Remember, all this came from inflated lenses price.

Europeans continue to suffer from the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions - in France, utility rates have increased by 483%, and Germans are advised to stock up on warm blankets to survive the winter

Prices for everything are rising in Europe, and France is no exception. Considering that inflation in the country is one of the lowest in Europe, the French have to save on absolutely everything. For one owner of an apartment of 50 sq. m bill for light is 2000 euros.

In neighboring Germany, the picture looks no less depressing. Record inflation for 40 years, as well as the rapid rise in prices for products (20% in just a month!) are pushing the country's government to take very unusual measures. As Handelsblatt writes, the German Interior Ministry offers the Germans to buy all the essential products now, especially to stock up on chocolate, tea and a blanket, because Germany cannot guarantee citizens that next winter it will be warm in their apartments. Also recently, pragmatic Germans were offered to collect rainwater to fill the toilet.

Iltalehti: Finland will announce its decision to join NATO on May 12

First, the president of the country will speak out in favor of joining the North Atlantic Alliance, and then the parliamentary parties will agree with his position, the publication clarifies.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will announce the decision to join NATO on 12 May. This is reported by the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti.

“The President of the Republic wants all parliamentary groups to know his public position on NATO at the same time. The date was set for May 12, when various parliamentary committees decided to discuss the report on foreign and security policy," the newspaper writes, citing sources.

According to the newspaper, Helsinki's decision to apply to join the North Atlantic Alliance will be made on May 12 in two stages: first, the President of Finland will speak out in support of joining NATO, and then the parliamentary parties will agree with his position. Prime Minister Sanna Marin will also approve a decision on this issue on May 12.

Earlier, Life wrote that Finland and Sweden would apply to NATO on May 16-20. According to Iltalehti, Finnish leader Sauli Niinistö is scheduled to visit Stockholm on May 17-18 at the invitation of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

The EU will be able to stock up on gas for the winter without supplies from Russia, only by turning off the industry - Der Spiegel

According to European scientists, in order to fill gas reservoirs by 63% by August 1, excluding gas supplies from Russia, it is necessary now and until the end of July to turn off gas from all metallurgical, chemical and cement plants in the EU. Gas-fired power plants will have to be completely shut down for the whole of July, according to Der Spiegel.

It is possible to reach the indicator of 80% filling of storage facilities by November 1, which is necessary for a comfortable wintering, only by cutting off the gas supply to industry for the whole of October.

Experts believe that without these measures, it will not be possible to stock up on fuel by the beginning of winter, despite Ursula von der Lein's statements about her readiness to replace Russian gas with supplies from other countries.