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Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, which allows for financial incentives for various activities related to oil extraction and fuel supplies, attempting to respond to rising fuel prices and increase American fossil fuel projects. #ropa #Trump #energie (translated)

Łukasz Gibała wrote that he submitted to the City Council of Kraków proposals and amendments concerning the reinstatement of the 20-minute ticket and replacing the 30-minute ticket with a 40-minute one. He presented this as fulfillment of a promise. https://t.co/eAKGmrEYTs #Kraków #transport #bilety (translated)

The issue of abortion is returning to the political debate in Poland, where the Sejm is considering two draft laws; however, a presidential veto seems to be the most likely scenario, which could lead to further tensions between the ruling coalition and the Presidential Palace. #aborcjastruktura #polityka #Sejm (translated)

The organization for the defense of freedom of speech stated that Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna ordered a personnel change regarding the commander of cyber forces Radek Haratka. According to them, Haratka's subordinates likely exceeded the legal mission of the army by unlawfully processing the names of social media users and monitoring their attitudes toward the Ministry of Defense, its representatives, military officials, and the war in Ukraine. The organization wrote that according to the minister's order, the army should no longer gather information about social media users. It linked the case to the projects Karel and Elections 2025 and noted that although the Military Police did not initiate criminal proceedings, it pointed out possible violations of military regulations. The organization also claimed that the public had been waiting for over a year for the case to be investigated. The Chief of the General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč reportedly refused to dismiss Haratka and expressed confidence in him. The organization further reminded that activists from the Shield of Democracy Máca, Ludwig, and Pášma labeled Haratka's work at the helm of the Command of Information and Cyber Forces as a fight against disinformation. The post asked whether the new Chief of the General Staff rejected fulfilling the minister's directives and whether the cyber forces continued to seek alleged disinformation in contradiction to the government's program statement. The organization also stated that the previous chief was Karel Řehka, who, according to them, might have covered up the case, and expressed concern that a military junta might try to seize power in the state. #KybernetickéSily #ArmádaČR #Dezinformace (translated)

Journalist Lukáš Valášek wrote that the project manager for children's groups, costing tens of millions of crowns, became the twenty-five-year-old daughter of ANO deputy leader Robert Králíček. According to Valášek, due to a conflict of interest, the costs that should be covered by the European Union will instead be paid by the state budget. Králíček stated that his daughter's appointment was a coincidence and that he did not assist her career. His daughter has not commented on the matter. Valášek described that the advisor worked for Juchelka and the deputy mayor of Prague 8, Radomír Nepil, and simultaneously was involved in securing European subsidies for the city district and overseeing their disbursement at the ministry. According to his findings, there was a conflict of interest, and the projects she was involved with cannot be funded with European money. The ministry is, according to him, to cover tens of millions of crowns from the state budget; Juchelka left twice before his questions. Valášek also mentioned that Králíček's daughter's name was difficult to trace on the website and that after his inquiries, a photo of her being embraced by Nepil disappeared from her Facebook. Nepil reportedly refused to comment on the picture and hung up after the question. Valášek added that ANO is likely to remain at the helm of the city district after the elections and that the victorious movement 8žije is helping to oust STAN, TOP 09, ODS, and the Christian Democrats from the town hall. https://t.co/4fLhix6Lti #politika #korupce #EU (translated)

The author wrote that the value of contracts for projects related to new infrastructure, including but not limited to computing power, data, and networks, increased in the third quarter by 34.2 percent year-on-year, and last month by 50.4 percent year-on-year. He also mentioned capital investments in vertical sectors but did not elaborate on this thought. #inwestycje #infrastruktura #technologia #PL (translated)

WolnośćTV described the exchange of words between Krzysztof Bosak and Bliźniuk from the Civic Coalition. Bosak accused him of freezing the bills presented by his environment in committees and asked him to point out even one that was voted on. He also accused opponents of using a rude method of isolating projects and stated that the bills presented by the president were not even submitted for discussion. #polityka #Sejm #Bosak (translated)

If the Czech construction industry does not start to use automation and robotics on a larger scale, it will not be able to implement all the key projects that await us in the future, from transportation infrastructure to energy constructions and housing development, "If the Czech construction industry does not start to use automation and robotics on a larger scale, it will not be able to implement all the key projects that await us in the future, from transportation infrastructure to energy constructions and housing development," said Radoslav Sovják, director of the National Center for Construction 4.0. #robotizace #automatizace #stavebnictví (translated)

