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Finland will not cancel tourist visas already issued to Russians, Pekka Haavisto said. He also assured that visa restrictions would not affect applications for study entry, Finland does not intend to cancel Schengen tourist visas already issued to Russians, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said at a joint press conference with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu. The broadcast is availa...

From September, the Finnish Foreign Ministry will accept half as many visa applications from Russians.At the same time, the number of applications for tourist visas will fall tenfold. The Finnish Foreign Ministry will accept ten times fewer applications for tourist visas from Russians, the ministry said. “From the beginning of September, an average of 1......

Moderna has received UK approval for a new bivalent vaccine that quadruples the number of virus-neutralizing omicron antibodies.Medical facilities will receive the drug by the end of August In the UK, a booster dose of the vaccine from Moderna, adapted for two strains of coronavirus - the original Wuhan and Omicron, has been approved, it will begin to be used for vaccination of adults. The decisio...

The forage harvesting campaign started in the region in early June and will last until about November. At the moment, the farmers of the region have already prepared 423 thousand tons of silage, 106 thousand tons of haylage and 50.5 thousand tons of hay, which corresponds to the level of last year. In particular, 42,......

Meeting of the UN Security Council in New York. Russia calls on Washington not to create obstacles in issuing visas to Russian delegates participating in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (GA). The statement of the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry was transmitted by TASS. "We urge the US side to strictly adhere to its obligations under the agreement between the UN and the US...

According to the head of the Skolkovo Foundation, Igor Drozdov, the current situation is “motivating”, and the foundation, “in essence”, has synchronized with the tasksset by the Russian governmentHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor DrozdovHead of the Skolkovo Founda...

The Skolkovo Foundation and Skoltech have been losing foreign customers since spring, and new sanctionsworsened the situation. Western clients allowed them to build competencies, and, for example, In early August, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasuryincluded the Skolkovo Foundation, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and the Skolkovo Technopark on...

Ghana's public debt reached 84% of GDP. At the same time, its inhabitants remain the richest in West Africa, and the country is considered one of the most developed in the region and regularly attracts creditors. The Economist explains, Enu, a market shopper in Accra, the capital of Ghana, peers disappointedly into a small bag of crabs. “Before, having bought crabs for two cedis (the national curr...

On Thursday, the Saeima of Latvia recognized Russia as a sponsor of terrorism, and Estonia announced the closure of the border for Russians - holders of Schengen visas issued by this country. What are the legal grounds and consequences of these measures, What does Latvia's recognition of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism mean? On Thursday, the Saeima of Latvia adopted a majority resolution recogniz...

will come into force in a week, however, visas already issued to Russians will continue to be valid for entry into other EU states. It will also be possible to enter Estonia with visas, Estonia will close its borders to Russian citizens with Schengen visas issued by the republic, with some exceptions, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said, Delfi reports. The Estonian sanctions will come into force ...

In a major breakthrough, two Indian Institutes of Agricultural Research, ICAR, have developed a local vaccine against lumpy skin disease in cattle, which has spread throughout the country over the past few months. Veterinary Research (IVRI). The government plans to commercialize this "Lumpi-ProVacInd" vaccine as soon as possible to control lumpy skin disease that has led to cattle deaths in six st...

Egg production in Kazakhstan has become unprofitable due to a sharp increase in production costs and containment of prices for end products. Losses incurred since the beginning of the year by egg poultry farms are estimated at 7 billion tenge. Poultry farmers have prepared a number of proposals to the government with a request to support the industry and help them reach the minimum level of profit...

The most exported medical product in Russia is the Sputnik V vaccine against the new coronavirus infection.The first Russian vaccine was registered in Russia two years ago The Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has become the most exported drug in Russian history in the two years since its registration. This was announced to RBC by the Director General of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitr...

In the first half of 2022, the birth rate in Russia decreased by 6.3%, Rosstat reported. The experts explained to RBC, In January-June 2022, 635.2 thousand children were born in Russia, which is 42.9 thousand or 6.3% less than the result of the same period in 2021, follows from Rosstat data. Prior to this, the rate of decline in the absolute number of births has been slowing down since 2......

August 9, Minsk. The Polish dairy industry is on the brink of disaster due to high energy costs and restrictions on energy and gas supplies, writes Biznes Wprost newspaper. The Association of Dairy Processors of the Republic appealed to the government with a request to provide support to dairy producers.Milkmen receive letters from energy and gas suppliers warning them that they are imposing restr...

