Der vierteljährliche Bericht über das iranische zivile Atomprogramm ist draußen, und das bedeutet für den israelischen Premierminister Netanyahu eine weitere Gelegenheit, sich aufzuplustern und Erklärungen abzugeben, die in keiner Weise durch die vorliegenden Beweise erhärtet werden.

When Falcone left us, I was in my car and I heard about his death on the radio. I even remember which twist on the hillside I was going round. When Borsellino died, I was in France and while I was queueing to buy a baguette, a lady said to me in French „They’ve killed another judge in Italy“.

„We‘ve rejected 42 million euros in financing simply by not asking for it,“ said Grillo. „You don‘t need a deal to do that, just the will“.

Former so-called ‚comfort women‘ from South Korea cancel their meeting with Japan‘s Mayor of Osaka after he said forcing women into wartime military brothels was “necessary“. Lily Grimes reports.

Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to develop and approve a comprehensive plan of the activities of the federal executive branch.

The document reads, in particular:

“Include in the plans of the activities of the federal executive branch a list of measures designed to accomplish the tasks set out in the presidential executive orders 596-606 of May 7, 2012. Include also yearly indicators and parameters to measure their implementation for the next five years.

Take steps to ensure the publicity of the plans of the activities of the federal executive branch, and of up-to-date information on the actual results of their implementation.

Present updated plans of the activities of the federal executive branch.

Deadline: June 7, 2013.“

Wladimir Putin und Barack Obama werden sich bis Ende September zweimal treffen: Zunächst beim G8-Gipfel in Nordirland und dann beim Russland-Besuch im Vorfeld des G20-Gipfels.

Die Außenminister Russlands und der USA, Sergej Lawrow und John Kerry, haben in einem Telefongespräch die Vorbereitung einer von ihnen initiierten internationalen Syrien-Konferenz erörtert.

Auch das deutsche Außenministerium teilte die Einschätzung des baldigen Sieges der Opposition und plante bereits für den „Tag danach“ – und steht nun ebenso düppiert da wie der Bundesnachrichtendienst, der mit seinen Berichten diese Fehleinschätzung maßgeblich mit zu verantworten hat.

Earlier this month, Bratusek presented Brussels with an action plan of privatisations, tax rises and spending cuts aimed at improving the former Yugoslav republic‘s public finance

The details of the implementation of the ‚golden rule‘ will be decided with a specific law.

An deren Einführung scheiterten bereits zwei vorherigen Regierungen, die Mitte-Links-Regierung von Borut Pahor (2008-2012), sowie die Mitte-Rechts-Regierung von Janez Jansa (2012-2013).

The National Assembly mustered the necessary two-thirds majority on Friday to endorse the introduction of the fiscal rule of zero deficits into the Constitution. MPs voted 78-8 in favour of the rule that will become effective in 2015.

Bank lobbyists are not leaving it to lawmakers to draft legislation that softens financial regulations. Instead, the lobbyists are helping to write it themselves.

One bill that sailed through the House Financial Services Committee this month — over the objections of the Treasury Department — was essentially Citigroup’s, according to e-mails reviewed by The New York Times

The Minister of Defence Photis Photiou met yesterday with his counterpart Sergey Shoigu in the Russian capital.

In an interview with Kathimerini, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the president of the Eurogroup, says that “before the summer” we will know if these countries will be able to benefit from the “direct bank recapitalization” framework, in order to transfer from their books the public debt they have amassed through borrowing from the eurozone in order to keep their financial systems afloat.

(13.05.) The Eurogroup have discussed the creation of a central rescue agency to wind up failing banks, but Germany says a Treaty change would be needed for the project to go ahead.

In a speech to bankers in the City of London, Draghi said: „Europe needs a more European UK as much as the UK needs a more British Europe.“

Confidence in Enrico Letta‘s new right-left reform government sank 3% to a new low of 31% compared to last week in the latest survey by SWG out Friday.

The Foreign Ministry announced earlier this week that the two leaders will meet from June 7 to 8 in California‘s Sunnylands following Xi‘s visit to three Latin American states.

(07.05.) US-Präsident Barack Obama rechnet damit, bei dem am Rande des G8-Gipfels im Juni in Irland geplanten Treffen mit seinem russischen Amtskollegen Wladimir Putin das Nordkorea-, das Syrien- und das Iran-Problem zu erörtern.

Das teilte US-Außenminister John Kerry am Dienstag in Moskau bei einer Unterredung mit Putin mit.

BARACK Obama and Vladimir Putin are set to raise a pint together as part of plans for the G8 summit.

A North Korean envoy visiting China said his country would “accept the proposal” by Chinese officials to open up dialogue, the state-run China News Service reported Thursday, a possible signal that the North would agree to talks on its nuclear program.

The DPRK is willing to work with parties concerned to find ways to resolve the current conflicts via dialogues, Choe pledged.

Choe, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People‘s Army and a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Workers‘ Party of Korea Central Committee, arrived in Beijing from Pyongyang Wednesday.

Die Regierung von Syrien hat ihre Zustimmung zur Teilnahme an einer internationalen Konferenz zur Regelung der Situation in diesem Land bestätigt, teilt der russische Außenamtssprecher Alexander Lukaschewitsch mit.

A singing astronaut sounds almost too good to be true, but during his five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield produced a constellation of videos about the day-to-day experiences of his life in space. He also demonstrated the power of social media to reignite interest in space missions that are often overlooked.