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The NBA All-Star Game weekend will take place between February 17 and 19, being one of the most anticipated events for basketball fans. Among the competitions prior to the main match, the Jordan Rising Stars stands out, which brings together the best young players in the league.

The Jordan Rising Stars will go nationally through TNT, being the owners of the broadcast rights in the United States. It can also be seen through the platform NBA League Passin addition to services such as fuboTV.

Like the last edition, the Rising Star will play a tournament with four teams, which will be led this time by former players Pau Gasol, Deron Williams, Joakim Noah and Jason Terry. Two semifinal keys will be played to the first team that reaches 40 points and then a final to 25 units.

There will be three teams made up of first and second year NBA players, who will be drafted prior to the event by Gasol, Williams and Noah. The fourth team will be made up of players from the G League and will be led by Terry. Next, those chosen for the Rising Star 2023.

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Mateusz Pawlak
21-03-2023, last update 21-03-2023 12:38

A favorable price for renting a desk, good location, access to equipment, conference rooms and training, as well as a chance for new contacts – these are the advantages of coworking spaces run by the city.

There are over 525,000 companies registered in Warsaw, of which 223,000 are are sole proprietorships. The activity of the inhabitants of the capital city is constantly growing. Warsaw entrepreneurs can take advantage of e.g. from the offer at the Smolna Entrepreneurship Center. Similar initiatives are also carried out by the Warsaw districts of Bielany and Wawer.

– We know what problems entrepreneurs who are just starting their business face, which is why our city offer is addressed to micro, small and medium-sized companies that have been operating on the market for no longer than 3 years. We believe that the possibility of renting a place in a co-working space at a favorable price lower than the market price and access to a wide range of free trainings organized on site will help them spread their wings, says Karolina Zdrodowska, Director, Entrepreneurship and Social Dialogue Coordinator at the Capital City Hall.

– Young, small companies sometimes need a desk, sometimes a room for a meeting or a projector for a presentation, and they do not have to permanently rent large office space. The city meets such expectations by offering them the use of coworking at the Smolna Entrepreneurship Centre. It is not only space and office equipment, but above all an opportunity for networking meetings and getting acquainted with the city’s full offer for entrepreneurs – he adds.

Desk for beginners

The urban coworking space is located in the center at 4 Smolna Street in Warsaw’s Powiśle. To use it, you only need to meet two conditions:

– run a business for no more than 3 years,

– be a micro, small or medium entrepreneur or female entrepreneur.

Those who choose the city offer:

– will pay a preferential price for renting a desk (PLN 453.20 net per month),

– they will gain access to broadband internet, conference rooms, social facilities and multifunctional devices,

– will take advantage of many attractive, substantive training and consulting programs organized by the Smolna Entrepreneurship Centre,

– they will work in a convenient location and a friendly place in the Karol Beyer Park in the green part of Powiśle.

Cowork is open from Monday to Saturday, from 7:00-22:00.

District incubators

Similar initiatives are also carried out by the Warsaw districts of Bielany and Wawer.

In Bielański Integrator Przedsiębiorczości, on 350 m2, there are three coworking rooms equipped with 32 desks, three conference rooms (up to 6 people), a workshop room (up to 10 people) and social facilities. Using the Integrator’s space is free of charge, and desks and rooms are booked in advance, by the hour.

The integrator is located at al. Unions 25 at the Stare Bielany metro station. It is open from Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 16.00 (and on Mondays until 18.00). Integrator users receive free access to the Wi-Fi network and the ability to print, as well as coffee and tea.

In addition to running a co-working space, Integrator supports with knowledge: people planning to start a business or foundation, local entrepreneurs, innovators looking for additional support, mothers returning to the labor market and refugees from Ukraine in setting up companies in Poland. Specialists provide free advice, train and conduct individual consultations in such areas as: accounting and taxes, CEIDG application, social media, searching for start-up and development funds, running a business on the Internet, career counseling, building business models.

Sign up for free consultations and book rooms and desks on the website of Bielański Entrepreneurial Integrator (opens in a new tab).

