The eleventh session of the List of Baptist Arts in the Bekaa has been announced, and the outstanding XR creators will present their latest works, including 13 extended practical experiences.

Main Competition List:

Emojiii (Netherlands): Leaded by Steye Hallema, The Smartphone Philosophi production

In Search of Time (France, United States): Production by Pierre Zandrowicz and Matthew Tienay, Atlas V and Pressman Film

Kinfolk: Black Lands (United States): Director Idris Brewster, Producer Kinfolk

Monstrorama (France, United States): produced by Clément Deneux and Emilie Valentin, Atlas V, Albyon and Meta

Pixel Ripped 1978 (Brazil): from Arvore and Atari

The Pirate Queen: Forgotten (British): by Eloise Singer, Singer® Production

New Voices List:

Guanged (France, Taiwan, China): by Pierre-Alain Giraud, Stéphane Foenkinos and Tania de Montaigne, produced by Novaya and Centre Pompidou

Wealth (France): produced by Claire Meinhard and Nicolas Bourniquel, Atlas V and ARTE France

Maya: The Birth (Chapter 1) (United Kingdom, France, United States, India): by Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke, produced by Floréal, JAPC, Meta and France Télévisions

Meneath: The reflections of Ethics (Canada): by Terril Calder, produced by the National Film Bureau of Canada

Over The Rainbow (Taiwan, China): by Craig Quintero, Emperbed Theatre Company produced

REIMAGINED VOL II:MAHAL (United States): by Michaela Ternasky-Holland, Very Cavaliere and Meta production

The Fury (Denmark, United States): by Shirin Neshat, Khora Concontemporary and Shoja Azari

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On 25 April, President Putin of the Russian Federation signed a presidential decree providing that “If the assets of Russian, Russian or natural persons are detained or restricted overseas as a result of unfriendly foreign actions against the Russian Federation, the Russian side will temporarily administer the assets of the unfriendly State in Russia”. It was also known that the Russian side had imposed temporary controls on two foreign energy companies in Russian assets.

On the other hand, according to the Central Bank’s previous reports, Marydn McNee, member of the European Commission in charge of financial affairs, revealed that the European Union was implementing the eleventh round of sanctions against Russia in the Gulf of Guinea, focusing on measures taken against Russia to avoid existing sanctions.

Nuclear energy in Russia is virtually “no injury” under Western sanctions

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Use conflict, the Western Government has imposed a series of sanctions on the Russian energy sector and has gradually emerged from its dependence on certain Russian energy sources. However, after 10 rounds of sanctions in the West, one area is almost “no injuries” — Russian nuclear energy.

It has been reported that while Western countries are keen to move away from their dependence on nuclear energy for Russia, they are “incapable of strike”.

Russia earns about $1 billion from nuclear energy exports in 2022

Raising the dissatisfaction of Ukraine

Russian exports of coal, oil and gas are reported to have increased after the outbreak of the Russian-Unian conflict, despite the fact that Russian exports of coal, oil and gas have been subjected to “depression” as a result of Western sanctions.

The latest data from the Royal Institute of Joint Military Areas (RUSI) show that France imported enriched uranium worth 359 million euros from Russia last year, well above €92.4 million in 2021. For “France also needs to provide nuclear energy to other allies”.

• France imported enriched uranium worth €359 million from Russia in 2022, well above €92.4 million in 2021.

In 2022, the United States imported up to $829.8 million of enriched uranium from Russia, up from $645.5 million in 2021. This trend continues, with the United States importing another $700 million of enriched uranium from Russia in January 2023.

At the same time, the Russian National Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom), the main Russian nuclear fuel exporter, has played a key role in the control of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zapool, but has yet to be affected by Western sanctions. Moreover, the company’s export growth rate in 2022 was as high as 15 per cent.

RUSI Fellow, Dalia Dorziková, stated that, according to incomplete data, Russia had earned about $1 billion from nuclear energy exports in 2022 since the outbreak of the Russian-Unian conflict, and that this figure could still rise. “In terms of its financing for the Russian economy, nuclear energy is less important than other energy exports. At the same time, however, it is easier to ignore, which remains a large sum.” She said.

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Ukraine was disappointed by reports that the Russian nuclear energy industry had not been affected by European sanctions. In August 2022, the President of Ukraine, Zerrougui, said that he had spoken with the President of the Council of Europe, Michel, about the need for EU sanctions against Russian nuclear industry.

