A broad alliance of farmers, ethical consumers, and anti-capitalist activists staged a march through Berlin that numbered up to 50,000, to denounce the proposed TTIP treaty between the US and EU, and mass farming technologies.
Daily Archives: 17. Januar 2015
Wer glaubt, er habe keine schmutzigen AbgrĂŒnde, dem sage ich mit innerer Sicherheit: IHR SEID ALLES POTENTIELLE MINISTER!
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Greece‘s Syriza party widens lead over conservatives: poll
The survey, conducted on Jan. 13-15, showed that Syriza, which is running on a pledge to end austerity policies and renegotiate the country‘s debt, would win 31.2 percent of the vote if the election was held now, versus 28.1 percent for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras‘ New Democracy conservatives.
1,000 paratroopers to deploy to Iraq
There are about 1,600 troops in Iraq now, including the 1st Infantry Division headquarters.
Merkel under intense domestic pressure over anti-Russia policy: Expert
âObviously, the key country is Germany. Chancellor Merkel at this point is still standing more or less with London and Washington, but she is under a lot of domestic pressure as well,â he added.
Lebanon hails ICC bid to probe Israeli war crimes
An official statement released by the Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed optimism that the move would lead to âthe prosecution of Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.â
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil had urged the ICC last year to initiate a probe into the war crimes committed by the Israeli regime forces during their July-August 2014 war on Gaza.
Swedish FM Wallström Blames Israel for Over-reacting to Recognition of Palestine, Cancelled Visit
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said that Israel is over-reacting to the recognition of Palestine and that Israelâs rhetoric directed against those States who recognized Palestine had crossed all limits. Wallström cancelled a scheduled visit to Tel Aviv earlier this week citing âscheduling problemsâ.
Watch: US racial justice activists rally for Palestine in Nazareth
A group of activists for racial justice from communities of color in the United States have released a video filmed in Nazareth in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against Israeli „apartheid.“
Denied visa by Israel, UN rights expert cancels visit to Palestine
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes, and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, had been invited on a fact-finding mission by the Palestinian Authority to „obtain first-hand understanding of issues related to violence against women“ from Jan. 19-29, 2015.
Obama und Cameron einigen sich auf Fortsetzung der Sanktionen gegen Russland
Die Sanktionen riskieren, zu einer Auseinandersetzung in der EuropĂ€ischen Union zu fĂŒhren, nachdem sowohl Deutschland als auch Frankreich sich vor kurzem fĂŒr ein Ende der Sanktionen ausgesprochen haben und der deutsche Vizekanzler den BefĂŒrwortern von Sanktionen vorwarf, ohne guten Grund Sanktionen zu fordern.
Edathy-AffĂ€re: Weitere Genossen sollen frĂŒhzeitig informiert gewesen sein
In geheimer Runde offenbarte der SPD-Politiker die Namen von fĂŒnf Personen, die seiner Darstellung zufolge schon im SpĂ€therbst 2013 von den drohenden Ermittlungen gegen ihn wegen des Besitzes von Kinderpornografie wussten.
Der Verfall der saudi-arabischen Monarchie: Comeback der antiken GrenzwÀlle
Staatsgebilde, die sich durch SchutzwĂ€lle vor Ă€usseren EinflĂŒssen abschotten, sind ein Anachronismus und von Auflösung gekennzeichnet.
FĂŒr Freunde des gepflegten Eiertanzes und GenieĂer von hilflosem Herumgestammel liefert Tilo Jung Nachschub.
Er fragt in der Bundespressekonferenz u.a., ob wir jetzt den Blasphemie-Paragraphen abschaffen, ob die „GefĂ€hrder“ eigentlich alle Muslime sind, was eigentlich ein PhĂ€nomenbereich ist, und ob die Bundesregierung auch gerne Ende-zu-Ende-Krypto abschaffen wĂŒrde.
Greek media: All four Greek systemic banks ask for ELA funding
A third bank, Piraeus Bank, requested for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) on Friday, after the Eurobank and Alpha bank, Greek media report on Saturday. Citing sources from the banking sector, Greek media report that all four systemic Greek banks have submitted requests for ELA funding from the Europeran Central Bank, either on their own initiative or on the initiative of the Bank of Greece.
Fitch revised Greeceâs outlook to negative, due to Syriza?
Huh? I was told that Greeceâs economy was recovering. Everybody has been saying that: the Greek coalition government, our Troika lenders, our EU partners, even our German ones. Apparently Greeceâs recovery has been very fragile, a âgiantâ on shaking feet, a card-house built on sand that would be a risk to collapse, should a left-wing party win the upcoming elections. Therefore, ratings agency Fitch revised Greeceâs outlook to negative.
SYRIZA candidate claims: âWeâll print âŹ100 billion, if ECB stops fundsâ
âThe emergency ELA will be activated and we can print at the Bank of Greece up to 100 billion euro.â
Asked if this the position of SYRIZA, Makri claimed âthis is what we will do, it is provided by the eurozone Treatyâ.
Russland hat keinen Bock mehr, dass bei Erdgasdurchleitungen durch die Ukraine immer die HĂ€lfte auf der Strecke „verloren geht“ und will dann halt jetzt nicht mehr durch die Ukraine Gas verkaufen.
