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Kronen Zeitung: Slovak government apologizes for decades of sterilization of Roma women … This is reported by the Kronen Zeitung. According to the newspaper, in the adopted statement, the country's four-party coalition condemned the violations of the rights of the Roma population and apologized to all the victims. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic called this decision “the first important step” towards compensation for victims of Bratislava politics. According to Cabinet reports, forced removal of the uterus of Roma women was practiced in Slovakia from 1966 to 1989. the aim of limiting the number of children from disadvantaged ethnic minorities. At the same time, after the fall of the communist regime in the period from 1990 to 2004, women were persuaded to agree to sterilization after the birth of a child. European Union human rights organizations have repeatedly called on Bratislava to pay compensation to the victims.

Human rights activist Litvinovich on the change of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service: control over the service is transferred from the FSB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Kalashnikov and the appointment of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Arkady Gostev to this post, one can see the weakening of the positions of the Federal Security Service (FSB), from which the former head of the FSIN is a native. Human rights activist Marina Litvinovich wrote about this in her Telegram channel. “Control over the FSIN is transferred from the FSB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The decision to remove the head of the FSIN Kalashnikov and appoint Gostev is quite strong and inspires some optimism, “she commented on the change in the head of the service. Litvinovich stated that it is the FSB that oversees all operational work in colonies and pre-trial detention centers, using

Latvian Minister of Health Pavluts announced vaccination of 70% of the adult population percent of the adult population, reports TASS. “Yesterday we achieved the goal set in the [Latvian] vaccination plan, and the EU goal to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the adult population,” Pavluts said. 70.28 percent of residents aged 12 and over were fully vaccinated, the head of the Ministry of Health explained. “We are approaching the average vaccination coverage of the entire EU population (70.1 percent), now we have 66.67 percent,” added Pavluts. Earlier, the Latvian authorities announced that from December 6, all workers in a country who has possible contact with other people at work will be required to be tested for the presence of antigens to COVID-19 twice a week, regardless of the fact of vaccination. In eight weeks, the state will have to spend 14-15 million euros for these purposes.

Executive Director Shaninka Kryuchkova testified against Rector Zuev Executive Director of Shaninka – Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences) (MVSES Kryuchkova began to cooperate with the investigation and was placed under house arrest. This is reported by “Interfax” with reference to a source in the investigating authorities. According to him, Kryuchkova pleaded guilty and told about cashing the stolen money. In addition, she testified against other defendants in the fraud case, including the rector Sergei Zuev. The executive director was released from the pre-trial detention center under house arrest. Earlier it was reported that the rector Shaninka was placed in the medical unit of the SIZO “Matrosskaya Tishina”. He was accused of embezzling 21 million rubles allocated from the budget for the federal project “Teacher of the Year” of the national project “Education.” In 2020, the parties terminated them by mutual agreement. At that time, 21 million rubles