The selection of the 10 best books of 2024 was the result of several months of discussion and debate. The New York Times Book Review reported this when presenting the list of the best books of the year, informs. As the compilers of the rating explained, in the end, they strive to choose books that

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Procedure for conducting initial general military training, which aims to form primary general military knowledge and special competencies in defense awareness among students. This was announced by the government’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, reports. The procedure stipulates that the initial training is provided to citizens

The Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon has called on Ukrainians to leave Syria. The reason is the deteriorating security situation. This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, reports. Citizens of Ukraine are asked to refrain from any trips to Syria until the security situation stabilizes, and those who are

A fine and the requirement to restore wooden windows in place of illegal plastic ones is the decision of the administrative commission under the executive committee of the Lviv City Council, which considered the issue of violating the legislation on the protection of historical heritage in Lviv. This was reported by the Lviv City Council,

The Government of Ukraine continues to improve legislation related to the performance of military duty. on December 3, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada adopted as a basis the draft law No. 12076, which regulates the procedure for registering citizens for military service and medical examinations. One of the key innovations of the document is the norms

Two employees of an agricultural enterprise in the Ternopil region have been notified of suspicion of animal cruelty. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, reports. Under the procedural supervision of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of the Ternopil Regional Prosecutor’s Office and the Berezhany District Prosecutor’s Office, two employees of the

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the second reading a government bill that eliminates the shortcomings of control over the production and circulation of dietary supplements. This was reported by the Ministry of Health, reports. The Ministry also emphasized that the adopted law promotes the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the legislation of

OpenAI said that its new artificial intelligence model, called o1, tried to evade developer control and even copied itself when it thought it might be shut down. About this writes reports with reference to Transformer. According to security assessments conducted by Apollo Research, an external research organization, the model exhibited this behavior on several occasions.

The American Film Academy has announced the longlist of contenders for the Oscars 2025, and the official list of 169 films includes three Ukrainian films. This was reported by the State Film Agency of Ukraine, reports. The Ukrainian contenders are the films La Palisade (directed by Philip Sotnychenko) and The Porcelain War (directed by Brendan