In October, Egyptian armed forces began evicting thousands of families from their homes along the border with the Gaza Strip. These evictions were a violation of international human rights laws.
The intention was to widen the buffer zone with Gaza and strengthen the siege that is strangulating the region.
Sisi is not only guilty of terrorising his own population but is complicit with Israel in terrorising the Gazans.
Mansour is not an isolated case, and while 70 journalists languish in Egyptian jails, Western democracies turn a blind eye to the countless freedoms, which it so desperately claims to champion, being violated by Egypt. Once again, economic and political gains have trumped moral authority.
According to Spanish Judge Fernando Andreu Merelles, who has initiated litigation against Karake at The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), the intelligence chief is guilty of ordering the murder of Rwandan politicians and court witnesses — including a number of foreign nationals — in the period between 1992 and 1994.
Former arrogant colonial power and conqueror, then sovereignist Gaullist Republic, France is now relegated to the status of American sub-colony whose independence and national interests are routinely violated and trampled, as much by the stateless and spineless leaders in Paris, repeatedly guilty of the crime of high treason (abolished, thankfully for them), as by the imperial hawks in Washington.
In December last year, Russian citizens launched a petition seeking to prevent the passing of the Internet Tax law, claiming it would force the majority of internet users to pay for content that they never download or use. At the same time, the country’s major internet providers wrote an open letter to President Vladimir Putin asking him to block the bill as it violated the constitutional right for private correspondence, and also the norms of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Once again, SpaceX has audaciously attempted to land a rocket in the middle of the ocean, and once again, something went horribly wrong. Unlike the first two tries earlier this year, this one didn’t make it to the ground, not even close.
Here comes yet another drone-zapping laser: A German missile manufacturer built this Death Star-like beam to protect world leaders. And it works, too: in a field test, it took down a mini-drone in three seconds flat.
Constantly attracting a significant amount of foreign air arms, Anatolian Eagle, a medium-scale exercise held at Konya airbase, in central Turkey, has become a high-tech exercise that gives participating units the opportunity to assess their capabilities and readiness for war, to improve multinational cooperation, and to test new weapons systems: some extremely important tasks, especially for nations such as Turkey which face increasing instability, pressure and threats along their borders.
Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa leads the exercise in coordination with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, bringing together a joint-task force to integrate the international coalition of Moroccan, U.S., U.K., German, Belgium, Netherlands, Mauritanian and Senegalese armed forces. The international coalition in Tifnit is just one piece of the exercise that spans from Ben Guerir in the north to port of Agadir and south to the desert training area of Tan Tan. (3.Juni 2015)
For many analysts, there is a goal for the recent sharpening of this dialogue. They argue that the electoral rhetoric used by Republicans and Democrats is aimed at diverting public attention from the severe structural failures of the American economic system and their impact on the social condition of the population. The central theme for the coming campaign seems thus to have been decided upon consensually among the contenders. Foreign policy and issues specifically concerning countries many Americans would have difficulty locating on a map will be the focus of the campaigns. However, this is nothing new to American politics. The theme will unsurprisingly be Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Al Qaida, and ISIS. The consensus requires that contestants not mention that the explosive situation in this part of the world is essentially of the making of the United States itself.
Wie „Reuters“ berichtet, versammelt Kanzlerin Angela Merkel am Montag Mittag (29.) „wegen der Zuspitzung der Schuldenkrise“ die „Fraktionsspitzen“ der Bundestagsparteien im Kanzleramt. Thema soll
„die Frage sein, wie sich die deutsche Politik auf die wahrscheinliche Zahlungsunfähigkeit Griechenlands einstellen soll“
Damit wird ein weiteres, vom Grundgesetz nicht vorgesehenes „Eilverfahren“ wahrscheinlich. In derartigen „Eilverfahren“ wurden bereits eine ganze Reihe von finanziellen und militärischen Blitzgesetzen durch Bundestag und Bundesrat gejagt – mit der dafür notwendigen Zustimmung aller Fraktionen, auch seitens „Die Linke“ und „Bündnis 90/Die Grünen“.
28.06.2015 - 16:44 [ Alexis Tsipras, Ministerpräsident der Hellenischen Republik / Twitter ]
Argentina has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to foreign drilling companies operating in the vicinity of Falklands / Malvinas Islands, saying they have failed to obtain the necessary permissions from Buenos Aires to conduct exploration.(…)
The five companies mentioned are: Premier Oil Plc, Rockhopper Exploration Plc, Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, Noble Energy Inc and Edison International Spa. Three of them are UK based, one is American and the fifth is French-owned, based in Italy.
The unprecedented meeting would be a significant step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, which split in the Great Schism of 1054.