Lukáš Valášek stated that the minister cited a draft report from the Supreme Audit Office, even though the minister's spokesperson insisted on Tuesday that she could not comment on it. Valášek emphasized that neither he nor the report claims that the Czech Republic will lose European funds. He wrote that due to the conflict of interest of the minister's former close associate in the area of subsidies, plans could not be made to pay for already completed projects worth tens of millions of crowns, and thus the funds will have to be found elsewhere. He called on the minister to explain where in the ministry's budget he will find the money and at the expense of what. #Česko #evropsképenny #dotace (translated)

In most referendums on the construction of wind farms in the Czech Republic, residents rejected these projects, but sociologist Petr Vidomus points out that the results of the referendums may not reflect the overall opinions of society, as there is misinformation and various factors influencing public opinion. #větrnéelektrárny #dezinformace #obnovitelnézdroje (translated)

Krzysztof Sałek from KO Stalowa Wola wrote that Grzegorz Braun advocated for Poland's exit from the EU, cooperation with Russia, and the activation of Nord Stream 1 and 2. He also claimed that Braun sent letters to Vladimir Putin requesting cooperation. Sałek accused Karol Nawrocki of wanting to make a "pact" with nationalists and compared this situation to Targowica, accusing its participants of subordinating Poland to Russia in exchange for power. He asked if the situation did not resemble déjà vu. https://t.co/U6GcgcKG91 #Polska #UE #Rosja (translated)

Lukáš Valášek wrote that he attempted to ask Minister of Labor Aleš Juchelka how he resolved the conflict of interest involving his close collaborator Alexandra Semancová in connection with subsidies. According to him, this happened seven months after he highlighted the case. Juchelka allegedly responded to Valášek that he was doing "nasty journalism" and claimed that there was no harm caused. Valášek stated that he obtained a draft protocol from the Supreme Audit Office, which he claimed confirmed his earlier findings. According to the cited draft, the Supreme Audit Office calculated costs to the state budget of 82,988,686.09 crowns for three projects due to the identified conflict of interest. Valášek also wrote that the office mentioned improperly paid millions and violations of budgetary discipline. He criticized the Ministry of Labor for refusing to provide him with documents for expert assessment of the case and claimed that it had been violating the information law for months. According to Valášek, the ministry recently also refused to release a legal analysis from the firm Rowan Legal, which Juchelka commissioned to assess possible damages and a potential criminal complaint against Semancová. Valášek also asked whether Prime Minister Andrej Babiš would respond to the findings. He reminded that Babiš and Juchelka criticized his work at a summer press conference, calling it a campaign and lying. https://t.co/JAsUmULhx8 #ČeskáRepublika #Novinářství #Korupce (translated)

The President of the Slovak government, Robert Fico, announced November meetings with Ukraine and Russia, with a focus on expanding border crossings and other projects in Lviv on November 5, while a meeting with Russia on economic and scientific-technical cooperation will take place on November 25. #Slovensko #Ukrajina #Vláda (translated)

We are very careful not to promise anything that cannot then be fulfilled. Major projects are presented to the public in individual phases. Suggestions are gathered and then taken into account in some way. I consider this to be completely normal; a compromise is being sought. Therefore, Novinky asked Prokop whether the broadly presented vision does not smell of populism, which would ultimately slow down decision-making processes, to which the STAN politician responded: "We are very careful not to promise anything that cannot then be fulfilled. Major projects are presented to the public in individual phases. Suggestions are gathered and then taken into account in some way. I consider this to be completely normal; a compromise is being sought." #Praha6 #komunálnípolitika #revitalizace (translated)

Tomáš Macura described the intention to build a lookout tower in Radvanice as a nonsensical project that, according to him, is being promoted by the mayors of the districts associated under the name Mayors for Ostrava. He claimed that such projects deprive the city of resources for strategic initiatives of metropolitan significance and that the main motivation of the mayors is to secure as large a portion of the city budget for their own purposes. In this context, he pointed out that the leader of the association is Aleš Boháč and urged readers to guess which district he comes from. #Ostrava #politika #rozpočet (translated)