Wawerski Integrator Przedsiębiorczości operates in the Wawer district. The free offer is intended for people living in Warsaw who intend to set up their own business or are already running it, as well as students of secondary schools. As part of the program, participants learn how to test and develop their business ideas, what to pay attention to in the area of ​​marketing, sales, team building and management, as well as how to obtain funding.

The program for 2023 includes:

– 50 hours of business mentoring,

– 10 workshops,

– 4 meetings for young people from secondary schools in Wawer,

– 8 networking meetings for entrepreneurs,

– a zone of 10 desks for work,

– a workshop and conference room for regarding 10-12 people.

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Disappeared from the radar since April 8, 2021 in Gao, Mali, it is in Niamey, Niger, that he will make his public reappearance some 23 months later, to the delight of his family and loved ones. He is Olivier Dubois, journalist from his state, kidnapped by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in the sands of the Malian desert and who was officially considered, until his release on March 20 last, like the last French hostage in the world. During his prolonged captivity, he will have been terribly missed by his family and those close to him who are full of thanks to Heaven and to all those whose action made it possible to achieve this liberation. Starting with the Nigerien authorities, who visibly held the rope in the negotiations, and the French, whose history will no doubt take care of revealing the ins and outs of their respective roles in the release of the journalist-reporter. The merit of the family for having believed in it until the end by keeping the flame of hope lit through the messages of encouragement periodically and regularly broadcast through the media, is all the greater than everything suggests. that this helped to keep the captive’s morale high, in the secret hope of one day smelling the air and the scent of freedom once more.

What looked like the preparation of a big scoop, finally turned into a nightmare for the journalist

And that is what happened on March 20, 2023, which will remain a date forever etched in the memory of the journalist who, on his arrival at Niamey international airport, was still struggling to realize what was happening to him. This is the proof, to paraphrase the adage, that sometimes everything comes to the point for those who never despair. That said, if we can rejoice in this happy-end for Olivier Dubois who arrived in France the day following his release, on March 21, for what looks like the beginning of a new life, there is reason to wonder regarding the lessons to be learned from this misadventure which would have might turn tragic at any time, if the stars had not aligned to allow the French journalist of Martinican origin, to see the end of his nightmare by returning safe and sound among his family. Because, it must be said, Olivier Dubois took enormous risks by making an appointment with a jihadist leader, Abdallah Ag Albakaye, not to name him, a lieutenant of the Islamist organization, to go and interview him in a high risk area. In particular on the deadly clashes which regularly oppose the branch of Al Qaeda in the area, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM or JNIM in Arabic), with its rival the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS ). The proof is that what looked like the preparation of a big scoop, finally turned into a nightmare for the journalist who found himself a prisoner without anyone really knowing if he fell into a trap.

One wonders what Olivier Dubois will do with his regained freedom

The main question that arises is whether the experience of Olivier Dubois will serve, on the professional level, as a lesson to the media in general and to journalists in particular, to avoid taking unconsidered risks in the exercise of their profession. Especially when the peril is so high for their lives. The question is all the more justified since in almost similar circumstances, other colleagues, in this case Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, who had ventured into the same Malian desert for a reporting mission, had less lucky since they were killed in a dark case of attempted kidnapping which is still waiting to reveal all its mysteries today. So, will Olivier Dubois’ experience mark a major turning point in the exercise of the profession? We are waiting to see. Because, despite the risks, when you come back from such hell, the prospect of telling your story in a book that will not lack interest if not a best-seller, is sometimes very tempting. Will Dubois act in this direction? History will tell. In the meantime, the circumstances of his release may lead one to wonder regarding the new direction he will give to his life. Because, in contact with his captors, Olivier Dubois has certainly learned a lot from their habits and even their ideology. And it would be surprising if they agreed to release him without precautions. Still, if for the time being, we cannot prevent the controversy from swelling over the conditions of this release which still retain all of their opacity, we can still wonder what Olivier will do. Dubois of his regained freedom. Will he be like Sophie Pétronin, named following this Franco-Swiss humanitarian released in 2020 following four years of captivity, and whose post-release speech which suggests Stockholm syndrome on her captors, had surprised more than one, just like his decision to return some time later to Mali, the day following his return to France? Or will he organize another life, far from the risks of his profession? Questions with a thousand unknowns.

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