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We are not limiting ourselves to the execution capacity of SMTUC. According to the director of the Department of Mobility, Traffic, and Transportation of the City Hall of Coimbra, Tiago Cardoso, what is now being presented is "a working base developed over several months," which completely reformulates the current SMTUC network. #Coimbra #TransportesUrbanos #MobilidadeSustentável (translated)

One thing is the discourse, another is reality. And reality, the data, what they show is that Spain has a very responsible policy in the fight against irregular immigration, in managing regular immigration flows, and in cooperating with transit and origin countries," said Sánchez, at a press conference in Brussels, at the end of the European Council meeting that started on Thursday and ended today. #Imigração #PolíticaMigratória #UniãoEuropeia (translated)

"As for the entry into force, in the last changes to the license, the PS governments always ensured the situation of people who are already enjoying licenses." Miguel Cabrita, a PS deputy, lamented that the government did not introduce such a transitional provision. #LicençaParental #Trabalho #DireitosDasCrianças (translated)

"We will never accept that a child is harmed because they were born a few hours earlier, thus, we will not remain silent. The question is clear: they want to ignore those who are already caring for their babies on January 1st. One child is worth no more than another," said Felicidade Vital, a deputy from Chega, referring to the proposal put forward by her party before the voting, which aimed to include a transitional provision in the decree-law that defines and regulates parental protection so that the extension of the initial parental leave would apply to the leaves that had already started by the date when this law comes into effect, set for January 1, 2027. #LicençaParental #Trabalho #DireitosDasCrianças (translated)

Iran warns that it will respond to a possible offensive from the United States and Israel by attacking their interests in any country and emphasizes its ability to increase pressure in the Strait of Hormuz, dismissing the crude oil transit figures provided by Washington. #Irán #EstadosUnidos #Ormuz (translated)

China and North Korea have inaugurated a new bridge over the Yalu River, after 14 years of waiting, which improves transit between Dandong and Sinuiju and symbolizes a strengthening of relations between the two countries in the context of increasing cooperation with Russia. #PuenteYalu #ChinaCoreaDelNorte #RelacionesInternacionales (translated)

PlayStation News summarized a Bloomberg report on the challenges of developing GTA 6 and noted that Rockstar Games began planning it in 2015, under the name Project Americas. According to their publication, the project initially considered large regions of North America and South America but later scaled it down. The development of Red Dead Redemption 2 took priority for several years before Rockstar concentrated its resources on a single game. The company's workforce increased from 2,441 employees in 2018 to 4,711 in August 2026, spread across 12 offices. The publication indicated that Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, and Phil Hooker shared the main creative and development responsibilities, and that the story by Jason Duval and Lucía Caminos began to take shape in late 2019. It described the early years as particularly difficult due to the lack of a clear vision and stated that by 2022, sufficient systems had been integrated for the team to better understand the complete game. It also noted that GTA 6 would leverage advancements from Red Dead Redemption 2 and that Rockstar had discussed how to balance realism and fun, even in everyday activities. PlayStation News wrote that Jason and Lucía could share activities outside of missions and that players could send messages to Lucía to meet with her. According to their summary, during a test, Phil Hooker spent about two hours exploring the world without starting the intended mission; a traffic accident led to fights, thefts, and police chases. The publication attributed the delays to the complexity of the project, system integration, and the time needed to achieve the desired quality. It added that Strauss Zelnick was surprised by the second delay but supported the decision, and that the pandemic affected, among other things, motion capture and acting sessions. The publication also noted that some veteran developers left Rockstar due to frustration with the slow progress and that the leaks from September 2022 were an invasive and emotionally difficult experience for the team. According to their summary, in 2024 the company imposed five days a week of in-person work and restricted remote access to development tools for security reasons. Rockstar reportedly improved planning, hired more staff, and established compensations or breaks for overtime to reduce crunch, although it had not completely disappeared. Management also reportedly said it would recognize a union if workers decided to organize. PlayStation News indicated that the new GTA Online experience was scheduled for 2027, although it still did not have an official date. It added that during Schreier’s visit to Rockstar North, the team was focused on fixing bugs, and internal indicators showed that they were resolving more issues than remained pending. #GTA6 #RockstarGames #Videojuegos (translated)

The author noted that, according to an economist, the surplus of 9 billion euros projected in the 2027 Irish Budget depended on 23 billion euros from corporation tax, which the Government itself considered temporary. He added that without those revenues, there would be a deficit. https://t.co/IUrjnbdvFC #Irlanda #Economía #Presupuesto2027 #IE (translated)

Dividend King provided an update on the amendments concerning investors and entrepreneurs reviewed by the finance committee as part of the 2027 budget. He indicated that nearly all proposals aimed at increasing the flat tax had been rejected, such as the proposals to abolish the single flat-rate tax. A final amendment was supposed to be submitted for a vote that very day, but it had little chance of being adopted. According to his report, the committee had rejected all amendments aimed at tightening the Exit Tax, particularly those seeking to extend its duration from 2 to 15 years. However, it had adopted proposals to include portfolios of cryptocurrencies exceeding €800,000 in this scheme, to tax capital gains realized during conversions into stablecoins, and to impose a declaration to the tax authorities for self-hosted crypto portfolios of at least €100,000. Failure to declare could result in a fine of up to €10,000, he specified. Dividend King also stated that an amendment aimed at extending the 2% tax on holdings to financial investments had been withdrawn and that amendment I-CF1440, which proposed to abolish the tax on certain non-professional assets of wealth management holdings, had not been supported. He added that the amendment on contribution-disposition put forward by the general budget rapporteur, Philippe Juvin, had been adopted. This included stricter controls on donations of holding shares and changes to the taxation deferral regime, with transitional provisions for contributions made before October 7, 2026. The author believed that cryptocurrency holders were, at this stage, the main losers. He emphasized, however, that these results only concerned the finance committee and that the amendments still needed to be examined in a public session. He also reminded that amendments rejected in committee could return during debates and that the government could have its original version of the budget adopted through Article 49.3 or through ordinances. #Budget2027 #Cryptomonnaies #Finances (translated)

Fabiana Barroso wrote that Moraes had determined the beginning of the sentence for Eduardo Bolsonaro, sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison for the crime of coercion during the process. She classified the conviction as "absurd" and stated that the decision was finalized on October 3. https://t.co/dEvY1ZCFKR #EduardoBolsonaro #Justiça #Política (translated)

Portugal has updated its regulations to allow the circulation of duo-trailers of up to 72 tons and 32 meters starting in March 2027, aligning with Spain, but with restrictions that require special authorizations for their cross-border transit. #DuoTráilers #TransportePortugal #RegulaciónTransitoria (translated)

"the creation of BUS lanes dedicated exclusively to public transport" João Ferreira, councilor of the PCP, also noted that the compensation values to be paid to the Metro, calculated by the transport company itself, are not accompanied by an assessment and verification by the services of CML and further argued that there should be "the creation of BUS lanes dedicated exclusively to public transport," which, "in conjunction with special Carris routes, would ensure the use of public transport over private transport," considering that it is a very congested traffic route. #MetroDeLisboa #MobilidadeUrbana #DrenagemLisboa (translated)