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A agroindústria brasileira registrou um crescimento de 1,6% no volume de produção em setembro de 2024, na comparação com o mesmo mês de 2023, segundo dados do Centro de Estudos do Agronegócio da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), o FGVAgro. O desempenho foi impulsionado exclusivamente pelo segmento de Produtos Não-Alimentícios, que apresentou alta de 4,5% no período. Já o segmento de Produtos Alimentícios e Bebidas registrou queda de 0,7%, refletindo uma redução na produção de alimentos de origem vegetal. As projeções para o último trimestre do ano são otimistas. O FGVAgro estima um crescimento de 3,1% no período em relação ao ano anterior, o que pode levar a um avanço acumulado de 2,7% em 2024. Caso a previsão se confirme, os dois segmentos devem contribuir para o resultado positivo: Produtos Alimentícios e Bebidas com alta de 2,9%, enquanto Produtos Não-Alimentícios devem crescer 2,5%. Apesar das expectativas otimistas, o estudo aponta a...

Místo nebezpečného přechodu přes Strakonickou ulici mohou chodci nově v pražské Zbraslavi využívat podchod propojující ulice Za Dálnicí a Lesáků. Stavba za zhruba 125 milionů korun bez DPH má zlepšit bezpečnost a komfort chodců a cyklistů a zároveň zvýší plynulost automobilového provozu. Vozidla blížící se k dálnici už tu nebudou muset zpomalovat na padesátku. Původně zde lidé museli přecházet přes pět jízdních pruhů. Source link

Rusko oznámilo dobytí další ukrajinské vsi, tentokrát obce Kopanky v Charkovské oblasti. Podle agentury Reuters postupuje ruská armáda v dobývání ukrajinského území nejrychlejším tempem od prvních dní své invaze do země v roce 2022 a za poslední týden obsadila téměř 235 kilometrů čtverečních. Pro srovnání: rozloha Brna činí přibližně 230 kilometrů čtverečních. Source link

Former Minister Clayton Bartolo made no mention of the Standards Commissioner report which found him guilty of breaching ethics in his first statement following his resignation, nor did he speak about what the Prime Minister has referred to as “new circumstances” having emerged which reportedly prompted Bartolo’s resignation on Tuesday morning. The Prime Minister has said that the decision around Bartolo’s resignation from his post as Tourism and Public Cleanliness Minister as well as his removal from the Labour Party parliamentary group were made in light of different circumstances emerging to those which followed the publication of the Standards Commissioner ethics breach report. Bartolo is set to continue serving as an independent MP, with Deputy Prime Minister Ian Borg reportedly taking over the Tourism Ministry. The Standards Commissioner report found that Bartolo and Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri had abused their power when Bartolo’s girlfriend at the time,...

Clayton Bartolo’s wife, Amanda Muscat, received tens of thousands of euros from a private company which investigators suspect were made as a possible kickback for a contract with the Malta Tourism Authority, the Times of Malta reports. These payments were flagged by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) and by the police, the newspaper reports. The Times quotes sources as saying that payments in the region of “€50,000” were made to Muscat by a company linked to a Malta Tourism Authority contractor over a period of around six months. Clayton Bartolo resigned as Tourism Minister and was also kicked out of the Labour Party parliamentary group as new circumstances have emerged, Prime Minister Robert Abela said Tuesday. At the time he did not say what they were, only saying that it was linked to questions that the Times sent last week. This scandal was then published. The...