The incidence of coronavirus in St. Petersburg has returned to the levels of March this year. According to the Federal Operational Headquarters for Combating Covid, 2,642 cases of infection were detected in St. Petersburg over the past day, this is the maximum since the beginning of spring. The number of detected cases of COVID-19 has been growing in the city since July 15 (329 new cases were reco...

The capital's sausage manufacturer received a five-year concessional loan in the amount of 100 million rubles from the Moscow Fund for Support of Industry and Entrepreneurship. The company will allocate funds for the development of export activities. "A loan in the amount of 100 million rubles was issued to an enterprise as part of the Export Agro-Industrial Complex product, which was developed by...

Lee Soo-jin used connections with toilet paper suppliers and hotel owners to launch the service,who saved the Korean hospitality industry from notoriety and helped launch the country's tourism revolution Lee Soo-jin is one of Korea's newest billionaires and the founder of Yanolja, an online accommodation booking platform that has breathed new life into South Korea's doomed hospitality industry. Wh...

The day before, Saldo himself announced publicly about his hospitalization, without naming the diagnosis. A few hours before reports of hospitalization, a post appeared on the official’s Telegram channel, which said, The head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, was hospitalized, RT reports, citing a source in the regional administration. Doctors put Saldo...

RBC Petersburg with a selection of the most important news of the working week. The government of the Leningrad region partially restores the mask regime. According to the press service of the regional government, now residents of the region are required to wear masks when visiting medical institutions. Also, the mask regime is introduced in social security institutions for staff when bringing eve...

House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan on August 2. Chinasharply criticized her visit to the island and began military exercisesNancy Pelosi The Chinese authorities have decided to impose sanctions against the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family because of a visit to Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "In response to...

Russians The European Commission has previously indicated that such an idea is contrary to EU norms, and sanctionsdirected not against citizens of Russia The European Union should include in the next package of sanctions against Russia a ban on issuing visas to Russians in the union countries, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu told Bloomberg. According to the minister, who is now on a visit...

The government of the Leningrad region partially restores the mask regime. According to the press service of the regional government, now residents of the region are required to wear masks when visiting medical institutions. Also, the mask regime is introduced in social security institutions for staff when bringing events with the elderly and social services at home. As the press service clarifies...

The detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus fragments on pork products in Australia is another reminder of the need to remain vigilant while this livestock disease rages in Indonesia. Although the fragments were not contagious, Will Holliday, Beef + Lamb New Zealand's senior biosecurity and animal welfare adviser, says it was a wake-up call and highlighted the risk of this virus being introduced...

The next crisis has traditionally become for the agricultural sector a period of both new challenges and risks, as well as potential opportunities. True, investing in business development, and even more so in new projects, is becoming increasingly difficult in the current situation. Nevertheless, interest in the agro-industrial complex does not fade away, including in the wake of a new phase of im...

Speaker of the US House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi made a 20-hour visit to Taiwan.All the details of the scandalous trip - in the material of RBC Actual by 13:40 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plane left Taipei International Airport. The American politician spent 20 hours on the island. In Taipei, Pelosi visited the country's parliament and met with representatives of the island's administrat...

Malaysia on Monday said it was currently running a slight oversupply of chicken after imposing a ban on poultry exports to secure domestic supplies and curb food prices, Reuters reported. Malaysia, which supplies live chickens mainly to neighboring Singapore and Thailand, suspended chicken exports in June to stabilize production and prices after a global feed shortage disrupted production. Agricul...

Part of the information on public procurement was withdrawn from access due to sanctions against Russia, which also prevented the analysis by the Ministry of Finance.The Ministry plans to return data to the closed circuit of the Unified System by April 2023 International sanctions have led to the concealment of a share of information on public procurement, some transactions are carried out without...

Speaker of the US House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan. Beijing advised Americans to get rid of fantasies. Up-to-date at 11:55 The plane of the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan, at the Taipei International Airport. After leaving the plane, Pelosi immediately made a statement about the inadmissibility of attempts to unilaterally violate the sov...

Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently announced an investment of up to $133,611 over two years to support the economic growth of Canada's bison industry. Helping bison producers seize market opportunities for their high-quality products contributes to a healthy and sustainable economy, the government said in a press release. With funding from the AgriMarketing program, the Ass...