(26.Juni) Der SPÖ-interne Gegenwind für den Parteivorsitzenden Werner Faymann wird rauer. Als Ergebnis des „Rettungskongresses“ am vergangenen Sonntag hat sich nun eine parteiinterne Plattform namens „Kompass“ als „Gegenbewegung“ gegründet und wirbt bei den Mitgliedern um Mitarbeit. Sprachrohr ist der Traiskirchner Bürgermeister Andreas Babler, der die Initiative gestern in einer Aussendung vorstellte.
(26.Juni) Palästina hat einen weiteren Schritt in Richtung seiner völkerrechtlichen Anerkennung als Staat gemacht. Der Vatikan hat am heutigen Freitag ein erstes diplomatisches Abkommen mit dem „Staat Palästina“ unterzeichnet und sich in diesem Zusammenhang auch für eine Zwei-Staaten-Lösung im Nahost-Konflikt ausgesprochen.
Er hatte sich nichts zuschulden kommen lassen und saß dennoch zwei Tage in einem Berliner Gefängnis. Die deutschen Behörden haben bei der Festnahme des arabischen Journalisten Ahmed Mansour nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Rechtsgrundsätze missachtet.
Kuwaiti authorities have identified the suicide bomber behind an attack on a Shia mosque that killed 27 people as a Saudi citizen who arrived in the country just hours before he blew himself up.
The interior ministry named the bomber as Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa and said he was born in 1992. It said in a statement carried by the official Kuwait News Agency that he arrived on a flight to Kuwait International airport at dawn on Friday.
A senior Israeli diplomat made a rare trip to Egypt on Sunday to discuss how to re-launch peace talks with the Palestinians, which have been stalled since last year.(…)
The Israeli foreign ministry and MENA portrayed Gold‘s visit as routine, saying it stemmed from his recent appointment to his post as director-general.
Edmar Castaneda is the sort of musician who isn‘t afraid to challenge the established order. He‘s carving out a place for himself in Latin jazz on an instrument you don‘t often hear in his chosen genre: the Colombian harp. He‘s adapted intricate traditional fingerpicking techniques to play jazz melodies along with the Afro-Cuban tumbao (bass line). As you can see and hear for yourself in this Tiny Desk Concert, he can switch between rural Colombian dance music and jazz with a twist of his wrist. Literally.
http://www.edmarcastaneda.com/
Der Bundeskanzler war in der ORF-Pressestunde etwas gelassener als tags zuvor im Ö1-Mittagsjournal, wo er deutlich genervt war von den Fragen des Interviewers. Zweifel an seiner Performance hat Werner Faymann jedoch auch im 55 Minuten-Liveinterview nicht zerstreuen können.
“I have said many times before and I will say it again today, no deal is better than a bad deal. There are red lines that we cannot cross and some very difficult decisions and tough choices are going to have to be made by all of us,” he said.
Die Atomgespräche in Wien werden nach Angaben des Sprechers der iranischen Delegation über die Frist des 30. Juni hinaus verlängert. „Da noch viel Arbeit zu tun bleibt, werden die Delegationen über den 1. Juli hinaus in Wien bleiben, um die Verhandlungen fortzusetzen, um ein gutes globales Ergebnis zu erreichen“, sagte der Sprecher heute.
Bereits am Montag soll er wieder nach Österreich zurückkehren.
„Die Angelegenheit ist sehr, sehr sensibel und von größter Bedeutung für die Zukunft des Landes. Daher muss Zarif hier Rücksprache halten“, so ein iranischer Diplomat gegenüber der APA.
28.06.2015 - 12:50 [ Außenministerium der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ]
(27.Juni) QUESTION: Are you optimistic you will get an agreement?
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I think it’s fair to say that we’re hopeful. We have a lot of hard work to do. We have some very tough issues, and I think we all look forward to getting down to the final effort here to see whether or not a deal is possible. I think that everybody would like to see an agreement, but we have to work through some difficult issues.
FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIF: Well, I agree. I agree maybe not on the issues, but on the fact that we need to work really hard in order to be able to make progress and move forward. We’re determined to do everything we can in order to be able to make this important milestone, but that depends on a lot of things and we’re going to work on them.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday in Vienna with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, their third encounter since Saturday.
As gaps remained between all sides in the talks, Zarif planned to return to Tehran for 24 hours for consultations with Iran‘s leadership ahead of the June 30 deadline for a deal.
“We have a lot of hard work to do. We have some very tough issues, and I think we all look forward to getting down to the final effort here to see whether or not a deal is possible,” Kerry told reporters in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Saturday.
“I think that everybody would like to see an agreement, but we have to work through some difficult issues,” he said.
