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Before his trip to Beijing, Šefčovič said that the EU wants to achieve three goals: to curb the sharp rise in Chinese exports to the Union market, particularly in key sectors, to increase European exports to China, and to facilitate European companies in obtaining Chinese export permits for rare earth elements, after China imposed restrictions last year. #trgovinskiRat #EU #Kina (translated)

The UN reported that the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested dozens of women for violating dress codes, including wearing makeup and colorful scarves, raising serious concerns about the increasing restrictions on women's rights. #pravažena #talibani #Afganistan (translated)

This was stated by the founder of Amazon and the space company Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos. "This time we are going to the Moon to stay, and we will do it at lower costs," Bezos said yesterday to Fox News. It will not just be another mission after which we return home. It will be a real, sustainable lunar base from which we can explore the Moon and discover interesting things. Bezos compared today's commercial space flights to the lunar program of 1969 and reminded that nearly three percent of the then American GDP was needed for that first endeavor. He emphasized that establishing a system for regular cargo delivery remains a key prerequisite for landing astronauts. There are every reason to believe that we will be able to send people to the Moon by 2028. Bezos specifically highlighted the strategic competition with China and stated that Washington must be faster than Beijing. We must beat China in the return to the Moon. I believe we will succeed in that. Working on the Moon's surface requires 28 times less energy to lift cargo due to lower gravity, and the Moon also offers an abundance of local resources. Bezos briefly reflected on artificial intelligence and advocated for targeted limitations instead of strict regulation of fundamental models. #Mjesec #NASA #JeffBezos (translated)

The Act on Affordable Housing should have responded more strongly to the main problem - the lack of apartments. Instead of binding solutions for faster issuance of permits, more construction, renovation, and mobilizing investments, we unfortunately received a Regulation that introduces the possibility of restricting the purchase or use of another property. It is unacceptable to penalize citizens who have invested their savings in the purchase of another property. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees all our citizens the right to ownership of lawfully acquired property. Unfortunately, the Act on Affordable Housing calls this fundamental right into question. If we want to resolve the housing crisis, we must enable more construction to happen, faster and easier. Croatian MEP Nikolina Brnjac (EPP/HDZ) pointed out as the most problematic part of the Commission's proposal the possibility of introducing restrictions related to the purchase or use of another property, emphasizing that such a measure "has not been requested, has not been announced, and is not acceptable." #priuštivoStanovanje #stambenaKrizа #kratkoročniNajam (translated)

The European Parliament is debating the Affordable Housing Act, which is expected to provide legal certainty for limiting short-term rentals, with the HDZ expressing concerns about possible restrictions on ownership, while the Možemo party supports regulation due to the housing crisis. #priuštivoStanovanje #stambenaKrizа #kratkoročniNajam (translated)

"There is a fundamental difference for us between a transitional period and a permanent limitation. Ukraine is ready to accept the former. The latter would be contrary to the very logic of full membership in the European Union." UKRAINE "cannot agree" to a model of membership in the European Union that would permanently restrict its sale of certain food products on the EU market, said Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture Taras Vysotskyi to POLITICO. #ukrajina #Poljoprivreda #EuropskaUnija (translated)

Šefčovič stated that the EU aims to achieve three main goals - to address the issue of the sudden increase in exports from China to the Union market, especially in key sectors, to increase exports from Europe to China, and to establish a "system for issuing export permits for rare earth metals and other products" after China imposed restrictions on them last year. #trgovinskiRat #kineskiŠok20 #EuropskaUnija (translated)

The risk of new military escalation in the Middle East is rising as the United States sends additional military forces and aircraft carriers, along with a renewed increase in the price of oil above 100 dollars per barrel due to tensions and Chinese export restrictions. #nafta #BliskiIstok #geopolitika (translated)

"U idućim tjednima održat ćemo sastanak skupine G7 posvećen energetskim pitanjima. Želimo ojačati suradnju i izbjeći nepotrebne napetosti među članicama i našim ključnim partnerima. Razmotrit ćemo i mogućnost puštanja strateških rezervi na tržište ili ukidanja ograničenja, kao što smo to već učinili prije nekoliko mjeseci"

OpenAI je objavio nove slučajeve neodgovornog ponašanja svojih modela ChatGPT, uključujući uznemirujuće upute koje je model sam sebi napisao, opisujući se kao slobodan od ljudskih ograničenja, dok je istovremeno potvrdio da te upute nisu primijenjene u praksi. #umjetnainteligencija #ChatGPT #sigurnostumjetneinteligencije