The Ukrainian drone schools training operators for war are having to rewrite their lessons as fast as every other week to get students ready for an ever-changing battlefield. Within the drone battle, a critically important aspect of this war, tech and tactics are shifting rapidly. Three drone schools told Business Insider that it's imperative they keep their lessons up to date because it's life or death on the battlefield.
An important but hardly-known international agreement signed by 29 European countries has established common principles for citizenship rules, rights and duties associated to multiple citizenship, explains Claudia Delpero. It's called the European Convention on Nationality. The agreement also clarifies the military obligations for people with multiple nationality, a topic becoming increasingly relevant as countries like Germany and France are discussing the reintroduction of military conscription. Last Friday, the German parliament approved a landmark law that brings back the military service on a voluntary basis, with the possibility to extend it to needs-based recruitment.
The deaths of two innocent people in Edenderry, Co Offaly, last weekend have highlighted the deadly threat that organised crime gangs pose to communities in rural towns around the country.
Spanish society has changed immensely in a generation, and perhaps most evidently when it comes to getting married and having children. The latest report from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reveals that in the last three years Spain has gained 1.2 million single people but only 105,000 married people. Among those over 16 - the minimum legal age to tie the knot in Spain - the married population remains the biggest population group.
That contrarian bet led to the founding of Auro Travel, now Spain's largest fleet operator for private hire vehicles. What began as a license-acquisition play has grown into a company that attracted buyout offers reportedly worth €200 million from both Uber and Cabify in late 2022. The journey offers a case study in how regulatory arbitrage, executed with patience and precision, can create substantial enterprise value.
something I personally don't think is a bad idea in and of itself, even if it would almost certainly extend the already interminable processing time of two years for citizenship applications. Screening would likely mean each individual who applies for citizenship would be assessed on the basis of their personal views, whether expressed on social media or ascertained through some kind of interview the exact model is likely to take some time to work out.
The European Union is expected to indefinitely freeze hundreds of billions of Russian funds held in Europe in line with a plan to use the cash to support Ukraine. The bloc's members were expected to approve the plan on Friday to immobilise 210 billion euros ($246bn) worth of Russian sovereign assets for as long as necessary, through a qualified majority vote, instead of voting every six months on extending the asset freeze.
He also apologized. Prosecutors sought a 12-year sentence. On Thursday, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York decided 15 years was more appropriate because Kwon's fraud was of "epic, generational scale." While US courts pursued Kwon, the Securities and Exchange Commission worked to wind up Terraform labs, and in 2024 secured $4.5 billion to share with creditors and authorities.
A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides, each inscribed with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew letters inscribed on a dreidel are a Nun, Gimel, Hay or Chai, and Shin. The letters form an acronym for the Hebrew saying Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, which can be translated to "a great miracle happened there," referring to the miracle which Hanukkah is centered around.
Bringing in workers to provide services is difficult, it's an obstacle that we want to remove and we are working bilaterally with the British government to allow skilled workers to be brought in to provide services in the United Kingdom,
Harry Byrne's goal-kicking proved the difference as error-strewn Leinster held off a determined Leicester to claim a 23-15 Investec Champions Cup victory at Mattioli Woods Welford Road. Each team scored two tries but three penalties and a conversion from Byrne were decisive as the bottom side Leicester's European campaign continued to falter and they remain pointless after their opening two fixtures.
Spanish prosecutors are probing evidence that the company made an inadequate use of public funds approved by the Spanish government on March 9, 2021, and that the bailout money was instead used to pay off previously existing loans. Plus Ultra appears as a signatory and beneficiary of loan agreements with three companies belonging to the criminal organization, and involved in sales of gold, states the documentation seen by EL PAIS.
Hungarian Parliament passed a constitutional amendment in April, in a vote of 140-21 along party lines, that makes it an offense to hold or attend events that violate Hungary's so-called "child protection" law. Enacted in 2021, the law prohibits the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality to minors. The law also allows the government to use facial recognition technology to identify those who attend prohibited events, with those found in violations facing fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($546).
The US President's original 28-point peace plan, which was accepted by the Kremlin, had called for a "neutral, demilitarized buffer zone" to be established once Ukrainian troops withdraw from the Donbas region and the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, in preparation for Kyiv to cede territory.
I also know you feel strongly about events in the Middle East and how those realities connect to the Eurovision Song Contest. No one can fail to be moved by what we have seen in the region in the past few years,
A hearing date has been fixed for Jozef Puska's appeal against his conviction for the murder of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy. Puska killed Ms Murphy (23) on January 12, 2022, by repeatedly stabbing her in the neck after attacking her while she exercised along the canal towpath outside Tullamore, Co Offaly. He was later convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence.
Germany's budget railway operator, known for its limegreen trains, has announced plans to buy 65 new trains in the coming years and expand its coverage in the country and beyond. Deutsche Bahn's primary competitor on the German railways, Flixtrain, has ordered 65 new long-distance trains, which it plans to put into operation by 2028. What's more, Flixtrain has big plans for expansion. Deutschlandfunk reported that Flixtrain ultimately aims to make around 650 destinations accessible across Europe. That's up from around about 50 destinations in Germany