At the end of September last year, Olege Ustenko, an economic adviser to Zerski, once again shouted that “the imposition of sanctions (for Russia) is extremely important not only for Russian oil. Oil, gas, uranium and coal, all of which should be banned.”

However, despite the EU’s attempts to rapidly reduce the demand for Russian coal, gas and oil, it does not seem possible to take the same measures against Russian nuclear energy.

Russian “Nuclear Power Condom”

A European and American “shall not”

In fact, following the outbreak of the Russian-Use conflict, Western countries, led by the United States, have tried to cut off Russian nuclear energy from all sources of financing. However, they found themselves in a dead line.

On 7 April 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate” ban on the import of nuclear fuel from Russia and urging member States to cease their cooperation with the Russian State-run nuclear power giant Russian National Atomic Energy Corporation in existing and new projects. However, an anonymous EU diplomat recently revealed that “the whole issue of sanctions in the nuclear field (Russia) has been strangled before a meaningful discussion”.

In 2013, LEU was transported to the United States on board a ship in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russia is one of the largest suppliers of uranium globally, and because of the complexity of the nuclear supply chain and Russia’s leading role in many parts of the global supply chain, the European Union and the United States cannot easily escape dependence on Russian nuclear energy. Even after the “cold war” of the Russian-American-Russian conflict, American scientists feared that Russia would stop supplying uranium to face a major power crisis in the United States.

The British Nuclear Advisory Group’s Director, Paul Dolfman, concluded that the problem was “the chain dependency of Russia”.

In 2021, 14 per cent of the U.S. nuclear reactor was exported from Russia. In the same year, the EU disbursed approximately €1010 million in imports of former uranium from Russia, representing 19.7 per cent of its uranium imports. However, former uranium exports are only the tip of the iceberg in Russian nuclear energy exports. The uranium enrichment service provided by the Russian National Atomic Energy Agency represented 28 per cent of the United States requirements in 2021.

The EU countries, on the other hand, rely more on nuclear energy services in Russia. It is reported that there are 18 Russian-designed nuclear reactors in Europe, spread in Finland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, all of which depend on the provision of nuclear fuel and other services by Russia.

According to the European Atomic Energy Agency, in 2021 a quarter of the conversion services and one third of the enrichment services of the European Union nuclear reactor were the responsibility of the Russian National Atomic Energy Agency.

The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has not hampered the Russian nuclear energy sector because of “absolute market power”. In August 2022, Hungary announced that two new nuclear reactors would be constructed by the Russian National Atomic Energy Agency. February of this year, the new Mochovce-3 Soviet Socialist Republic VVER design counter

In 2022, a number of policies from the central to local governments have been issued one after another, and the development of indemnificatory rental housing has pressed the “acceleration key”. The agency expects that the investment related to affordable rental housing is expected to exceed 1.2 trillion yuan this year. While promoting the accelerated formation of the housing pattern of “simultaneous rent and purchase”, it is of positive significance to boost domestic demand and stabilize the overall economic market.

Development into the fast lane

2022 is expected to be a year of great development of affordable rental housing. The Ministry of housing and urban rural development recently said that it would vigorously increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and gave a quantitative goal - hoping to build and raise 2.4 million affordable rental housing in 2022. Earlier, the Department revealed that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, 40 key cities initially planned to add 6.5 million affordable rental housing units (rooms).

The reporter of China Securities Journal noted that in addition to the 40 cities monitored by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, some provinces have identified areas that focus on the development of affordable rental housing according to their own conditions. For example, Guangdong Province has made it clear that Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhanjiang are the key cities for the development of affordable rental housing. Kerui Research Center predicts that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, 8 million to 9 million affordable rental housing units are expected to be added nationwide.

“The development of indemnificatory rental housing is an important work during the 14th Five Year Plan period.” Xu Yuejin, deputy research director of the index division of China Index Research Institute, said that the raising scale of indemnificatory rental housing is large and the promotion speed is fast, and its development depends on the active participation of market subjects.

Finance, finance and taxation form a joint force

Insiders said that in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of market participants, recent policies and measures such as land, taxation and finance have been launched one after another, gradually forming a joint force in supporting the development of affordable rental housing.

In 2022, policies supporting the development of indemnificatory rental housing continue to warm up. On February 8, the people’s Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued a notice to clarify that the loans related to affordable rental housing projects are not included in the concentration management of real estate loans. On February 25, the guiding opinions on bank and insurance institutions supporting the development of indemnificatory rental housing was released, encouraging the National Development Bank, commercial banks, insurance institutions and trust companies to increase financial support for indemnificatory rental housing.

