Plans by the Greek government to sell companies that handle the key resources of energy and water face serious obstacles and its policy to offer investors exceptional privileges in an effort to boost interest in privatisation is coming under strong pressure.
Privatisation is one of the ‘prerequisites’ of the Troika – the tripartite committee led by the European Commission with the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund – in exchange for additional bailout money that Greece is seeking to continue to avoid insolvency.
Netanyahu erklomm eine neue Argumentationsebene, indem er behauptete, dass Hamas schuldig ist, „doppelte Kriegsverbrechen“ zu begehen und die volle Verantwortung trägt nicht nur für die kleinen Schäden, die ihre Angriffe auf Israel verursacht haben, sondern auch für alle Zivilisten, die durch die israelischen Angriffe getötet werden.
The bureaucrats and industry lobbyists negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have gone to great lengths to keep their plans a secret before, but this takes the cake. After scheduling the next round of bargaining for Vancouver, negotiators quietly made a last minute switch to Ottawa with only a week to go before the round began.
The TPP is an international agreement involving Canada and 11 other countries, involving 40% of the global economy, that threatens to censor free expression online amongst other concerns spanning environmental protections, jobs, public health, and even our democratic rights.
Bulgaria‘s prime minister has voiced hope that work on the Russia-led South Stream gas pipeline project, which had been blocked by the European Union, can be resumed.
Last month, Bulgaria, an EU member, suspended work on the pipeline after the EU executive commission said Bulgaria hadn‘t respected EU internal market rules covering the award of public contracts.
“Bulgarian Defence Minister Angel Naydenov should hand in his resignation immediately over the latest failure in the ministry he is in charge of.
Despite the so-called actions and numerous promises made by the minister the fence at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is not ready yet,” said Dimitar Ivanov, MP with the oppositional Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB).
“It is not clear why the construction of the fence is late, despite the declared engagement for the facility to be ready in March, April or May.
Teil I – Der systemische Ausverkauf von Flugsicherung und Lufthoheit
Teil II – Sesar, öffne Dich
Die “International Civil Aviation Organization” (ICAO) (“Internationale Zivilluftfahrt-Organisation”) begründet sich auf den Chicagoer Vertrag über die internationale Zivilluftfahrt vom 7. Dezember 1944. Just im September 2009, nach der erfolgten Verfassungsänderung in Deutschland und dem Inkrafttreten der daraufhin möglichen Änderungen des Luftverkehrsgesetzes (LuftVG), welche schon vor der Verfassungsänderung im Entwurf eines “Gesetzes zur Änderung luftverkehrsrechtlicher Vorschriften” vorbereitet worden waren, gab die ICAO einen neuen, fast für den gesamten weltweiten Luftverkehr verbindlichen, “Ausweichplan” (“contingency plan”) heraus.
Moreover, the lack of progress on FABs is holding back the full implementation of the EU‘s Single European Sky, which in turn generates inefficiencies in the entire European Air Traffic Management in the range of some 30 to 40 % of total air navigation costs and charges levied in Europe. This represents a loss of some EUR 5B annually. Additionally, planned safety enhancements in the Single European Sky are negatively impacted, the EC statement says.
10.07.2014 - 20:31 [ Palestinian News and Info Agency ]
The Premier concluded by stressing that the Presidency steps to take international action in response to the Israeli aggression, making special reference to a letter sent by President Mahmoud Abbas to his Swiss counterpart to hold emergency consultations for holding an emergency summit to force Israel to be committed to the international laws amid its aggression on the Palestinians.
In Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian politics as the occupation of the Palestinians deepens. (…)
As Blumenthal reveals, Israel has become a country where right-wing leaders like Avigdor Lieberman and Bibi Netanyahu are sacrificing democracy on the altar of their power politics; where the loyal opposition largely and passively stands aside and watches the organized assault on civil liberties; where state-funded Orthodox rabbis publish books that provide instructions on how and when to kill Gentiles; where half of Jewish youth declare their refusal to sit in a classroom with an Arab; and where mob violence targets Palestinians and African asylum seekers scapegoated by leading government officials as „demographic threats.“
From 2009 to 2013, Max Blumenthal made a series of trips to Israel to witness and report on the reality of political and social life in Israel. The picture that emerges from his examination of Israel explains perfectly why both the Israeli Apartheid protests and the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) exist and why they‘re necessary. Blumenthal‘s book covers a lot of territory, from the ethnic cleansing that originally created the state of Israel to the political persecution of its Palestinian citizens to the all-pervasive racism that forms the emotional backbone of Israel‘s de facto system of apartheid.
