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A recent genetic study shows that various seemingly trivial traits, such as drinking tea and eating cheese, are somewhat associated with higher intelligence, although there is no causal relationship between these traits and individuals' IQ. #Intelligentie #Genetica #Onderzoek (translated)

Sjöbo Municipality is criticized by the Parliamentary Ombudsman for having installed a surveillance camera in Ilona Nielsen's apartment at a nursing home without her daughter's consent, raising questions about privacy and care for the elderly with dementia. #äldreomsorg #integritet #digitalövervakning (translated)

Zdeněk Šarapatka thanked his supporters and stated that their support helped him get back on his feet after the results of the Senate elections. According to him, the campaign in Prague 5 and 13 was not a fair competition about topics, but a contest over billboards. He claimed that one of the candidates was running a concurrent campaign for the Senate and the Prague City Hall, transferring funds between them, including money from a company building houses. According to Šarapatka, the state supervision office did not respond to the violations of the rules. The candidate, he claimed, received 14,606 votes out of a total of 45,782. Šarapatka also criticized the ODS, which, according to him, despite an agreement with his TOP 09, fielded its own candidate, thereby reducing the chances of defeating Václav Láska. He stated that their candidate hardly presented political positions during public appearances and instead relied on a romanticized story about the students' relationship with the school principal. He added that the students of the candidate's school, according to Šarapatka, got involved in the campaign, even though the principal was balancing on the edge of the education law. The candidate received 12,162 votes out of 45,782. As an earlier example of the split with ODS, Šarapatka mentioned its member Benda, who, according to him, appointed Matocha and Xaver Veselý to the Czech Television Council. He claimed that part of ODS contributed to his failure in the election despite the party agreements at that time. He also recalled that six years ago, at ODS's request, he supported its candidate in the second round of the Senate elections in Mělník, whom he claimed he had not seen publicly appear in the Senate since then. Šarapatka stated that he would not make the same mistake again. According to him, the result meant that there would be no amendment to the lustration law nor security clearances for government members and their deputies, and that there would be no qualified fight for a free Czech Radio and Czech Television. At the same time, he urged his supporters to keep going. #politika #volby #Senát (translated)

However, the price reduction is aided by Trump's announcement at the beginning of last week that the U.S. will not attack Iran before the midterm elections in November, referring to what he described as "productive talks with Tehran." #Ekonomika #Dīzeļdegviela #Vēlēšanas (translated)

The author referred to Prime Minister Burnham's claim that Russia interfered in the Brexit vote and described it as one of Russia's greatest successes in this area. He wrote that the same activities continue to this day across various parts of Europe. https://t.co/Vxv6TgpwGX #Brexit #Venäjä #Eurooppa #FI #RU #GB #EU (translated)

"We deeply appreciate every specific step taken in support of our defense and our people," Zelensky said after a phone conversation on Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The European Union will pay approximately three billion euros, or about 4.8 billion US dollars, in defense aid to Ukraine this week as part of the community's support loan of 90 billion euros, or about 100 billion US dollars, to Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday. #Ukraina #sõjalineabi #EuroopaLiit (translated)

DHH wrote that, in his assessment, Europe had nothing to say in the matter as long as the EU purchased LNG. He stated that France bought LNG for €349 million in June and Spain for €258 million, and that the EU's total energy purchases from Russia in 2025 amounted to €17 billion. According to him, the diesel agreement was estimated at $4.3 billion globally. He urged to get the North Sea going. #Energipolitik #EU #LNG (translated)

Vinko Vasle wrote that the right should think ahead about the left's responses instead of just defending itself. He argued that the left used the experiences of the political police from Kučan's UDBA to the police that Klakočar allegedly introduced into parliamentary practice, and with political-mafia propaganda attacked something that, in his words, is usual in parliamentary democracies. He labeled the right as being too gentlemanly in its clashes with the left and believed that it should respond to attacks with equal force. #politika #desnica #levica (translated)

Tuukka Kuru wrote that European nations had formed from the merging of the same ancestral populations, which he believed explained their similar phenotypes and genetic relatedness. He added that 90 percent of the genes of Finns were the same as those of other Europeans, although Finns had genetic peculiarities. Kuru asked how it could be concluded, in his opinion, that nations and races that had never lived there should be deliberately settled in Europe and Finland. #Eurooppa #kansat #geneettika (translated)

This week, there are meetings and formats ahead for consolidating and coordinating support with other European leaders. Support packages for Ukraine and Ukrainians are coming. Many of our partners across Europe feel that strong steps need to be taken right now. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday about the upcoming meetings and other discussions with European leaders for consolidating support next week, as well as new aid packages, as reported by the news agency Ukrinform. #Ukraina #Zelenskõi #EuroopaLiit (translated)

Alexsander Silva stated that Samuel Xavier, the left-back of Fluminense, would receive a reprimand and a fine from the club president for criticizing the refereeing in a match against Flamengo. Silva described Flamengo as a brother club and business partner of Fluminense and said that clubs in such a relationship should not fight in this way. #Fluminense #Flamengo #Futebol (translated)

The Gols do Brasileirão account reported that Samuel Xavier criticized the refereeing of the Fla-Flu match and stated that Flamengo and Palmeiras were favored. In a video credited to TV Globo, he said that, in his view, the refereeing wanted only the two clubs to advance. https://t.co/BKG0LM01D4 #FlaFlu #arbitragem #Futebol (translated)