear accident in the world. The accident caused a cloud of radioactive waste that passed over parts of the USSR, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia.
It is estimated that 8.4 million people were exposed to radiation – not only in Ukraine and Belarus, but also in Russia, the Scandinavian countries and Eastern Europe. Nearly 60% of radioactive waste falls on the territory of Belarus.
The incident raised the question of the safety of Soviet nuclear energy, slowing its development for some time. The USSR, and since its collapse, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have incurred significant costs for decontamination and health care as a result of the Chernobyl accident.
The radioactive material released on the day of the accident is equal to 500 atomic bombs. That’s 500 times the amount measured since the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima in 1945. The smoke column reached a few meters in height, and 90% of Chernobyl’s nuclear fuel ended up in the atmosphere. As a result of the explosion, fires raged in the area for more than 10 days.
Genetic mutations in the Chernobyl region continue today. They affect plants, animals and people born after the accident. The consequences are shocking and terrifying even for people with a strong psyche.
Radioactive contamination affects water and soil, which also affects the rapid growth and large size of plants. Both wild specimens and domestic crops are affected. Anomalies also occur in humans and animals.
In 1933, the Gestapo was established
The abbreviation Gestapo comes from Geheime Staatspolizei, which means secret state police and represents the official secret police in Nazi Germany during the Third Reich.
The Gestapo’s functions include both the usual tasks of investigating serious crimes and the fight against the ideological enemies of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party such as communists, anarchists, supporters of liberal democracy, undesirable elements such as Jews, Gypsies, Gypsies. Germans (citizens with physical disabilities), homosexuals, etc.
The Gestapo has full powers to act against the civilian population, even unrestricted by the judiciary. The powers of the secret police are limited only to representatives of the Party and the SS.
Tanzania was created
In 1964, the two former British colonies in Africa, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, merged into one United Republic of Tanzania.
On the territory of Tanzania is the most famous reserve in the world – the Serengeti. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The name Serengeti translates as “endless plains”. The park consists of grassy and bushy savannas. And the animals that live in its territory are lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, buffalo buffalo, hyenas, cheetahs, zebras, birds of prey and many others.
The civil war in Afghanistan begins
In 1979, the civil war in Afghanistan began, which lasted until February 1989. This military conflict on the territory of Afghanistan is only one of the stages of the civil war in the country, involving the presence on the ground of a military contingent of Soviet troops.
The armed forces of the pro-Soviet government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, on the one hand, and the armed opposition (mujahideen), on the other, are involved in the conflict.
One of the reasons for the start of the civil war was the desire to support the pro-Soviet government in Kabul, which supports the concept of socialism in the country. Unable to cope with the insurgency, the Afghan government turned to the Soviet Union for help.
In the course of hostilities, the mujahideen, in turn, received support from experts from the United States, European countries, NATO, China and Pakistan’s special services.
The invocation dovetailed with the theme of the Forum’s twenty-first session – ‘Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent’ – and start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, 2022-2032.
In opening remarks, Chair Darío José Mejía Montalvo of Colombia said the 2022 theme touches upon the cosmos visions through which indigenous peoples have developed their systems for food, culture and coexistence with nature on their territories.
“We share a holistic relationship with nature, where rights are not anthropocentric,” he explained. “An infinity of sacred histories and stories underpin our visions of the world.”
Ancestors too have rights – including to exist – because their task is enduring in the preservation of life. These ancestral practices maintain life in all its forms, with dignity.
Therefore, he said the question of whether indigenous knowledge is scientific is “meaningless”: concepts of life, energy and spirituality are synonymous. Separating them from an economic, religious or other point of view leads to confusion, disputes and unnecessary clashes.
He said that while indigenous peoples’ rights to self-determination, land, resources and – importantly – free, prior and informed consent are guaranteed under international norms, these rights are often not applied, even in countries where they are legally recognized. They are instead violated routinely in the granting of lumber, timber, mining and mega-dam contracts.
The pillaging of their resources, loss of their ways of life, cultures and languages, and the disappearing and killing of their leaders are the results of harmful business activities.
Mr. Mejía Montalvo said that without a change to the current energy matrix, the extermination of indigenous peoples will continue, along with expropriation of their lands and the sweeping aside of their rights.
He pressed States to help devise a legally binding instrument to regulate transnational business activities – one that adheres to international human rights and includes explicit provisions for indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, territory and resources, and for their free, prior and informed consent on decisions affecting them.
He described the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 as “fundamental loadstars” in this regard, and warned that industries from fashion and media to textiles, food and pharmaceutical production, are perpetuating “enclave economy models” that expropriate knowledge and practices from indigenous peoples. “All of these efforts must be interlinked and stepped up,” he said.
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said that for generations, indigenous communities have prioritized a relationship with nature – grounded in kinship, centered around reciprocity and infused with reverence. “By emulating their example on a broader scale, we can preserve the Earth’s rich biodiversity and diverse landscapes.”
He pointed out that indigenous people comprise less than five per cent of the global population yet protect 80 per cent of global biodiversity, stressing that high linguistic diversity occurs where conditions for biological diversity thrive. “It’s the richness of one that sustains the other,” he explained.
Mr. Shahid said there is growing scientific evidence that indigenous languages that are rich in oral traditions offer evidence for events that happened thousands of years ago.
“By preserving and promoting these languages, we preserve and promote an important part of our human heritage, identity and belonging,” he said. “We have an obligation to ensure that they can participate in and benefit from the work of the United Nations.”
Also addressing participants, UN Economic and Social Council President Collen Vixen Kelapile said the Forum’s expert advice – as an advisory body to the Council – is crucial to highlighting the key issues affecting indigenous peoples.
He said the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development– to be held in July and feature the national reviews of 45 Member States – will offer a significant opportunity for indigenous peoples to showcase their traditional knowledge on biodiversity, climate change and environmental stewardship.
Mr. Kelapile urged Member States to seek their participation, adding: “I look forward to your recommendations which should be built into the Council’s different platforms”.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin – in a message delivered by Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs Maria-Francesca Spatolisano – stressed that indigenous peoples customarily claim and manage more than 50 per cent of the world’s land, yet only legally own 10 per cent of it.
As a result, 40 per cent of the land surface – five billion hectares – remain vulnerable to land grabbing and environmental destruction. When indigenous communities resist these actions, they often face extreme reprisals.
He cited a 2020 analysis revealing that 331 human rights defenders were killed – 26 per cent of them while defending indigenous people’s rights – describing these figures as “startling”. UN entities are working together to improve their response, he said, strengthening their engagement with country teams and seeking ways to enhance indigenous people’s participation in the Organization’s processes.
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