As the tension between Israel and Palestine escalates, France, Italy and Spain issued warning to citizens and business last week against doing business with or investing in illegal Israeli settlements. Several days later, they were joined by Portugal, Austria, Malta, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Greece, Slovakia, Belgium and Croatia.
Similar warning had been issued by Germany and the United Kingdom.
The group includes: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; Greece; Ireland; Luxembourg; Malta; Portugal; Slovakia; and Slovenia.
Portugal published its statement on Wednesday (2 July) and the others came out on Thursday. France, Italy, and Spain put out similar communiques earlier this week. Germany and the UK already did it months ago. Poland is expected to publish a warning shortly.
The visit will take place on July 18 upon official invitation of Chairman of the Iranian Parliament‘s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi.
Meanwhile, nearly a hundred people organised a protest in front of the European Parliament‘s headquarters in Brussels to condemn the continued Israeli attacks. The protesters declared that, „the Israeli actions, including random shelling without any distinction between civilians or military personnel and the killing of children and women, are war crimes which Israeli officials should be tried for.“
The protesters chanted slogans against Israel, including „Israel is a terrorist“ and „Boycott Israel“, and appealed to the governments of the European Union and Belgium to take rapid political action to stop Israeli‘s aggression against Gaza.
Remember how the tapes of the CIA‘s torture campaign were „destroyed“ under suspicious circumstances, despite orders not to destroy them? It appears something similar has happened in the UK, where files on the UK‘s role in CIA rendition efforts have been „accidentally destroyed.“ I‘m wondering if anyone can read that claim without rolling their eyes.
Germany‘s second-biggest bank Commerzbank AG is expected to pay $600 million to $800 million to resolve investigations into its dealings with Iran and other countries under U.S. sanctions, sources familiar with the matter said, Reuters reported.
In a moment of eerie foreshadowing, Congressman Paul took to the House floor to warn of the millions of tax dollars spent on the U.S. government’s indiscriminate computer surveillance.
„Nichts dergleichen“, kommentierte Außenamtssprecher Alexander Lukaschewitsch die Gerüchte, dass eine Friedensoperation möglich wäre und dass das Friedenskontingent zu 60 Prozent aus Russen bestehen würde. Lukaschewitsch mutmaßte, dass diese Gerüchte in Umlauf gesetzt worden seien, „um eine russische Reaktion zu provozieren“.
The top United Nations human rights official called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release activists she said had been arrested for peacefully demanding freedoms, halt the use of lashings and investigate their alleged ill-treatment.
Shortly after the Snowden leaks began exposing the NSA‘s massive collection efforts, the New York Times uncovered the DEA‘s direct access to AT&T telecom switches (via non-government employee „analysts“ working for AT&T), from which it and other law enforcement agencies were able to gather phone call and location data.
Turkey‘s parliament approved a legal framework on Thursday for peace talks with Kurdish militants in an important step towards ending a three-decade insurgency a few weeks before a presidential election.
„The department carefully reviewed the matters referred to us and did not find sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal investigation,“ Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said in a statement.
„The construction will begin very soon,“ Garibashvili said, adding that this will contribute to Georgia‘s integration into the international transport systems and attracting goods from east to west and vice versa.
He also said the port of Anaklia will be the shortest path connecting Europe and Asia.
„This project will be of great benefit to all, but first and foremost, to our country,“ Garibashvili stressed.
Germany’s federal government has ordered the US intelligence station chief at the Berlin embassy to leave the country – before he is expelled – after a second double agent was uncovered inside the German government.
Was wäre, wenn…. gegen zwei Deutsche wegen des Verdachts der Spionage für Russland ermittelt würde? Was wäre, wenn…. Russland auf das Angebot des verhafteten BND-CIA-Mannes eingegangen wäre? Man sollte einmal versuchen, sich dann die Reaktionen von Politik, Medien und Behörden vorzustellen. Was wäre geschehen, wenn bei der Wohnungsdurchsuchung des BNDlers ein mit einer Wetter-App für Moskau versehener Computer sichergestellt worden wäre, den man so für verschlüsselte Kommunikation benutzen kann? Oder haben die Fahnder etwas in der Art erwartet, konnten aber nicht übersehen, dass es sich wohl um Spionage für die USA handelt?
BND-Präsident Gerhard Schindler informierte am Mittwoch das Kontrollgremium des Bundestags, dass er für seinen Dienst eine Prüfung auf Auffälligkeiten im internen Datensystem angeordnet hat.
