UK and the Netherlands, two of the countries where anti-European populism have penetrated, began Thursday ‘s marathon elections that have been summoned 380 million voters in 28 countries to discuss the state of European unity. The elections to the European Parliament, the date the most important polls next year with the recent elections in India, […]
May 25 2014 | Posted in
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The waters begin to retreat, but the floods of last week continue to plague Bosnia. Although differently. Officials fear some of the anti-personnel mines in the country – a legacy of the conflict that tore the former Yugoslavia in 1992 and 1995 – have been displaced by landslides and no longer in areas where they […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been the populist big winner of the English local elections. Although it has not gained control of any municipality, the results tallied over night in 58 of the 161 municipal councils of England voted on Thursday suggest that Nigel Farage’s party has probably been the largest party in elections. […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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The Prince Charles has reportedly compared some of Hitler’s actions in Europe with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as claimed by an ex refugee of World War II who spoke to the heir to the British throne this week in Canada, according to the British newspaper Daily Mail. Russia has demanded a clarification of the remarks. […]
May 22 2014 | Posted in
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The Swiss referendum today rejected by a large majority the establishment of the world’s highest minimum wage of 4,000 francs (3,270 euros) or 22 francs an hour (18 euros), according to public voting projections provided by television Switzerland. 77% of voters voted against the proposal sponsored by unions and supported by the Socialist Party and […]
May 19 2014 | Posted in
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The UN has denounced Friday the increasing lawlessness in eastern Ukraine and the atmosphere of persecution against reporters, activists or politicians who are or may seem conducive to the unity of the country, nine days before the presidential election. After the aggravation of the crisis and the expansion of the movement of pro-Russian insurrection in […]
May 18 2014 | Posted in
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a preliminary investigation into alleged war crimes committed by British troops against Iraqi soldiers between 2003 and 2008, during the Iraq war. It is the first time that the ICC prosecutor thus analyzes the UK, although the case was already in his hands in 2006. Then chief prosecutor, […]
May 16 2014 | Posted in
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The self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have initiated talks Tuesday to their unification into a single entity, as announced by the spokesman of the People’s Republic of Donetsk told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Both regions of eastern Ukraine were in favor of self-determination referendums on Sunday and Monday the perpetrators thereof called […]
May 14 2014 | Posted in
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The speech which was to inaugurate a new stage in Germany’s relations with the rest of the world has met its litmus test ahead of schedule. “For six decades we have lived in peace with our neighbors. We can already trust us. It’s time we take more determined steps to preserve order and values; that […]
May 14 2014 | Posted in
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The Turkish government announced Tuesday it will not pay 90 million euros to the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg yesterday that asked Turkey to pay to Cypriot citizens for human rights abuses committed in 1974 during the military invasion of northern Cyprus, and warned the verdict is a blow to the reunification of the […]
May 14 2014 | Posted in
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The growing influx of immigrants to the shores of southern Italy in recent days presage tragedy repeated. While the news is still very confusing, Italian media reported the wreck – a hundred miles south of Lampedusa and 50 northern Libya a barge with 400 people on board. Apparently speedboats Coast Guard have rescued alive about […]
May 13 2014 | Posted in
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The European Union has banned first two companies by the Ukrainian crisis and the decisive Russian intervention in its development. EU foreign ministers have raised this morning the pressure on Russia to include 13 people to its blacklist and, new, two companies expropriated by changing the Crimea region Ukrainian to Russian hands, according to diplomatic […]
May 13 2014 | Posted in
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