Rada approves legalization of medical cannabis; The bloodiest massacre in the entire 30-year history of the modern Czech Republic took place in Prague. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Verkhovna Rada voted in the second reading for the legalization of medical cannabis in Ukraine. The law will enter into force six months after its publication – in the second half of 2024, the parliament predicts. As stated in the explanatory note, the limited legalization of cannabis, its resin, extracts and tinctures, as well as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the first and only cannabinoid currently approved for medical use in several countries, is thinking
As a result of the shooting in one of the buildings of Charles University, 15 people died and 24 were injured. The shooter was a university student, his body was found near the educational institution. The exact motive for the attack is still unknown, but police do not consider it related to international terrorism. He suggests that the shooter was influenced by similar shooting incidents in other countries around the world. The current attack is the bloodiest event in the entire 30-year history of the modern Czech Republic.
There are risks of financing the state budget of Ukraine in January-February 2024. Minister of Finance Sergei Marchenko said this. Unfortunately, in January-February the decisions made by the partners were not enough (to finance the budget needs for this period – ed.) for us to cope alone. Therefore, we already have a Plan B mechanism in place,” said Marchenko. Among such measures, the minister named the advance payment of dividends from state-owned companies, as well as an increase in domestic borrowing market.
The state budget of Ukraine received more than $950 million from Japan as part of World Bank projects for reconstruction and social protection. It is indicated that the funds will be used to reimburse the costs of the state budget of Ukraine for urgent and priority needs, especially in the field of reconstruction and social assistance.
Mobile operator Kyivstar announced the elimination of planned tariff fees for all users. Subscription, contract and Home Internet service contract subscribers will not be charged a fixed fee for the service package during the period from December 22 to January 21.
The Verkhovna Rada voted to appoint four members of the Accounts Chamber, despite requests from the G7 countries not to rush this matter. Earlier, the ambassadors of the G7 countries expressed concern about the intentions to appoint members of the Accounts Chamber before the completion of its reform. “Prior to the passage of the reform law, these appointments will undermine the credibility of the institution responsible for administering international aid,” the ambassadors said in a statement.
Finland sent Ukraine a military aid package worth 106 million euros. Traditionally, the Finnish side does not disclose the details of either the contents of the package or the time of its delivery to Ukraine “for operational reasons and to ensure the safe delivery of aid.”
Air defense on the night of December 21 in different directions shot down 34 out of 35 Russian attack UAVs launched. It is known that the drones attacked the waves at different times, from 20:00 on December 20 to 03:30 on December 21. The air defense was operated in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, Poltava, Chernigov and Kirovograd regions. At the same time, in the Kyiv region, a fire occurred as a result of drone debris that hit a warehouse building of a business. His other buildings and vehicles were also damaged.
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Source: korrespondent
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