Die neue Recherche kann laut Schindler Monate dauern.
Für Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2014, hatte Bahn-Technikchef Dr. Rüdiger Grube zum offiziellen Baubeginn von S21 mit Tunnel- und Maschinentaufe eingeladen. „Der Fildertunnel ist der längste Tunnel des Projekts Stuttgart 21 und wird einer der spektakulärsten Tunnel Deutschlands sein“, stand auf der Einladung an die Gäste. Schon eine Stunde vor Beginn der Veranstaltung in Stuttgart-Fasanenhof hatten sich etwa 200 Demonstranten zu einem Protest gegen das Projekt S21 und die Veranstaltung eingefunden. Sie versammelten sich hinter einer langen polizeilichen Gitter-Absperrung, die eine Gasse für die ankommenden TeilnehmerInnen der Veranstaltung frei ließ.
Die heutige sogenannte Tunneltaufe des S21-Fildertunnels sowie die Anwesenheit von Oberbürgermeister Fritz Kuhn bei dieser Veranstaltung kommentiert Matthias von Herrmann, Pressesprecher der Parkschützer, wie folgt:
Your comments on mobile platforms, content on YouTube, and posts on Facebook could be censored. Whole websites could even be blocked.
We only have 48hrs before meetings in Ottawa conclude: Let’s raise a loud global call for TPP chief negotiators to back off and save free expression now
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a cease-fire with Hamas is „not even on the agenda,“ as the U.N. Security Council prepared for a special session on the renewed violence.
In a moment of drama, Israel‘s ambassador suddenly played the piercing 15-second siren that warns Israelis to run to bomb shelters to escape rocket attacks to highlight the threat his country faces.
The 15-member body will meet at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday to discuss the violence that is building up to the most serious hostilities between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza since an eight-day war in 2012.
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu at the initiative of the Israeli side.
The parties discussed in detail the sharp deterioration of the situation in the Gaza sector and the south of Israel. The Russian side stressed the need for a speedy termination of the armed confrontation that is leading to numerous casualties among the civilians.
The conversation also covered bilateral contacts and some other issues of mutual interest.
Up to 2 million public sector workers participated in strike action on Thursday in a massive coordinated action against ‘poverty pay’, attacks on pensions, heavy workloads and workplace safety.
The freedom to communicate and to share has entered a new era. The power promised by this freedom, by the Internet, is immense, so much so that it frightens entrenched institutions. Governments, militaries, corporations, banks: They all stand to lose the control they exert over society when information they suppress runs free.
(12. März) Die Rede von Senatorin Dianne Feinstein vor dem Senat der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika über die Sabotage der verfassungsmäßigen Kontrolle des Parlaments über die Central Intelligence Agency durch die Central Intelligence Agency ist vielleicht das Erbärmlichste, was ich in meinem Leben je gesehen und gehört habe. Es ist nicht nur der Offenbarungseid eines Ausnahmezustands, eines über sich selbst und die Welt verhängten Kriegsrechts des mächtigsten Imperiums auf dem Planeten, in seinem Krieg “on terror”, weltweit geführt mit seinen “Einflussgebieten”, “Alliierten”, Ablegern, schlechten Kopien und Kolonien. Es ist der Offenbarungseid seiner bis auf die Knochen korrupten, feigen, abgetakelten, unfähigen Zuträger, Mitwisser, Kollaborateure und Funktionäre.
Der US-Auslandsgeheimdienst soll Teile des Senats ausspioniert haben. Pikant, der Geheimdienstausschuss befasst sich mit Misshandlungen von Terrorverdächtigen in CIA-Gefängnissen.
The Justice Department has decided not to pursue accusations that the CIA spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee and allegations that committee staff slipped classified documents from a secure agency facility, McClatchy has confirmed.
„The department carefully reviewed the matters referred to us and did not find sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal investigation,“ said Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr.
(8. Juli) Kiesewetter:“.. Wir haben in Deutschland eine sehr strenge Trennung zwischen Inlands- und Auslanddiensten, zwischen Bundesverfassungsschutz und Bundesnachrichtendienst. Beide aber kooperieren mit einem Dienst, der diese Grenze aufgehoben hat, nämlich mit der NSA. Das ist das eigentlich Gefährliche. Wir müssen wissen, wie unsere Dienste untereinander kooperieren und welche Informationen sie, vielleicht mithilfe der NSA, untereinander austauschen.“