Ukraine’s State Employment Service received 427,000 job requests from employers in the first 11 months of 2025, while only 338,000 people were registered as unemployed. Yet, just 63% of those positions were filled, the government reported on 26 December. The year-end figures confirm the paradox is deepening. In August, UkraineContinue Reading
A far-right German lawmaker submitted eight separate parliamentary inquiries about drone defenses in a single day this summer, demanding details on police jamming equipment, net launchers, and officer training—information critics say reads like an intelligence-gathering operation for Moscow. “One cannot help but get the impression that the AfD is workingContinue Reading
Scientists at King’s College London have identified strong links between theobromine, a common plant compound that comes from cocoa, and measures of epigenetic aging, suggesting that theobromine is relevant to human aging. The post Theobromine: Chemical Found in Dark Chocolate Could Have Anti-Aging Properties appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking ScienceContinue Reading
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned European leaders that failing to unlock €200 billion in frozen Russian assets would leave Ukraine vulnerable and encourage Vladimir Putin to abandon diplomacy altogether, according to a written Q&A session with Ukrainian journalists released on 18 December—hours before EU leaders vote on the contested fundingContinue Reading
Ukrainian households held a record 1.355 trillion hryvnias ($32.1 billion) in bank deposits at the end of November, up 11.8% year-over-year, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on 17 December. Real deposit returns have turned modestly positive—a sharp contrast with Russia, where high rates are increasingly straining the civilian economyContinue Reading
On Friday, Hungary vetoed a €90bn eurobond scheme at an EU ambassadors’ meeting—killing Europe’s backup plan for funding Ukraine. By Sunday, seven EU countries were demanding that the bloc take a bolder path instead: seize €210 billion in frozen Russian assets outright. The leaders of Finland, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania,Continue Reading
This week, Russia and Mongolia held their first-ever Forum of Regions in Irkutsk, with over 300 participants signing agreements on trade, energy, and transport. Russia’s state-aligned outlet celebrated the event as “the institutionalization of a new phase” in bilateral ties. The forum caps a year of accelerating integration. In June,Continue Reading