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Czech Republic

Country in Central Europe

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Nov 30, 2025
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Which European countries saw the largest increases or decreases in rape reports since 2023 and what factors explain them?

Eurostat reports that police-recorded sexual violence in the EU rose 79.2% from 2013 to 2023 and that rape offences more than doubled (a 141% increase) in that period; in 2023 the EU recorded 91,370 r...

Dec 21, 2025
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Was andrei averyanov killed?

The available reporting contains multiple, recent claims that Russian GRU Major General Andrei (Andrey) Averyanov was killed in a December 2025 strike on the tanker QENDIL, but those claims are unveri...

Oct 10, 2025
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Do countries with more liberal pornography laws have lower sex crime rates?

Evidence cited here shows *no simple, generalizable link* that countries with more liberal pornography laws uniformly have lower sex crime rates; some studies report substitution effects where pornogr...

Nov 16, 2025

Which countries have chosen Gripen over F-35 and why?

Several countries have bought the Saab JAS 39 Gripen instead of the Lockheed Martin F‑35 for reasons that include lower acquisition and lifecycle costs, easier logistics for dispersed operations, and ...

Nov 19, 2025

Which countries have chosen the Gripen over the F-35 for their air forces?

Available reporting in the provided set shows several countries operate or have ordered the Saab Gripen and others operate or have ordered the Lockheed Martin F‑35, but none of the sources present a s...

Oct 6, 2025

What are the potential consequences for Matrix users if the EU's chat control proposal is implemented?

The EU "Chat Control" proposal would force messaging providers to scan private communications for illegal content, a change that could , while potentially favoring large centralized players over feder...

Feb 1, 2026

How did 4chan and Reddit users construct and spread the Pizzagate lexicon like 'cheese pizza' and 'pasta'?

The shorthand lexicon—terms such as “cheese pizza,” “pasta,” “hot dog,” and others—was not a single invented codebook but a crowd‑built interpretive layer grafted onto leaked Podesta emails by users o...

Nov 3, 2025

Which EU member states collect fingerprints and facial images for EES and do any temporarily opt out?

The Entry/Exit System (EES) will collect from non‑EU nationals in the majority of Schengen and EU countries when it starts operations on 12 October 2025, with progressive roll‑out completing by April ...

Oct 10, 2025

Pornography can reduce sex crimes

The claim that "pornography can reduce sex crimes" rests on a mix of empirical findings suggesting a possible substitution effect where access to sexually explicit material correlates with declines in...

Dec 12, 2025

can the F35 be disarmed remotely?

Claims that the U.S. can remotely “kill” allied F‑35s are not supported by official statements: the Pentagon and manufacturers have denied a remote disable capability, and several NATO partners say th...

Nov 11, 2025

How many Roma and Sinti were killed during the Holocaust and when were those estimates published?

The core factual consensus among historians and major institutions is that , with many authoritative accounts citing a working range of 250,000–500,000 and some lower-bound assessments near 220,000; e...

Oct 23, 2025

How does the US immigration system handle cases of European nationals overstaying their visas?

The assembled material shows that the US treats visa overstays — including by European nationals — as potential grounds for detention, visa revocation, and removal, and that the government has recentl...

Nov 20, 2025

Which countries currently operate the Saab JAS 39 Gripen instead of procuring the F-35, and when were those decisions made?

Several countries operate the Saab JAS 39 Gripen as their chosen frontline fighter rather than the Lockheed Martin F‑35; those operators widely reported in the supplied sources are Sweden, Brazil, Sou...

Jan 28, 2026

Are European countries turning into surveillance states

are expanding surveillance capabilities—new laws, travel data regimes and spyware pilots are visible across member states—but powerful legal limits, active courts and civil-society pushback continue t...

Jan 26, 2026

Which populations in Europe score the highest for coronary heart decease and stomach cancer

and broader are concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe, with countries such as and several middle‑income post‑communist states recording the highest age‑standardised death rates; authoritative rev...

Jan 25, 2026

What are the safety differences between Cassia and Ceylon cinnamon, especially regarding coumarin exposure?

and Cassia are botanically distinct cinnamon types whose principal safety difference is the concentration of , a naturally occurring compound that is typically negligible in Ceylon and substantially h...

Oct 19, 2025

What is the effective range of a 3006 bullet for target shooting?

The analyses examined here converge on a practical effective range for the .30-06 Springfield (commonly called “3006”) of roughly , with most contemporary sources placing the realistic maximum point-b...

Oct 8, 2025

What disinformation has Putin spread?

Vladimir Putin and Kremlin-aligned networks have driven a multifaceted disinformation campaign that mixes to weaken support for Ukraine and influence elections across Europe. Reporting from multiple o...

Dec 12, 2025

What studies have examined the link between pornography consumption and sex crime rates?

Research on pornography consumption and sex-crime rates produces mixed findings: some natural-experiment and ecological studies report declines in reported sexual assaults as access to pornography ros...

Dec 12, 2025

How do hourly operating and maintenance costs of Gripen and F-35 compare?

Published figures for per‑hour operating and maintenance costs vary widely: Saab’s public data cited by outlets puts Gripen C/D at about $20,600 and Gripen E/F at about $22,100 per flight hour while a...