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Daily Maverick
3 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Maverick
Evacuees from Israel arrive in Slovakia and Czech Republic
Another Central European country, Poland, said on Tuesday that the evacuation of Poles from Israel was planned for Wednesday and Thursday. Slovak authorities said the first evacuation flight with 73 people, including 25 Slovak tourists and five family members of Slovak diplomats working in Tel Aviv, had arrived in the capital Bratislava late on Monday. Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said Slovakia had also helped bring citizens of other countries to Europe, including 15 Poles, mainly children, 14 Czechs, nine Austrians, two Slovenians and one citizen each of Estonia, Spain and Malaysia. 'Our partners are contacting us and we are preparing another flight on Tuesday, which should include citizens of the Slovak Republic, as well as citizens of the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Latvia, and France,' Blanar said. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Slovakia had helped evacuate seven Hungarians. Czech Defence Minister Jana Cernochova said that a flight with 66 people evacuated from Israel had landed near Prague. Poland said on Monday that it was organising the evacuation of around 200 of its citizens from Israel via Jordan. On Tuesday, the Polish foreign ministry said it planned to use two planes from Egypt and Jordan for the evacuation, the first of which would take off on Wednesday. 'The plane from Sharm el-Sheikh will take off first, the one from Amman will take off second, most likely on Thursday morning,' said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henryka Moscicka-Dendys. 'We want to service this connection with a military plane, because we see that there are not as many people willing to evacuate as it might seem.'
Business Standard
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
RateGain Travel Tech gains after inking pact with Air Montenegro
RateGain Travel Technologies rose 2.01% to Rs 437.20 after the company announced that it has joined hands with Air Montenegro to enhance the airline's pricing agility and market competitiveness across Europe. The collaboration with RateGains AirGain platform will provide the airlines revenue and pricing teams with real-time, high-quality competitive fare insights. This will enable faster, data-driven decision-making, allowing the airline to swiftly respond to market changes while optimizing yield and improving load factors. With AirGains advanced airfare pricing intelligence, Air Montenegro will gain access to real-time competitor pricing data from both direct airline websites and indirect channels like OTAs and GDSs. The solution enables airline pricing teams to track route-level trends, spot anomalies, benchmark fare positions, and proactively respond to competitor movesall within a single, intuitive dashboard. Vukadin Stojanović, CEO at Air Montenegro, said, "For an airline like ours thats expanding and serving competitive European markets, staying ahead of pricing shifts is essential. This partnership with AirGain allows us to move from reactive to proactive pricing strategies, empowering our teams with reliable data and actionable insights that directly impact our commercial performance." Vinay Varma, Senior Vice President and General Manager at AirGain, commented, "Were proud to support Air Montenegro as they strengthen their position in the Balkan and Central European aviation markets. They are among the first in the region to adopt our AI-powered platform, VUE. Airlines in this region operate in some of the most complex fare environments in Europe, and conventional systems often fall short in addressing the dynamic nature of todays fare environments. With VUE, Air Montenegros revenue team now has access to real-time, travel-specific intelligencepowered by AIthat enables faster, sharper decision-making every day." RateGain Travel Technologies is a global provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions for the hospitality and travel industry. The company today is one of the worlds largest processors of electronic transactions, price points, and travel intent data, helping revenue management, distribution, and marketing teams across hotels, airlines, meta-search companies, package providers, car rentals, travel management companies, cruises, and ferries drive better outcomes for their business. The company's consolidated net profit rose 9.6% to Rs 54.81 crore, while net sales increased 1.9% to Rs 260.69 crore in Q4 March 2025 over Q4 March 2024.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hungary shares its version of espionage scandal with NATO
NATO intelligence services have received a report from Hungary concerning the mutual spy scandal that broke out between Hungary and Ukraine in May. Source: Central European investigative journalism network VSquare, citing its source within Hungary's national security sector, as reported by European Pravda Details: In its report to NATO, the Hungarian side claimed that Ukraine had violated protocol by publicly disclosing information about the arrests of suspected spies instead of conducting the matter discreetly. In response, Budapest acted similarly, ordering the expulsion of Ukrainian diplomats over accusations of espionage and the arrest of Ukrainian civilians without diplomatic immunity. "It was not the national security services themselves who deemed Ukraine's activities in Hungary so threatening that they had to be stopped – this was a politically motivated response," VSquare says. In addition, Hungary recommended in its report to NATO intelligence services that any questions about the Hungarian espionage operation in Ukraine be directed to the Military National Security Service (KNBSZ). It is worth noting that in his first interview with Hungarian media, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also blamed the KNBSZ for Hungary's espionage activities. Background: The exposure of a Hungarian military intelligence network in Zakarpattia on 9 May led to the mutual expulsion of two diplomats from Kyiv and Budapest. Hungarian authorities also took a civilian man into custody, labelling him a "Ukrainian spy". Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
San Francisco Chronicle
11-06-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Donald Tusk makes his case before a confidence vote in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the case Wednesday to parliament that his centrist, pro-European coalition has brought progress to Poland as he seeks to regain political momentum after his camp's stinging loss in the recent presidential election. Tusk also acknowledged the new difficulties that he faces in a speech before a vote of confidence which he requested seeking to reaffirm the mandate of his coalition government. The vote in parliament follows the narrow June 1 defeat of Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing nationalist backed by U.S. President Donald Trump. 