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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)

John Boreout wrote that he had heard that his first childhood love, whom he had met at a metal concert, had died due to drug use. They had been together for thirteen years. Her mother had told him that she often talked about him. Boreout said he would have liked to help her if she had let him know how she was doing. #jeugdliefde #verlies #drugs (translated)

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon's plan to live-stream the execution of former soldier Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, which has sparked fierce criticism among politicians, including Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. #SAD #pogubljenje #NidalHasan (translated)

The University of Tartu Maks & Moorits basketball team has achieved two victories out of five games in various competitions at the beginning of the season and is preparing for the FIBA European Cup game in Skopje on Wednesday, where head coach Aivar Kuusmaa urges acceptance of physical shortcomings and emphasizes the importance of a fast-paced game. #korvpall #TartuÜlikool #euromängud (translated)

The author wrote that, according to her, hardly any forest would remain in the nature reserve Huis Ter Heide, in the municipality of Loon op Zand. The depicted road was, in her opinion, one of the many access routes for the installation of 24 high-voltage masts. She argued that after the installation, the trees under the cables would also be felled. She noted that cycling in the forest was prohibited because cyclists would damage nature. #natuur #bosbescherming #duurzaamheid (translated)

Tallinna FCI Levadia secured their club's 12th championship title on Sunday, defeating Paide Linnameeskond, and is confident that their future expectations are based on the positive experiences of head coach Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko and striker Frank Liivak since the start of the season. #PremiumLiiga #TallinnaFCILevadia #EestiJalgpall (translated)

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, who led FCI Levadia to the Estonian championship in his first year as head coach, confirmed that there has been no crisis situation for their season, as the title was achieved six rounds before the final. #VjatšeslavZahovaiko #FCLevadia #EestiMeister (translated)

Bert Slagter wrote that he saw the 36% rate as the biggest problem of box 3. According to him, that levy was not comparable to income tax, because the return partly compensated for the loss of purchasing power due to inflation. With a return of 8% and inflation of 3%, the tax effectively resulted in 58% of the real return, which he found much too high. https://t.co/h4yfrUgWQa #belasting #inflatie #financiën (translated)

Marianne Vos, an iconic cyclist, continues to win at the age of 39 and proves her versatility with her fifteenth world title, while the sporting lives of older athletes like Bauke Mollema, Ronaldo, and Messi remain hopeful for the future of athletes. #MarianneVos #Wielrennen #Sportgeschiedenis (translated)

The predominantly Kurdish Diyarbakir in Turkey, which was once the scene of heavy fighting, is now attracting more and more tourists due to an improved security situation and hope for peace, placing the region back on the map as a destination rich in culture and history. #Diyarbakir #Turkije #Toerisme (translated)

The article raises the concern that Russia's diesel fuel supplies to the world market, although seemingly large, do not significantly affect the price of diesel or strengthen the positions of Western countries, but rather provide Russia with the necessary economic breathing space to continue its military operations. #Venemaa #diislikütus #majandus (translated)

A veteran who survived the Fort Hood massacre, having been shot seven times, advises people not to watch the public execution of Nidal Hasan, emphasizing that it should not become a spectacle, but should honor the memory of the victims. #FortHood #executielive #pedeapsaculmoartei (translated)

The leader of the Estonian men's basketball team, Kristian Kullamäe, achieved the title of top scorer in the ABA League game against Dubai, but Cluj-Napoca still had to take a loss of 85:92, despite a good performance in the first half. #KristianKullamäe #korvpall #Euroliiga (translated)