Author: Camelia Kirk

The loss in public accounts was lower than in 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic; Accounts worsened by R$257 billion The unified public sector – made up of the federation, states, municipalities and state-owned enterprises – in 2023 recorded the second-largest primary deficit in history in the accumulated period from January to November. The gap in public accounts amounted to 119.6 billion Brazilian reais. The data was released on Friday (January 5, 2024) by B.C.E. (central bank). Only the negative result did not extend beyond 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, which pressured national and international governments…

municipality BalhokaIn Greater Florianópolis, the first case has been confirmed Chikungunya In 2024. The Ministry of Health reported this Thursday (4) that a man has been diagnosed with the disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.A sample of the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits chikungunya – Photo: Leo Munhoz/NDThe man is 24 years old, lives in the Arerio da Formiga neighborhood, and does not have any comorbidities. Balhoca's Minister of Health, Rosine Horacio, commented that the ministry was already following the case.“The case was already listed as suspicious and was confirmed on Thursday. The patient is still…

The deadline to join the tax debt renegotiation program with the Federal Revenue Service begins on Friday (5), which allows debts to be paid without penalties, avoiding tax proceedings. Interested parties must fill out a form to join the so-called “Incentive Self-Regulation Programme”, which will be available on Tuesday (2). Due to technical problems, the start was postponed until Friday (5). The postponement “does not affect the incentives that taxpayers can receive through self-regulation,” the Federal Revenue Service said in a memo. Debts can be settled with the Federal Revenue Service with a 100% discount on interest and penalties Who…

– Photo: Peter Landers/Power Bird/Casa.com The family that lived in this a house In the UK, she needed more space to write music and plan photo shoots, as well as a new guest bedroom and plenty of storage space. – Photo: Peter Landers/Power Bird/Casa.com They wanted too Open the layout The house without losing the wonderful character of the residence is filled with wonderful objects and works of art. To work, they called Kern Architecture Office. – Photo: Peter Landers/Power Bird/Casa.com The existing upper floor has been converted into an open plan family space, linking the Victorian bedrooms below with…

Oil closed lower on Thursday, under pressure amid revisions in expectations for US interest rates and rising US gasoline inventories. The session was characterized by volatility, as investors monitor developments in conflicts in the Middle East.On the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), February 2024 WTI crude oil fell 0.70% (-$0.51), to $72.19 per barrel, while March Brent crude, traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), fell 0.84 % (-0.66 USD to 77.59 USD per barrel.Oil came under pressure from strong US employment and services sector data, which injected caution into markets by making investors less optimistic about deep interest rate cuts…

“Junior Doctors” equivalent in United kingdom Resident doctors began a six-day strike in England on Wednesday (3), the longest in the history of the British public health system, to demand a pay rise. These professionals, who had already stopped for three days before Christmas and carried out other strikes in recent months, decided to press again due to disagreement with the union. Conservative government. According to the UK government, 88,000 medical appointments were canceled during the three mobilization days in December. The Times estimates that more than 200,000 consultations will be affected by this new movement. Hamish Payne, a 30-year-old…

The change in Brazilian traffic legislation specifies the presence of new mandatory items in cars from 2024 onwards, and therefore they are new vehicles that will be sold in the country from January 1 of this year. The obligation must already be in force, according to the decision of Contra (National Traffic Council). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government postponed these changes for a few years. What are the new mandatory safety features in cars in 2024? Although the Contran resolution was originally scheduled to begin in 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic created several challenges that made the…

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), gave the judges 48 hours to explain the decisions that halted the convening of the Extraordinary General Assembly (AGE) of Elrobras (Elite3;Elite6) to vote on merging Fornas Company into the company’s capital, scheduled for December 29th. Order is this Wednesday, 3rd.Moraes is the rapporteur of the lawsuit brought by Eletrobras against the injunctions that halted the operation of the AGE. The decisions were issued during judicial service by judges from the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ) and the Regional Labor Court of the First District (TRT-1), at…

Following a rise in the number of dengue cases in Abukarana (PR), the Secretary of State for Health and licensed Federal Representative, Beto Brito, confirmed on Wednesday (3) the dispatch of three new vehicles to intensify measures to combat the disease. aegypti mosquito in the Abukarana municipality in the northern region of the state. This measure aims to ensure greater protection for the population, through spraying insecticides to control disease vectors, which is known as fumigation. -Read more: Paraná announces competitions for 260 vacancies; Salaries reach R$ 7,600 According to preliminary data released by the National Information System, Abukarana has…

Brasilia (Reuters) – Eltrubras (Elite3;Elite6) appealed to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to cancel two court orders that led to the suspension of the Extraordinary General Assembly scheduled for December 29, to decide on the integration of Furnas into the company, claiming “huge losses.”The case was distributed to Minister Alexandre de Moraes to report on on Tuesday.The company's defense argued on appeal that the injunctions of the Regional Labor Court of the First District and the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro brought by the Fornas Employees Association (ASIF) “completely exceeded” the jurisdiction of the Supreme…