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Impact accused CNEWS of having relayed, in at least two segments, information from the JDD about the violence on October 17, while both media belonged to the Vincent Bolloré group. According to Impact, this information reported on individuals armed with Kalashnikovs and Skorpion submachine guns, including very young minors and adults presented as close to the Islamist movement, spotted in Paris, in the Paris region, in Marseille, and in Lyon. Impact reported that the DGSI had denied to BFMTV having transmitted this information to the JDD or having been contacted by its journalists, and had contested its accuracy. Other police sources questioned by BFMTV had also denied them, it added. Impact condemned the dissemination of such accusations without verification, questioned Vincent Bolloré's intentions, and called on Arcom to respond. #FakeNews #Médias #France (translated)

Łukasz Warzecha wrote that the situation regarding the arrest of Piotr looked worse for the police. He claimed that the officers did not provide a reason for taking action, although they were obliged to, and the recording from the body camera, which was supposed to confirm their reasoning, in his opinion, indicated incompetence. The statement from the Capital Police Headquarters, according to which the officers were prompted to attempt to identify the man due to his unusual behavior and nervousness, Warzecha deemed absurd. He asked whether it would mean that the police could identify any person deemed nervous by an officer. https://t.co/HD8OAQmWkx #Polska #Policja #Bezpieczeństwo (translated)

Wojciech Kussowski wrote that right-wing populists were lying about a certain person's participation in the demonstration, their escape, having only a pocket knife, working as a firefighter, and whether they were robbed and were a victim rather than a perpetrator. He criticized them for what he assessed as an ease of using lies. #polityka #dezinformacja #prawica (translated)

Netflix is conducting its largest layoffs since 2022, reducing its workforce by about 1,000 employees, and Peter Rice is taking on the role of head of the film department in connection with a reorganization aimed at attracting viewers and creating new hits. #Netflix #zmiany #film (translated)

The founder stated that someone asked him on Flitr about investing in real estate abroad. According to him, such an investment is a "big headache" for most people, and it is often driven more by the desire to boast to others about having their own apartment than by actual necessity. Owners typically do not have time to go there, and so they rent out the property short-term through Booking or Airbnb. As an example, he mentioned a wealthy friend who had to go to his apartment in Italy to repaint a wall allegedly stained with chocolate by guests from India. According to the founder, the income from short-term rentals often gets swallowed up by agency fees, repairs, taxes, and utilities, while the apartment wears out faster than with private recreational use. He asked whether someone over fifty with wealth in the mid to upper tens and a demanding job would want to deal with such a concern. He deemed three situations meaningful: when the owner does not work, wants to spend at least three to six months a year at the destination, and can pay in cash; when such an apartment is also used by the owner’s extended family, including adult children; or when a young family with small children who are not yet in school can spend half a year by the sea. Finally, he recommended reading the story of a person who, according to him, bought apartments in various places around the world, mostly in less attractive locations, for passive income. However, in reality, it brought him worries, extra work, and financial loss. https://t.co/9cTBrLdPVX #investování #nemovitosti #pronájmy (translated)

A Sudeten lawyer wrote that in Ústí nad Labem, the plan of the One Ústí party to abolish the city districts has caused a stir. According to him, the party gained an absolute majority and did not discuss the intention before the elections. The author stated that he understands the reason for this approach and mentioned comments from people who said they would have voted for the party had they known about the plan. He linked the abolition of districts to the debate on merging municipalities. According to him, the Czech Republic has 6,258 municipalities, which is the highest number in Europe per capita. For comparison, he mentioned Belgium with 11.8 million inhabitants and 581 municipalities, Portugal with 10.6 million and 308 municipalities, Sweden with the same population and 290 municipalities, and Greece with 10.4 million inhabitants and 332 municipalities. He noted that the arrangements in Portugal and Greece differ slightly. According to him, Denmark had 99 municipalities with 6 million inhabitants and the Netherlands had 342 municipalities with 19 million. Hungary had about half and Austria a third of the Czech number of municipalities, he wrote. With exaggeration, he added that based on these examples, it might seem that these are countries where people suffer and municipalities do not prosper. He also addressed the number of city districts: out of 26 statutory cities, according to him, only seven have districts. He did not include Liberec in this count, which he marked as a city without internal divisions, except for Vratislavice nad Nisou. According to the author, Opava has eight urban parts formed by municipalities that joined it. It has a total of 7,000 inhabitants, while the rest of the city, approximately 47,600 people, has no urban part. He labeled Opava as the only smaller urban unit with districts other than Ústí nad Labem. He noted that Liberec, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice, and Olomouc do not need districts; he also described them as cities with good living potential, and some of them as wealthier. The author concluded that, according to him, people would fare better if municipalities and city districts were abolished. #obce #ÚstíNadLabem #politika #obce (translated)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that delays in missile deliveries and political arrangements with the United States have serious consequences for Ukraine's defense, which prompted him to take urgent action to expedite this process. #Ukraina #Zelenski #USA (translated)

Max Hübner assessed that President Karol Nawrocki politically outmaneuvered Donald Tusk's government. He wrote that 82 people took an oath before the president, who declared on camera that they officially became judges in his presence and that there is no alternative systemic path. Hübner added that after these words, applause broke out. The author noted that it was not coincidental that the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, was standing next to Nawrocki, who — as he wrote — Tusk wants to remove from office. He described the entire event as a "political masterstroke." #Polska #Polityka #Prezydent (translated)

The author proposed to include a Charter of the republican order in the Constitution, to establish minimum sentences, and to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 15 years. He believed that at that age, young people knew what they were doing when hitting a police officer or looting a business and should be held accountable for it. https://t.co/5LVhEiejqN #Justice #République #Droit #FR (translated)

The author wrote that Cristela Georgescu was set to participate in Tucă's show and claimed that she could win the elections by a wide margin even without speeches or dialogues. He described Călin Georgescu as a leader and stated that he represented a state of mind. The author also reported that Pavel, one of the president's sons, had told his mother to behave as she would have if his father had been present. He claimed that the Georgescu family was strong, prepared, and united, and insulted his critics, suggesting that many of them lacked emotional support. #CristelaGeorgescu #LiderAdevărat #CălăuzăEmoțională (translated)

Strikes in France, which began due to the education crisis and rising living costs, have turned into a broad wave of protests that attract the attention of politicians, but they lack a clearly defined vision like in May '68, leading to chaos and destruction in cities. #ProtestyFrancuskie #ReformaEdukacji #Maj68 (translated)

The Minister of State Assets, Wojciech Balczun, assured that Poland has no threats related to coal supplies, despite rising prices and problems in the market, and announced further changes in the Polish Armaments Group and in the Polish Post, aimed at improving their situation and strengthening their market position. #węgiel #energia #PocztaPolska (translated)

Maja Chwalińska, after her victory in Wuhan, won her first WTA title, gaining 11th place in the rankings and getting significantly closer to Iga Świątek, which according to Adam Romer could lead to a historic moment in which both Polish tennis players find themselves in the top ten of the world rankings. #MajaChwalińska #WTA #tenis (translated)

These guys will do anything to kill reform. They're partisans. They don't give a damn that FPTP is mangling our electoral system or that it could hand total executive control to Nigel Farage. They just care that a few times a century Labour has a majority. www.politicshome.com/news/article...