Daily Archives: 13. Dezember 2018


13.12.2018 - 22:59 [ Trend.az ]

Lenovo supplying data storage systems for Azintelecom

Lenovo has started supplying data storage systems to Azintelecom LLC of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan, Director General of Lenovo Global Technology Russia and the CIS Dmitry Parshin said at a conference dedicated to the launch of the first corporate blockchain platform Dec. 13, Trend reports.

13.12.2018 - 22:39 [ Trend.az ]

Afghanistan sends its cargo to Azerbaijan via Turkmenistan

A test motorcade carrying cargo has been sent from Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, to be delivered by land through Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing a source close to the transport industry of Turkmenistan.

President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani took part in the launching ceremony of a transport corridor allowing Afghanistan to enter global markets bypassing the traditional Pakistani direction.

13.12.2018 - 17:34 [ teleSUR ]

Mothers of Argentina‘s Disappeared March to Keep Memory Alive

The Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo gather Thursday for the „March of the Resistance“ in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They march for justice for those disappeared during Argentina‘s dictatorship.

13.12.2018 - 17:18 [ teleSUR ]

Colombia: Students Mobilize to Protest Murder of Social Leaders

As part of a strike that began on Oct. 11, Colombian university students mobilize to reject violence against social leaders and rights defenders.

13.12.2018 - 17:04 [ Portal amerika2.de ]

USA schließen Büro in Havanna

In einem Interview hatte der Nationale Sicherheitsberater des Weißen Hauses, John Bolton, kürzlich geäußert, Kuba, Nicaragua und Venezuela seien eine „Troika der Tyrannei“ und gedroht: „Der Tag der Abrechnung erwartet sie”.

13.12.2018 - 16:43 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Alles oder nichts

Unter dem Druck faktisch unerfüllbarer Forderungen Berlins und der EU für den Brexit ist am gestrigen Dienstag die Regierungskrise in London eskaliert. Nur knapp ist es Premierministerin Theresa May gelungen, sich trotz eines Misstrauensvotums im Amt zu halten.

13.12.2018 - 12:52 [ Spiked ]

‘It’s time for the people to take power’

Huge stop-and-search operations were undertaken to prevent so-called casseurs (violent hooligans) from joining the protests. I was searched six times before I could get anywhere close to the Champs Élysees.

The gilets jaunes who made it through the gauntlet of gendarmes were largely in good spirits when I arrived, at various points chanting ‘Macron resign!’ and singing La Marseillaise.

13.12.2018 - 12:36 [ Fullfact.org ]

Did a majority of Conservative and Labour constituencies vote to leave in the EU referendum?

These estimates show that while the national result of the referendum was relatively close, with 52% voting Leave and 48% voting Remain, a much larger majority of parliamentary seats voted to Leave – with 64% of seats in Great Britain voting Leave. (This is likely due to the uneven distribution of Remain voters, who tended to cluster in large cities, while Leave voters were more evenly spread.)

According to these estimates, around 75% of constituencies that were won by the Conservatives in the 2017 general election voted to Leave, while around 61% of Labour constituencies voted to Leave. All seats won by the Scottish National Party and the Green Party, and a majority of the seats won by the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, voted to Remain.

13.12.2018 - 12:32 [ The'Nimr'Tiger / Twitter ]

Macron‘s hired thugs. These guys are more brutal than riot police. We‘ve seen them beat protesters including kids and women. They‘re the one to be wary of #YellowVests #Paris

13.12.2018 - 12:27 [ Matthew Karnitschnig / politico.eu ]

The rise and fall of Macron’s European revolution

For years, Berlin watched with growing frustration (bordering on panic) as both Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande failed to enact serious reforms in the face of the country’s increasingly difficult economic situation.
Macron knew that to succeed in Europe, he would have to win over Germany and the only way to do that is to fix France. The precipitous decline in his standing at home over the past year, culminating in the “uprising” by the Yellow Jackets, has robbed Macron of the legitimacy he needs on the European stage.

13.12.2018 - 12:19 [ Green-Leaves.org ‏/ Twitter ]

Did we really just watch the @theresa_may thank #torymps for their vote of ‚Confidence‘? ‚Confidence‘? Does anyone feel more confident as a result of this?! #justleave

13.12.2018 - 12:17 [ Green Leaves / groupspaces.com ]

E-mail: GreenLeaves meeting on Sunday 16th in London

Dear all

I am very concerned about the latest moves in the Commons. There is a strong call for a Deal, even if that means mortgaging our future so completely to the EU that it would perhaps be worse than remaining in the EU as full members. Meanwhile there was a call from our ex-leader Caroline Lucas MP yesterday that demanded a referendum choice between Deal or Remain.

I want to test opinion within the Greenleaves group about how we should pitch our opposition to these two proposals. I would potentially be available to run a meeting on Sunday afternoon in central London.

13.12.2018 - 12:13 [ Jenny Jones / theGuardian.com ]

The EU is an outsized behemoth beyond reform – the Green case for Brexit

(8.6.2016) Why do I disagree with so many of my colleagues, on this matter? Well, let me start by noting that I agree with the Green party’s assessment that the EU is in need of wholesale reform; I just don’t believe that it is reformable. Even if it is reformable, many of the reforms that others have made or are pushing for make it worse, as has been argued. So while I agree with the Green party’s quite negative analysis of the EU as it is, I just can’t support the idea that we must stay in to reform it.

13.12.2018 - 12:01 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Bad news for Theresa May‘s Brussels trip as EU leaders will give her only 10 minutes of their time

The European Union is poised to reject Theresa May’s demands for “legally binding assurances” that the Irish backstop will only ever be temporary, senior EU diplomats have told The Telegraph.

13.12.2018 - 11:50 [ Sky News Breaking / Twitter ]

Former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith tells Sky News the prime minister should tell the EU „if you want a deal you‘d better damn well step up to the plate“

13.12.2018 - 11:33 [ Mirror.co.uk ]

Theresa May jets to Brussels wounded as Tory Brexiteers demand her downfall

It‘s the morning after the fight before. War-torn Tories are nursing a political hangover fit for Christmas – as Theresa May begs 27 EU leaders for a „legally binding“ solution to her Brexit deal

13.12.2018 - 11:27 [ theSun.co.uk ]

Fears no-confidence vote against Theresa May has started a historic break up of the Tory Party as Brexiteers and PM’s supporters clash

One minister said he couldn‘t see how the party could ‚put the jigsaw back together‘ after the vote

13.12.2018 - 11:20 [ Spiked ]

This is the death of the Tory Party as we knew it

Theresa May’s survival speaks to the stasis and cowardice of the Conservative establishment.

13.12.2018 - 11:15 [ New York Times ]

Theresa May and the Conservative Will to Power

it might ultimately break the party apart, with some members coalescing around a nationalist, even populist, alternative while their less strident colleagues join a putative “centrist” party committed to a more moderate, more open style of politics. Aren’t we, then, looking at a truly existential threat to the world’s oldest, and arguably most successful, party?

13.12.2018 - 05:56 [ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ]

Pilot seriously injured after military jet crash off Hawaii

The pilot had been participating in a military exercise called Sentry Aloha, which was temporarily suspended after the crash. The Hawaii Air National Guard was hosting the exercise, which involved about 800 personnel and 30 aircraft from nine states.