“Do not think that Iran needs a deal. We welcome an agreement, but I do not let you think that if you exert more pressure, Iran will tolerate. Do not make Iran withdraw from the talks and do not make it follow its nuclear path more speedily,” Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian Parliament said.
– ECB takes note of decision on Greek referendum and the non-prolongation of the EU adjustment programme
– ECB will work closely with Bank of Greece to maintain financial stability
– Emergency liquidity assistance maintained at Friday’s (26 June 2015) level
– Governing Council stands ready to review decision
G- overning Council closely monitoring situation and potential implications for monetary policy stance
Der Bedingungen und der Preis waren – für den Investor – bestens, als die Stadt das Areal am Alten Schlachthof 2011 verkaufte. Jetzt sollen dem noch einmal hunderttausende an Steuergeldern hinterher geworfen werden.
Jeder Artikel, der von der „Rettung“ Griechenlands spricht, richtet moralisch. An solcher Berichterstattung zeigt sich, wie manipulativ ein Journalismus agiert, der vor allem von deutschen Interessen handelt.
(11.Juni 2013) Die Ersparnis des gesamten Staates ist noch höher als für den Bund, der für rund die Hälfte aller Staatsschulden verantwortlich ist.
Den Großteil der restlichen Schulden tragen Bundesländer und Kommunen. «Es wäre nicht legitim, die Entlastung einfach zu verdoppeln, aber die Zinsersparnisse von Ländern und Kommunen sind doch erheblich», sagte Boysen-Hogrefe der «Welt»:
(23.April 2015) Der Bund hat zwischen 2008 und 2015 fast 100 Milliarden Euro Zinskosten eingespart. Dies geht laut „Welt“ aus einer Antwort des Bundesfinanzministeriums auf eine Anfrage der Grünen hervor. „Die Einsparungen machen deutlich: Die gute Situation im Bundeshaushalt ist vor allem das Ergebnis glücklicher Umstände und nicht etwa von guter Arbeit“, sagte der haushaltspolitische Sprecher der Grünen, Sven-Christian Kindler.
„Die EZB und nicht die Bundesregierung ist hauptverantwortlich für die Fortschritte bei der Haushaltskonsolidierung.“
(3.Juni 2015) Der französische Politiker kehrte im vergangen Februar die von Redakteuren gestellte Frage, wie viel die französischen Steuerzahler eine griechische Annullierung der Verschuldung kosten werde, um und vertrat dagegen, die griechische Verschuldung fülle die Kassen des französischen Staates, und meinte: „Bevor wir darüber sprechen, was die Nichtabzahlung der Verschuldung kostet, sollten wir vielleicht darüber reden, was die griechische Verschuldung den französischen Steuerbehörden einbringt. Wir sprechen von 2 Mrd. Euro an Einnahmen seit 2010 aus den Staatsanleihen und Zinsen.„
(3.Januar 2013) Frankreich profitiert derzeit davon, dass Anleger in der Euroschuldenkrise das Vertrauen in Staaten wie Spanien und Italien verloren haben.
(18.Juni) Two officials said that during the meeting, Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem asked ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure if Greek banks would be able to open tomorrow.
Coeure answered: „Tomorrow, yes. Monday, I don‘t know.“
28.06.2015 - 10:45 [ Dr.Klaus von Anderen / Twitter ]
There are already calls from the group of countries around Germany to cut off aid to the Greek banks today, triggering the collapse of its banking system.
Der EZB-Rat kann mit Zweidrittelmehrheit eine Beschränkung von ELA-Operationen beschließen, wenn diese nicht mit den Zielen und Aufgaben des Eurosystems vereinbar sind.
10.44am 10:44
William Hill stops taking Grexit bets
William Hill, the UK bookmaker, has refused to accept any more bets on Greece leaving the eurozone, after a flood of wagers on an early Grexit.
Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe says:
‘The only option people want to back at the moment is that Grexit will happen this year and we can no longer hope to balance the market so we have decided to pull the plug’
The European Central Bank should not cut off support to Greek banks even if the country misses a June 30 deadline for debt repayments it cannot afford to make, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday
„The European Central Bank is independent, but I don‘t doubt it will assume its responsibilities,“ Valls said in an interview broadcast on Europe 1 radio. „I don‘t think it can cut off support, to put it another way.“
(21.Juni) Im Schuldendrama um Griechenland geht Österreichs Finanzminister Hans Jörg Schelling davon aus, dass die griechischen Banken am morgigen Montag öffnen. „Ich glaube sagen zu können, ja“, sagte Schelling in der ORF-Pressestunde am Sonntag. Er sehe auch in den nächsten Tagen kein Problem, sagte er. Wichtig sei, dass die EZB die Banken weiter finanziere, solange diese nicht insolvent sind.