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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated again at the beginning of October that Russia is not planning to strike European arms factories "tomorrow," but that Russia's military and intelligence services should closely monitor them. #Venäjä #UkrainanSota #Turvallisuus (translated)

FT: Venäjä suunnittelee puolustusalan johtajien salamurhia – suomalais­tutkija: Kohdevalinta muuttunut
www.mtvuutiset.fi

The boxing world championship match of Saul Canelo Alvarez will take place on October 31 in Riyadh, even though the city has suffered deadly bombings. #Nyrkkeily #CaneloAlvarez #SaudiArabia (translated)

Pommi-iskuja kaupunkiin – supertähden MM-ottelu raiteillaan: "Hän ei pelkää mitään"

In the latest WTA ranking, Iga Świątek is in 9th place, while Maja Chwalińska has fallen to 22nd place, and Magdalena Fręch has dropped from 48th to 56th position. #Tenis #WTA #IgaŚwiątek (translated)

Maja Chwalińska niżej w rankingu WTA. Gdzie Iga Świątek?

Florian Gallwitz wrote that a "conservative" EU parliamentarian and a green local politician had jointly created a globally viral fake. He claimed that for years, there has been so much lying and falsifying about bots that nowhere is it as prevalent. #EUPolitik #FakeNews #Bots (translated)

Motala municipality does not want to build nuclear power plants, according to the new red-green leadership that expresses a clear opposition to the plans. #Motala #kärnkraft #lokalpolitik (translated)

Motala säger nej till kärnkraftverk

Łukasz Gibała won the early elections for the president of Kraków, obtaining 62.12% of the votes, which signifies a historic change in local politics, where residents are now to be the most important. #Kraków #ŁukaszGibała #wyboryPrezydenckie (translated)

Gibała triumfuje. Poranna akcja na Rondzie Mogilskim w Krakowie
Magda 3h

Magda wrote that after the elections in Krakow, the right announced the results of next year's parliamentary elections. She noted that KO lost there to independent candidate Łukasz Gibała, who has been building his position for years, and considered it a serious warning for the party. She added that if local elections are to predict parliamentary results, it is worth recalling Warsaw, where opponents of Rafał Trzaskowski failed to gather the signatures required for a referendum. Magda summarized that after KO's defeat in Krakow, the right announced its own victory, ignoring reality. #Kraków #wybory #polityka (translated)

Slovenian voters at yesterday's referendums supported conditioning social assistance on work for the common good and the abolition of voting rights for foreigners in local elections, while the results on the RTV subscription and amendments to the law on parliamentary inquiry were close, highlighting political differences within the country. #Slovenija #Referendumi #socijalnapolitika (translated)

Slovenci podržali tri referenduma

In letters to the editor dated October 12, 2026, consumers express their willingness to pay more for Austrian organic products to support local agriculture and shop more environmentally consciously, while simultaneously questioning the impact of cheap food purchases on the economy and agriculture. #Bioware #Konsumentenverhalten #Umweltschutz (translated)

„Wir sind bereit, mehr zu zahlen“: Leserbriefe vom 12. Oktober 2026

Regardless of the specifics of local elections and the support for Gibała, Kraków has said: anything but Tusk, anything but KO. "It's happening" - these are the words of Anita Czerwińska from PiS. #Kraków #wybory #KoalicjaObywatelska (translated)

Gibała wygrywa w Krakowie. W sieci zawrzało. "Katastrofa Koalicji Obywatelskiej"
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Richenel, volledige naam Hubertus Richenel Baars (Amsterdam, 20 april 1957 – Amsterdam, 13 maart 2020), was een Nederlands zanger die vooral in de jaren tachtig bekend was. Zijn carrière begon toen hij door een vriend met een eigen band werd gevraagd om als zanger in te vallen, hiervoor werkte hij bij een bank. Als lid van de discoformatie Luxor was hij daarnaast lokaal bekend als zanger en danser, vaak in "extravagante gewaden van eigen ontwerp". Dankzij zijn androgyne uiterlijk was hij een opvallende verschijning. De eerste single Statue of Desire werd niet erg populair. Zijn tweede single, L'Esclave endormi, was echter vooral in Engeland een grote hit. https://hvdommelen.nl/r/Richenel.html

Wojciech Mucha described the result of the Krakow elections and the victory of Łukasz Gibała as a system error, adding that it is unknown how significant its impact will be. He wrote that Gibała called, among other things, for a civic uprising in Częstochowa, where a referendum was to take place in two weeks, and for a broader reclaiming of local homelands. Mucha assessed that this is a bold action, but Gibała has a strong mandate, and he wished him success. #Kraków #Wybory #Czestochowa (translated)

SiOL 15h

The polling stations have closed, and the counting of votes is now beginning for the legislative and three advisory referendums, with voting at one location extended due to the death of a voter. #referendum #volitve #demokracija (translated)

Volišča so se zaprla, začenja se preštevanje glasov
Onet.pl 16h

In Krakow, the second round of early elections for the city mayor is underway, where residents can vote until 9 PM, and people with disabilities have the opportunity to use free transportation to polling places. #wybory #Kraków #niepełnosprawność (translated)

NA ŻYWO Wybory w Krakowie. Lokale otwarte do 21, kandydaci oddali już głosy

Both Monika Piątkowska and Łukasz Gibała have already visited the polling station and cast their votes, as they informed on their social media. #CiszaWyborcza #Kraków #WyboryPrezydenckie (translated)

Naruszenie ciszy wyborczej w Krakowie. Policja dostała zgłoszenie
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Both Monika Piątkowska and Łukasz Gibała have already visited the polling station and cast their votes, as they informed on their social media. #CiszaWyborcza #Kraków #WyboryPrezydenckie (translated)

Naruszenie ciszy wyborczej w Krakowie. Policja dostała zgłoszenie
wiadomosci.wp.pl

Pope Leo XIV wrote that doctors had found a small, localized nodule in his lung during recent examinations. It had been detected at a very early stage. On the advice of the doctors, he decided to undergo surgery, which was planned for the coming days. He also thanked for the spiritual solidarity and asked for prayers. #Gesundheit #Hoffnung #Krankheit (translated)

Onet.pl 20h

Widzew Łódź has not won for two months and will try to break its bad streak in the match against Piast Gliwice, which is in 9th place in the table, while Widzew is in 13th place. #PiastGliwice #WidzewŁódź #Ekstraklasa (translated)

NA ŻYWO Widzew nie wygrał od dwóch miesięcy! Chce przerwać fatalną serię
Onet.pl 20h

Gosia and her husband were forced to leave their apartment in Costa Blanca after an unknown woman with three children occupied their place, despite the fact that they had all the documents confirming their ownership rights. #Hiszpania #nieruchomości #prawo (translated)

Gosia ma problem z ocupas. "Policja kazała nam opuścić własny dom"

Aleš Štrancar supported the SD candidate Beočanin before the mayoral elections. He stated that in his choice, he supports a division between the capable and the incapable, or the diligent and the lazy, rather than between "ours" and "yours." He believed that Beočanin has demonstrated vision and achieved results in leading the municipality in recent years. According to Štrancar, his development plans would position Ajdovščina at the center of technology development in Central Europe and enable the exchange of experts on a global level. He added that the plans would allow local agriculture to gain worldwide recognition for its products and achieve appropriate prices. https://t.co/gBw5vXHIAq #volitve #razvoj #lokalnaSkupnost (translated)