'I am asking for a vote of confidence with full conviction that we have a mandate to govern, to take full responsibility for what is happening in Poland," Tusk said. He said that his coalition's challenges are greater as a result of the presidential election. But he also argued that the narrow defeat of Trzaskowski indicates that support remains strong for his political camp. Tusk is expected to survive the vote in the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. He remains the most powerful person in the Central European nation, and his government coalition has a parliamentary majority, with 242 seats in the 460-seat body. Still, the close presidential race has rattled his coalition, an uneasy alliance of his centrist Civic Coalition, the Left party and the center-right Polish People's Party. Many have started blaming Tusk for Trzaskowski's defeat, and his coalition partners have begun reevaluating the benefits and costs of sticking it out with him. There are questions about what Tusk can realistically achieve before the next parliamentary election, scheduled for late 2027, and whether it will even survive that long in a new political environment in which the far right has seen an surge in popularity. Polish media and political analysts are debating whether this might be the 68-year-old Tusk's political twilight. 'I know the bitterness of defeat, but I do not know such a word as 'capitulation,' Tusk told lawmakers. Tusk served as Polish prime minister from 2007-2014 and then as president of the European Council from 2014–2019. He resumed his leadership of the country as prime minister again in December 2023 in a country exhausted by the pandemic and inflation, and with political divisions deep and bitter. In a sign of those divisions, half of the parliament hall was empty, with right-wing lawmakers boycotting his speech on Wednesday. Tusk criticized them for that, suggesting that they were showing disrespect to the nation by being absent. For Tusk, the challenge is keeping his fractious coalition intact. A failure would trigger the formation of a caretaker government and possibly an early election — a scenario that could return power to the national conservative Law and Justice party, likely in coalition with the the far-right anti-Ukraine Confederation party, whose candidate placed third in the presidential race. Tusk had long counted on a Trzaskowski victory to end months of gridlock under President Andrzej Duda, who repeatedly blocked his reform agenda. Instead, Nawrocki is now poised to take office, promising strong resistance to Tusk's plans. In his speech, Tusk acknowledged that that his coalition was already facing challenges that have only grown more difficult. 'We cannot close our eyes to reality. These challenges are greater than we anticipated as a result of the presidential election,' he said. Following the presidential election, criticism has grown that Tusk's government has underdelivered on its campaign promises. Many blame him for contributing to Trzaskowski's loss. Much of the criticism comes from within his coalition. Joanna Mucha, a deputy education minister from the centrist Third Way alliance, posted a blistering Facebook analysis blaming the defeat on Tusk's party. She argued that Law and Justice, which backed Nawrocki, ran a focused, data-driven campaign with a fresh face, and she accused Tusk's party of ignoring polling data, relying on campaign consultants who had lost previous elections, and failing to build support beyond its liberal base.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Donald Tusk makes his case before a confidence vote in Poland
Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the case Wednesday to parliament that his centrist, pro-European coalition has brought progress to Poland as he seeks to regain political momentum after his camp's stinging loss in the recent presidential election. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Tusk also acknowledged the new difficulties that he faces in a speech before a vote of confidence which he requested seeking to reaffirm the mandate of his coalition government. The vote in parliament follows the narrow June 1 defeat of Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing nationalist backed by U.S. President Donald Trump. "I am asking for a vote of confidence with full conviction that we have a mandate to govern, to take full responsibility for what is happening in Poland," Tusk said. He said that his coalition's challenges are greater as a result of the presidential election. But he also argued that the narrow defeat of Trzaskowski indicates that support remains strong for his political camp. Tusk is expected to survive the vote in the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. He remains the most powerful person in the Central European nation, and his government coalition has a parliamentary majority, with 242 seats in the 460-seat body. Still, the close presidential race has rattled his coalition, an uneasy alliance of his centrist Civic Coalition, the Left party and the center-right Polish People's Party. Many have started blaming Tusk for Trzaskowski's defeat, and his coalition partners have begun reevaluating the benefits and costs of sticking it out with him. There are questions about what Tusk can realistically achieve before the next parliamentary election, scheduled for late 2027, and whether it will even survive that long in a new political environment in which the far right has seen an surge in popularity. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Polish media and political analysts are debating whether this might be the 68-year-old Tusk's political twilight. "I know the bitterness of defeat, but I do not know such a word as 'capitulation," Tusk told lawmakers. Tusk served as Polish prime minister from 2007-2014 and then as president of the European Council from 2014-2019. He resumed his leadership of the country as prime minister again in December 2023 in a country exhausted by the pandemic and inflation, and with political divisions deep and bitter. In a sign of those divisions, half of the parliament hall was empty, with right-wing lawmakers boycotting his speech on Wednesday. Tusk criticized them for that, suggesting that they were showing disrespect to the nation by being absent. For Tusk, the challenge is keeping his fractious coalition intact. A failure would trigger the formation of a caretaker government and possibly an early election - a scenario that could return power to the national conservative Law and Justice party, likely in coalition with the the far-right anti-Ukraine Confederation party, whose candidate placed third in the presidential race. Tusk had long counted on a Trzaskowski victory to end months of gridlock under President Andrzej Duda, who repeatedly blocked his reform agenda. Instead, Nawrocki is now poised to take office, promising strong resistance to Tusk's plans. In his speech, Tusk acknowledged that that his coalition was already facing challenges that have only grown more difficult. "We cannot close our eyes to reality. These challenges are greater than we anticipated as a result of the presidential election," he said. Following the presidential election, criticism has grown that Tusk's government has underdelivered on its campaign promises. Many blame him for contributing to Trzaskowski's loss. Much of the criticism comes from within his coalition. Joanna Mucha, a deputy education minister from the centrist Third Way alliance, posted a blistering Facebook analysis blaming the defeat on Tusk's party. She argued that law and justice, which backed Nawrocki, ran a focused, data-driven campaign with a fresh face, and she accused Tusk's party of ignoring polling data, relying on campaign consultants who had lost previous elections, and failing to build support beyond its liberal base. Trzaskowski, who had already lost the presidential race in 2020, "now also carries the baggage of dissatisfaction with the current government," she said.
