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The article discusses the strategic role of Ukrainian grain in the context of the war, highlighting its importance for the Ukrainian economy and for food supplies to countries in Africa and the Middle East, as well as the challenges related to its sale and the effects of Russian aggression. #Ukraina #zboże #rolnictwo (translated)

Discussions in Miami, attended by representatives from Ukraine, Europe, and the USA, focused on preparations for winter, grain exports, security guarantees, and the reconstruction of Ukraine, and the participants considered them constructive in the context of de-escalating the war with Russia. #Ukraina #wojna #dyplomacja (translated)

The newspaper P – Paukner Media claimed that the Kolín company Draslovka continued to operate in the Russian market despite a statement from March 2022 about halting supplies to Russia. It identified Jan Dobrovský as a co-owner, describing him as a significant supporter of the STAN movement and other politicians. The author stated that according to a study by the Russian institute Агентство Плодородия, Draslovka's exports to Russia increased from 300 tons of pesticides worth $500,000 in 2021 to 1,000 tons for $1.9 million in 2022. Records from the customs database Volza reportedly also captured shipments of the product Retacel 750 in 2022, including three shipments of 21,396 units, valued at $49,817.25, $49,414.29, and $49,168.93. The post further claimed that Draslovka made additional supplies in 2023 and obtained an extension of its license to sell pesticides in Russia until 2034 in 2024. According to the author, the company collaborated with Russian authorities during the licensing process, and its products were sold to both farmers and retail in Russia. The newspaper P – Paukner Media also stated that the owners of Draslovka and Dobrovský supported political entities and personalities that, according to him, acted against Russia. It attributed a donation of over 300,000 crowns to Dobrovský for Petr Pavel and noted that the group BPD Partners was the largest patron of STAN. In 2025, Dobrovský was reported to contribute 1.7 million crowns to the movement from his own funds. The author also mentioned support for the coalition SPOLU, Danuše Nerudová, and Jan Farský. The post criticized the contradiction between the declared termination of operations in Russia and the described supplies and licensing process. It noted that neither the group BPD Partners nor Draslovka responded to its inquiries about business in Russia. It also asked whether STAN or the coalition SPOLU would take a stance on their supporter’s business activities. #RuskáFederace #Politika #STAN (translated)

ČT24 reported that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has requested the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register her voice as a trademark to protect herself from clones and deepfakes created by artificial intelligence. The request reportedly included a four-second recording in which Meloni repeated the title of her autobiography "Io sono Giorgia Meloni." ČT24 reminded that Meloni highlighted in May the fake images created by artificial intelligence that depicted her in underwear. According to the station, the trademark, as noted by Politico, would not give the Prime Minister control over all imitations of her voice nor would it make deepfakes a criminal offense. However, it could provide her with additional legal grounds to challenge unauthorized commercial use of the protected recording, depending on the goods and services listed in the application. #GiorgiaMeloni #duševnívlastnictví #uměláinteligence (translated)

Ukrainian Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotsky estimated that Russian attacks and the blockade of export routes in the Black Sea could cost consumers worldwide up to $60 billion a year. He also noted that grain prices have already risen by an average of 25%. #Ukraina #CenyZbóż #MorzeCzarne #UA #RU (translated)

The Ministry of Defense continues its business relations with the Sehnal family, even though their company 4 Army s.r.o. is facing insolvency proceedings and has issues with the complaint of substandard supplies, which has prompted criticism from the opposition and concerns about the supplied goods. #armáda #tendr #kontejnery (translated)

Poland and Romania refused to provide additional assistance to Ukraine in transporting grain, fearing for the interests of their farmers, which illustrates the tensions between the EU's ambitions to support Ukraine and the internal realities of agricultural policy in these countries. #Ukraina #rolnictwo #bezpieczeństwżywnościowe (translated)

Brussels refused Ukraine's request to increase quotas for agricultural products, despite Kyiv's pleas for greater access to the EU market, explaining that the current limits are fair and balanced, and Poland still maintains an embargo on the import of Ukrainian grain. #Ukraina #handel #rolnictwo (translated)

A very nice issue of Reflex has just come out today. I would be glad if you would give it a chance. Here is my editorial on it: HOW SHOULD WE REMEMBER VÁCLAV HAVEL? I often say that I am "as old as the revolution," by which I obviously mean the Velvet one. And this alone brings a whole set of advantages. Your age always reflects the anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, so you remember it well. I am not burdened by the sins of the past, having to decide whether to collaborate with the regime or not. Likewise, I do not have to blame myself for missing the harsh onset of capitalism and coupon privatization. I had to learn to speak first. And to walk. Those of us born in the early '90s sometimes tend to refer to ourselves as "Havel's children." But how can I identify with a person I didn't properly experience in adulthood, yet who so fundamentally shaped the state I grew up in? And how should I, as well as our entire nation, actually remember Havel? I cannot remember Havel like many other older journalists do. I leave it to my more experienced colleagues. I have only one small personal memory of him. I was about eight years old, and we were on a school excursion in Prague. My classmate and I were lagging at the end of our class line. There was a long queue at Wenceslas Square, and we walked along it. We got a bit distracted and created a gap. And into that gap stepped a crowd of people, in the middle of which walked Václav Havel. We both started staring at him and quickly exclaimed, "Good day, Mr. President," and he replied to us with his typical stammering 'r': "Hello, boys," and then disappeared into a bookstore to sign his books. The queue was standing there for him. It was the year he was dealing with health complications, delivered the famous Rudolfín speech, and signed the absolutely fundamental Czech-German declaration. But I only remember the "hello, boys." And that’s all. When he died in 2011, I was starting in the media, so I was only responsible for some minor media outputs around the funeral. Otherwise, I perceived him as the person whose picture hung next to the blackboard throughout my school life. On television, he appears either as a "gumshoe" in a satirical sketch or giving some speech that is too complicated for my child self to listen to. My opinions of him have therefore formed mostly indirectly, like for most people in our country. Through plays and compulsory reading in school, recordings of speeches, and the exceptional film Citizen Havel, where he allowed us to peer candidly into his private life. I never succumbed to the need to idolize him; I was most fascinated by the fact that despite such a rich life, he was essentially a "normal guy" who enjoyed life and who, even in the presidential office, could fulfill his dreams. A smoke with the Rolling Stones, meditation with the Dalai Lama, a beer with Clinton. None of that made him a better politician. Personally, it made him a human to me. The point of Havel's legacy and its breadth is, in my opinion, that everyone can remember him in their own way. Some remember him as the best person in history, others as a brilliant politician who is missed by the Czech Republic. Others see him as a naive believer in truth who preferred grand gestures over political pragmatism. Some as a womanizer, others as a great world author of absurd drama. Historians and philosophers still debate his legacy to this day. So vehemently that due to one "ezonomist" and pseudophilosopher on an electric unicycle, his name was removed from the library's title. But I would like to highlight one thing about him that seems increasingly rare in today's world. He managed to grow old without becoming bitter. He did not turn into a grump shouting at the clouds. He did not allow himself to be dominated by eternal contrarianism and being against all mainstream opinions at any cost. At the same time, he wasn't afraid to confront the mainstream until the end. I would wish for all of us to grow old like Havel. It’s a pity he was given only 75 years. I would have liked to listen to him even at ninety, which he would have celebrated this year. #VáclavHavel #Reflex #historie (translated)