It is worth mentioning that at the end of January, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued a document to clarify the tax deferral policy of the original equity holders before and during the establishment of infrastructure REITs. At present, the affordable rental housing project has been included in the pilot of infrastructure REITs. Xi’an, Chongqing and other places proposed to support the construction of indemnificatory rental housing, and operating enterprises issued infrastructure REITs financing in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Many banks have increased their support for the construction and operation of indemnificatory rental housing. On January 26, China Construction Bank signed a cooperation agreement with Poly Group to explore the full life cycle business model of affordable rental housing from incubation, construction and operation to the issuance of public REITs. It is understood that by the end of 2021, the credit amount of China Construction Bank to support the construction of indemnificatory rental housing had exceeded 100 billion yuan, and the investment amount had exceeded 43 billion yuan, involving more than 400 projects.

Support steady growth

Insiders believe that the development of affordable rental housing is conducive to further improve the long-term mechanism of real estate, optimize the rental market structure, alleviate the phased housing problems of new citizens, young people and other groups, and further promote the accelerated formation of the housing pattern of “simultaneous rent and purchase”. Accelerating the development of affordable rental housing is of positive significance to boost domestic demand and stabilize the overall economic market.

According to Xu Yuejin’s analysis, the development of affordable rental housing can stimulate effective investment from both stock and increment. In terms of stock, according to the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, about 70% of the affordable rental housing raised has used the stock of land and housing. It can be predicted that the stock transformation will be an important financing channel for affordable rental housing in the future, which is expected to stimulate the investment related to the stock transformation. In terms of increment, at least 40% of the new housing in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other cities during the 14th Five Year Plan period will be affordable rental housing, and the development of affordable rental housing will also contribute to stimulating incremental investment.

The total investment in real estate raised by CITIC investment will exceed 1.4 trillion yuan last year, which is equivalent to a certain 2.4 trillion yuan of investment in real estate leasing this year.

On February 15, the 22016 issue of sports lottery 7 Star lottery was opened. The current lottery number was 646566 + 9. A total of five first prizes were issued, which came from the same sports lottery store in Ya’an City, Sichuan Province. On February 17, the winners came to the prize cashing Hall of Sichuan sports lottery center to receive the grand prize.

The winner is a middle-aged man. The winning lottery ticket he holds is a multi issue ticket with 1 note number, 5 times investment and 15 issues. According to the winner, he accidentally thought of this number a few years ago, because he thought it was very eye-catching. He has been betting all these years. If he doesn’t win this time, he doesn’t know when he will stick to it.

The winner said that he had bought the lottery for more than 20 years and had fantasized about the scene of winning the lottery for many times. He thought he would be ecstatic, but when the lottery really happened, he was very calm. He called his wife for a joy at the first time. Both husband and wife were very happy, but there was no surprise in his imagination. Instead, he felt a little unreal.

When it comes to the plan after the bonus is obtained, the winner said that in fact, there is not much place to spend money in life. Now life has been very happy. After receiving the award, he still lives as usual and continues to work. After all, “there is nothing else to do without going to work”. This bonus may be left to the child and taken out to support him when necessary.

This coffee brand with both inheritance and innovation will add a touch of unique lavassa blue to this romantic and colorful “maritime garden city”. “Xiamen harbors tourists from all over the world, and the door welcomes thousands of waves”. In the future, Lavazza lavassa’s first store in Fujian will also bloom new vitality in Xiamen special zone, which is dependent on mountains and seas.

Lavazza lavaza was born in Turin, Italy in 1895. It is famous for high-quality Italian coffee, authentic Italian cuisine and palace coffee art experience. In 2020, Lavazza Lavazza launched its first flagship store outside Italy in Shanghai. It is jointly operated by Yum China Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yum China”) and Lavazza group. At present, it has opened many stores in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha and Chengdu, and settled its first store in Fujian in Xiamen at the beginning of 2022.

This time, lavassa settled in Ludao and chose Zhongshan Road, which is “a Zhongshan Road, half of the history of Xiamen”. It not only has a strong business atmosphere, but also condenses the symbols of the open integration of Chinese and Western cultures, such as traditional red brick houses, foreign buildings, arcades and so on. After the integration of century old Italian coffee and the old memorial archway of Huang’s old house, the newly designed Lavazza Lavasa Xiamen Zhonghua City store burst out dazzling vitality due to the collision of Chinese and Western cultures, adding friendliness and affinity to this beautiful “livable city” and “national ecological garden city”.

