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The European Union has announced plans to launch a new ETIAS permit system. Everyone who wants to enter the EU should use it. The entrance itself will be paid. ETIAS stands for European Travel Information and Authorization System. It should replace the process of obtaining a visa. The ETIAS application can be submitted online. The […]
On June 29, Ukraine and the European Union will sign an agreement on the liberalization of road transport, known as ‘transport visa-free travel’ – it eliminates the need for Ukrainian carriers to obtain entry permits. In addition, this agreement provides, inter alia, for the recognition of Ukrainian driver’s licenses in the EU. This means that […]
Six companies were punished for supporting the Russian military industry. The companies violated the sanctions regime, which came into force after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States Department of Commerce has included 36 companies from nine countries in a list of entities restricted from accessing US technology and goods for violating US international […]
A video of the Sky Cruise air hotel, which will be able to stay in the air for several years without the need to land, has become viral on the Internet. Since the Sky Cruise will not land, visitors will have a question about how to get there. Here everything is elementary – on the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that legalizes the importation into Russia of goods produced in other countries and sold in Russia without the permission of the brand owner – in Russia, this scheme is called ‘parallel imports.’ Under Russian law, ‘parallel imports’ are exempt from criminal and administrative liability for them. The […]
The unique artificial intelligence was created by Daniel Patt, a software engineer from Google. The program compares the faces of our contemporaries with images of hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors or victims. In this way, people are able to find their own ancestors. Patt created the From Number to Names (N2N) platform. She scans […]
On June 27, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland made a historic decision on the curriculum and included This War of Mine in the list of additional educational materials within the framework of the Games in Education initiative. For the first time in the history of Polish education, the video game became […]
The iPhone Xr lay at the bottom of the river for several months, but continued to work when it was retrieved. While canoeing, the British Miguel Pacheco found an Apple smartphone. Judging by the presence of one camera and a cutout, this is the iPhone Xr of 2018 release. As it turned out later, someone […]
Promotions for raising funds on Bayraktar TB2 for Ukraine are spreading to the world. In Poland began to raise money for the impact and reconnaissance drone Bayraktar TB2 for Ukraine, the start of the action was reported by journalist Slavomir Serakovsky, who opened the fundraising. The post to the action states that first Lithuanians collected […]
Lithuania has legally banned the import of Russian natural gas to the country, except for its transit to the Kaliningrad region of Russia. On Tuesday, the Seimas adopted the relevant amendments to the Law on Natural Gas: 123 members of the Seimas voted in favor, two abstained. Under the new law, Klaipedos nafta’s national gas […]