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There is no pride for Jews in the state of Israel
As an American Jew, I, likely similar to most non-Israeli Jews, reacted with scorn upon hearing Netanyahuâs exhortation that Jews will always feel ashamed of their identity outside of their ânatural homeland.â
âItâs the political problem Black bodies pose for the US state and Palestinian bodies pose for the Israeli state‘: NYC panel looks at militarized policing in the US and Israel
The New York chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace and the Weaving the Fabric of Diversity at the First Unitarian Congregational Society Brooklyn co-hosted a panel last night with Dr. Robyn Spencer, an assistant professor of history at Lehman College and curator of the Black on Palestine website, and Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian American activist and the director of the Arab American Association of New York, on the connections of militarized policing between the US and Israel. The panel was held one day after a press conference hosted by a coalition of over fifty groups, including JVP, in opposition to the New York City Councilâs upcoming delegation to Israel and the US-Israel military/police relationship.
Azerbaijani Armed Forces reps to take part in military drills in Turkey
Representatives of Azerbaijani Armed Forces will participate in bilateral and multilateral joint military drills with the participation of representatives of the Armed Forces of Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan in 2015, said the message of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Jan.16.
Georgia to participate in EU advisers mission in Ukraine
Georgia will join the EU advisers mission in Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Tamar Beruchashvili said Jan.16 at a lecture at the Ilia State University.
Renzi warns PD it will take blame for presidential failure
Premier Matteo Renzi told a meeting of his centre-left Democratic Party (PD) that it will take the blame if the upcoming vote for a new president results in a stalemate like the one that led to Giorgio Napolitano‘s re-election in 2013.
Worldâs largest oil service company cuts 9,000 jobs on low oil prices
The worldâs largest oil service company Schlumberger will cut 9,000 jobs in response to lower oil prices and a reduction in anticipated exploration and production by oil companies, a representative from the company told Sputnik Thursday.
Jean-Pierre Gorges, French Parliament‘s Lone Voice for Peace
I know little to nothing about Jean-Pierre Gorges, other than that he is a member of the French National Assembly and that he alone, out of 502 lawmakers, voted against expanding France‘s participation in the US-led war against Islamic State militants.
Who gets paid without working? Our esteemed Greek MPsâŠ.
Three hundred members of the Greek Parliament received their January salary despite the fact that the Parliament was formally closed on December 31st due to proclaimed elections on January 25th. Three hundred MPs saw their parliamentary allowance of 5,500 euro net (âŹ7,000 gross) being credited in their bank accounts, despite the fact that they will not work throughout January and some of them they will not manage to enter the Parliament ever again.
Musicians Union Threatens To Expel Composer If He Doesn‘t Pay Fine For Unapproved Videogame Work
Last summer, the American Federation of Musicians hit videogame composer Austin Wintory (Monaco, Journey) with a $50,000 fine for working on The Banner Saga in violation of its (nonexistent) game music contract. Thanks to the union‘s own stubbornness and greed, none of its members were allowed to compose music for videogames. A contract put together in 2012 without the input of AFM‘s members was so skewed towards the union that no videogame producers were willing to agree to it. (It wasn‘t until 2014 that Microsoft agreed to the terms of AFM‘s revamped contract. It remains the sole company to do so.)
Bookies see Prodi as next president
Foreign bookies are busy taking bets on who is to be the next president of Italy after Giorgio Napolitano stepped down Wednesday, sources said Thursday.
Napolitano goes to work at Senate office
Giorgio Napolitano went to work at his office in the Senate on Thursday, the day after he resigned as Italian president, the Upper House‘s press office said in a statement.
Lawsuit Says Caltech Provost And Others Ignored Israeli Spying
The lawsuit is by a distinguished physicist named Dr. Sandra Troian, who was recruited from Princeton, has won numerous scientific awards, and serves on national and international scientific boards. In her suit Dr. Troian says that an Israeli postdoctoral student blatantly violated US laws and transmitted information on potential space technology to Israel.
Interview mit dem Online-Journalist Daniel Neun
Wohin kanalisieren die EuropĂ€er die aktuellen Entwicklungen (Attentate, Bewegungen, AuĂenpolitik usw.) in der Welt? Welche Rolle hat Deutschland in dem Weltkrieg, der schon lĂ€ngst begonnen hat? Auf welche weise wird die Kontrolle ĂŒber die Menschen ĂŒbernommen? Was erwartet uns in der nĂ€chsten Jahrzehnten? Diese und andere Themen besprechen wir mit dem freien Online-Journalist Daniel Neun.
Arab states endorse new Palestinian move at U.N. Security Council
A committee including Jordan will be formed to make consultations to mobilize international support for the -reintroduction of a new resolution, Arab foreign ministers said in a statement after their extraordinary meeting in Cairo.
The resolution will call for an end to the Israeli occupation and the completion of a final settlement, it said.
ICC opens war crimes inquiry into Israel over Gaza war as Palestinians prepare another UN resolution
The Palestinians did have an offer from France and the United Kingdom to allow them to submit a resolution on their behalf, which was widely regarded as having a better chance of success at the Security Council. Yet they are again looking to Jordan, the Arab partner on the Security Council, to submit their resolution. Khatib said the new draft will not have any substantive changes. Right now the leaders are discussing with the Arab league ways to âstrengthen the languageâ and close âloopholes,â he added.
UN failing to show leadership over Israel/Palestine, NZ says
NZ‘s representative has lashed out, saying the council has failed to show leadership and is abdicating its responsibilities.
Spokesman Jim McLay told 20 member states in New York that the council needs to do much more over the conflict that has lasted more than 60 years.
He said a two-state solution is the most realistic – an independent state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
Israel extremely aggressive towards Palestinians – Swedenâs FM
Wallstrom underlined that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be implemented „while it is still possible“, adding: “I am for Israel, I am for Palestine“.
Swedish FM says Israel irritating allies over Palestine recognition
„It is unacceptable how they have been talking about us and everybody else,“ Margot Wallstrom said in an interview in daily Dagens Nyheter. „It has irritated not only us, but the Americans and everyone who has anything to do with them right now.“