The appearance of the coffee shop is designed with a fully transparent facade, combined with the simple two-story Huang’s old house building, showing a distinctive Italian fashion. The scattered green plants outside the store surround the tables and chairs, which are relaxed and comfortable. In the store, blue, white and gold are used as the main colors, together with marble, brass, Venetian glass mirrors and other materials with Italian style, which are simple and luxurious.

The shop is like a mini Italian coffee Museum, from the taste of coffee beans to the history of the first espresso coffee machine; From the birth of mocha pot to the development of Lavazza Lavazza brand, the oil Picture Frame LCD screen full of design sense plays all kinds of knowledge of Italian coffee and all aspects of Italian culture. Lavazza Lavazza Xiamen Zhonghua City store also has the antique coffee machine Elektra Belle Epoque airlifted from Italy. It is made by hand with ingenuity, and only 70 coffee machines are produced in the world every year.

In the house, a beautiful day opens immediately. Now, Lavazza has also brought the “Mocha pot” to China. It was designed for Lavazza by the famous designer Marco zanuso in 1979, with a unique conical shape and elegant style; In addition, it is equipped with anti scalding handle and cover buckle. The 90 degree handle is easier to grasp than the classic Mocha pot. After 40 years, it is still continuously engraved, which can be called a classic in the design. In the first store in Fujian, consumers can also immerse themselves in the golden Lavazza Carmencita Mocha pot seat and enjoy the pleasant experience brought by Italian coffee.

Palace level Italian “gourmet cafe”

Lavazza Lavazza brand has always been at the forefront of coffee innovation. From its founder Luigi Lavazza invented the first bean formula in 1895 to the birth of the first cup of space coffee in 2015, Lavazza Lavazza is one of the well deserved endorsement brands in the global coffee industry.

At Lavazza lavassa Xiamen Zhonghua City store, consumers can not only explore their favorite coffee flavor among the three most classic coffee bean products in Lavazza lavassa, including the prestigious Ethiopian single coffee bean Kafa, but also taste lavassa star products such as fresh milk latte and canoli roll.

The fresh milk latte will be concentrated in a small pot next to the milk cup. Consumers can slowly pour different amounts of concentration into the milk cup according to their own taste. The concentration will gradually settle between milk and milk foam, and finally form a wonderful sense of concentration, milk and milk foam. Coupled with the famous traditional dessert canoli roll full of Italian Sicilian style, you can feel the cozy romance brought by Italian coffee and delicious food.

In addition to leading the trend in coffee baking and production, Lavazza Lavasa also participates in cross-border cooperation in food. In 25 years, Lavazza has worked with 34 chefs from Michelin restaurant to create a variety of joint dishes integrated into coffee. As a “food cafe”, it provides consumers with nearly 20 kinds of classic Italian cuisine and exclusive creative coffee dishes, which are still being updated.

Lavazza lavassa’s first store in Fujian has specially selected three desserts jointly recommended by Igor Machia, the chef of Michelin one star restaurant - coffee “caviar” (caviar only refers to the appearance of the product, this product is a coffee product without caviar), cloud card cloth and coffee sponge roll.

Among them, Yunduo Kabu is the first solid coffee in the world. It won the best food creativity of time magazine in 2006. The feature is to turn the cup body, the coffee is still suspended in the cup, and the dense coffee milk bubble is matched with coffee powder. It is instant at the entrance. It is a “punch in product” loved by many coffee lovers; The coffee sponge roll is loose and porous, with a certain elasticity and toughness at the entrance, full of coffee aroma.

Fujian’s first customized gift

Taro Xiancao latte special coffee

Lavazza lavassa combines the characteristics of Xiamen and carefully prepares the meeting gift - taro paste fairy grass latte special coffee. This coffee combines the honey and nut aroma of lavassa coffee beans and the soft and waxy taste of taro paste. Coupled with the smooth and sweet burnt fairy grass jelly, it is sweet and warm and happy throughout the winter. At present, this special coffee is only on sale in this first store in Fujian.

In addition, Lavazza lavassa’s first store in Fujian also brought a unique and commemorative City badge, which combines the iconic blue brush of the brand and the element of Xiamen landmark “Gulangyu” to advertise to Xiamen.

With entering more new cities, La vasa brand will continue to make efforts, adhering to the spirit of Italian ingenuity, continue to explore new markets in China and bring authentic Italian coffee and experience to China