Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the RF Code of Administrative Offenses into law, including a new article establishing liability for the violation of mandatory requirements for the labeling of food products that contain GMOs.
Daily Archives: 3. Januar 2015
Emanuel poised to announce plans for land acquisition for presidential library
Friends of the Parks President Cassandra Francis emphasized in a letter she and top board members sent to the president on Dec. 30 that the foundation very much wants the Obama library and museum in Chicago – but not “in a park or public open space.”
Maduro kritisiert US-Sanktionen als Unverschämtheit
US-Präsident Barack Obama liege falsch. Er verstehe nicht, was in der Region passiere. Ebenfalls stellte Maduro die Resolution des Europäischen Paraments infrage, mit der sich die Politiker in die internen Verhältnisse Venezuelas einmischten.
Govt to tackle head-on claims it is unfair and say borrowing against our kids is the most unfair act of all
Former Howard government Minister Peter Reith has attacked Tony Abbott for „not lifting a finger“ on industrial relations and job creation, as the federal government attempts to reset the economic debate about the fairness of its budget.
Second Sydney airport may threaten Blue Mountains‘ World Heritage status
The world scrutiny comes as the Abbott government has been accused of a „sneaky“ attempt to avoid World Heritage impacts being considered as part of the environmental approval for the 24-hour airport.
Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East
For a moment, four years ago, it seemed that dictators in the Middle East would soon be a thing of the past.
Rail ticket: Passengers face yet another wallet-busting rise in fare prices
“We’ve ended up with slower trains and higher fares than countries who have kept their trains in public hands.”
A study comparing tickets in Britain to similar journeys on state-owned networks on the continent showed how far privatised rail lags behind.
German firms hurting over Russia bans: Poll
The survey published on Friday by the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce showed 58 percent of the German firms polled said they had been affected by West’s punitive measures against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
In addition, 36 percent said they expected to cancel projects due to the situation in Russia amid the bans.
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Source: next meeting on Ukraine in „Normandy format“ likely to be held in Berlin on Monday
On Friday, the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France discussed in a phone conversation the assistance to a process of peaceful settlement in Ukraine’s southeast and a schedule of further contacts.
Ukrainian Nazis Pay Private Military Company Academi (formerly Blackwater) for Training, Russian Report
The S.N.A. derived from “the Social Nationalist Party of Ukraine,” whose name was derived from the National Socialist Party of Germany — the original Nazis. America’s CIA hides its longstanding support of nazis after World War II (see this and this), but the Bushes and Obama have continued it even decades after the Soviet Union and its communism ended. Consequently, in 2004, the Social Nationalist Party of Ukraine was advised by the CIA to, and it did, change its name to the “Freedom Party,” or “Svoboda,” because that sounds better to Americans.
US-Trained Afghan Army Behind Deadly Attack on Wedding Party
The U.S.-trained Afghan army was responsible for a New Year’s Eve attack on a wedding party that killed as many as two dozen people including women and children, local officials have said.
Obama administration: North Koreans probably not responsible for Sony Hack, but hey, let‘s sanction them anyway
In what looks to many in the information security community like a bizarre face-saving gesture with little basis in reality, the Obama administration today announced new sanctions on 10 senior North Korean officials and several organizations.
Mercedes Benz‘s plant in Tiaret, promising project for Algeria`s mechanical engineering industry
The plant, inaugurated by the Lieutenant General, Ahmed Gaid Salah, Deputy Minister for National Defence, Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army (ANP), is part an Algerian-German-Emirati investment project meant to ensure training of the Algerian workforce in this area.
I`m sooooo green: The Beginner`s Guide to Krautrock
‚We’re not musicians, we are universal dilettantes‘
Source: Next meeting on Ukraine likely to be held in Berlin on Monday
`Now essence and organizational moments of political directors’ meeting in ‘the Normandy format’ on resolving Ukraine’s crisis is being worked out,´ he told TASS. “There exists understanding that it will be held in Berlin on January 5.”
Justizministerium prüft deutsche Einrichtung
(30.Dezember) Das russische Justizministerium prüft die Petersburger nichtkommerzielle Organisation „Deutsch-Russischer Austausch“. Es geht hierbei um die Prüfung der Notwendigkeit der Eintragung dieser Organisation in das Register „Ausländischer Agent“.
20 Scottish firms to close every week in 2015
Falling consumer demand, geopolitical instability, financial uncertainty, and the prospect of interest rate rises are collectively causing concern, according to Jackson. As Scottish households continue to face a rising cost of living amid frozen wages, Scots‘ financial insecurity is compounded, he warns.
Hollande´s supertax on rich goes out quietly in France
The final nail in the coffin came from the former investment banker who is now France‘s economic minister, Emmanuel Macron. A former economic adviser to Hollande, Macron described the supertax as „Cuba without the sun“.
Venezuela wants to expand relations with Brazil
During a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff Friday (Jan 2), Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the two governments intend to expand cooperation in such areas as industry and technology, both on a bilateral level and within Mercosur.
Foreign companies buying Africa‘s fertile land
(10.Dezember) More than 60 million hectares of land that belongs to 80% of Africa are quietly being exchanged hands through sales and rentals under the smokescene of political instability and terror crises.
How Western media covered the Moscow Navalny protest
Because you see, Western reports didn’t seem to think any of this was worth mentioning. Nada. Zilch.
They instead hailed him as some sort of anti-Putin, liberal freedom-fighter.
I wonder have they bothered to research him at all, or are they just too excited by the prospect of a Moscow coup to put their journalist hats on and actually do some work?
Palestinians lost the diplomatic battle, not the war
Op-ed: While the rejection of the Palestinian appeal to the Security Council does contain a diplomatic achievement for Israel, isn‘t it just a case of delaying the inevitable?
Malaysia takes place in United Nation Security Council
With the start of a new year, the five new countries — Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Spain — have begun their two-year term, replacing Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, South Korea and Rwanda.
Despite U.S. opposition, Venezuela assumes seat on U.N. Security Council
Venezuela‘s candidacy did not face any rivals from Latin American and Caribbean countries and received 181 votes among the 193 U.N. members.
But the election of Venezuela was criticized by the United States…
Abbas mulls another UN Security Council bid for Palestinian state
According to the Wafa news agency, Rudeineh said that “President Mahmoud Abbas instructed Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malaki and Palestine’s ambassadors and representatives in the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and the African Union to appeal to governments who either opposed or abstained in the vote to support an end to occupation.”
Israel hat mehr zu verlieren
Käme es zu Ermittlungen des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs im Nahostkonflikt, hätten beide Seiten viel zu befürchten. Israel allerdings mehr als die Palästinenser. Dem Land droht womöglich die internationale Isolation.