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Landmines still kill in Europe: Time for an absolute ban  There have been more than 3 000 casualties caused by landmines in Europe in the last ten years. Anti-personnel landmines continue to kill or maim indiscriminately long after wars have finished. They are therefore Power to the People  If you are reading this article, you most likely have electricity and heat at home and never think of that fact as at all remarkable. But over 2 billion people – one in three people WikiLeaks expose extent of Afghan war  The US authorities have been chasing Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, suspecting him of being about to leak classified documents, but last night, the whistle blowing website released 92,000 documents, containing 200,000 pages of Troktiko shuts down after founder murdered  After the murder of Sokratis Giolias, founder of Troktiko news blog on the morning of July 19th, Troktiko blog has submitted what is labelled as its last post online.
Entitled "The last post of Troktiko - Eurozone consumer confidence rises in July 
Consumer confidence in the 16- nation Eurozone improved significantly in July while that of the European Union (EU) also increased, the European Commission said.
According to the flash estimate of the Commission, consumer confidence indicator in The Sahel food crisis: Do we have to wait for deaths?  United Nations agencies have united to issue a joint appeal for more funding to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Africa:
A major food crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region is currently threatening the lives of some Kosovo - Legally independent  he International Court of Justice issued a ruling stating that the fledgling state’s declaration of independence in February 2008 did not violate international law.
The ruling is non-binding, but was seen by Balkan specialists as being British Queen ejects far-right MEPs from garden party  Queen Elizabeth has come under some criticism for inviting British National Party MEPs Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons from a garden party she is hosting at Buckingham Palace. The Palace had sought to quieten criticism Corruption: One step forward for Bulgaria, one step back for Romania  The annual reports into judicial reform and fighting corruption for the two new member states showed that Bulgaria had, “a strong momentum of reform” while Romania suffered from, “important shortcomings”. In particular, the European Commission European Commission drive to make roads safer  European Commission Vice President, Siim Kallas who is also responsible for transport, announced that the Commission intended to make Europe’s roads safer. At present, there are 100 fatalities a day on European roads, the equivalent Economic crisis worsens Ukrainian-Romanian relations  In Bucharest, demonstrations and civil unrest were prompted by the ongoing inability of the authorities of Romania to manage the economic crisis without assistance of International Monetary Fund, which agreed to sponsor the efforts of Ashton calls for relaxing of Gaza border restrictions  Speaking on her current visit to Gaza, Baroness Ashton called for more trade to be allowed through the border, “There are small signs of change in policy to allow goods into Gaza, but we continue Government to boost wheat output The Armenian government statistics unveiled that one third of wheat is grown domestically. The government pledged on to alleviate Armenia’s heavy dependence wheat imports in the next few years by supplying local farmers with new Armenia-EU Inter-parliamentary meeting The working sitting of the Armenia-EU Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Commission chaired Naira Zohrabyan, was recently held in Yerevan. The chairwoman acquainted the members of the Committee about the latest developments in the Armenia-EU relations, Armenia Liberty.org IMF: Economic recovery on rise, risks remain The International Monetary Fund on 9 July completed its sixth review of Georgia’s economy. According to IMF, the economic recovery of Georgia is gaining strength but risks linger as reflected in the reduced inflow of Air force to acquire new missile defense systems Russia’s air force will soon be equipped with the latest S-500 and S-400 ground-to-air missile systems, Commander-in-Chief Alexander Zelin was quoted as saying by the press on 13 July. We will acquire a very significant Russia to ship oil products to Iran Russia said on 13 July it is ready to ship oil products to Iran, after other foreign companies had halted their deliveries to the country in response to a United Nations sanction resolution. Russian companies Food security strategic goal, says Medvedev Russia has everything to become a large player on the international food market and this should be a strategic goal, President Dmitry Medvedev told a State Council meeting held in the southern Belgorod region on German entrepreneurs to invest in Azerbaijan Last month an Azerbaijani delegation consisted of 12 entrepreneurs paid a visit to Germany. The visit was organized by GTZ Program to Support Private Sector, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development, Azerbaijani Export & Investment WB discusses acquisition plans on rail project The World Bank’s mission led by Gerald Olivier completed its visit in Baku on 12 July within Rail Trade and Transport Facilitation Project in Azerbaijan. The project aims to upgrade railway services in Azerbaijan, as Russia’s VTB bank closes branch in Kyrgyzstan Taking into account concerns about security due to political instability in Kyrgyztan, Russia’s second largest bank VTB will close its branch in Kyrgyzstan. The decision was taken by the Bank’s management. One of the employees German and French ministers to visit unrest areas The foreign ministers of Germany and France were expected to personally visit on 16 July the scene of bloody ethnic fighting in Kyrgyzstan that killed an estimated 2,000 people, an aide said in Berlin. They were Baku, Tbilisi discuss regional stability On his recent visit to Azerbaijan, Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. During the meeting, Vashadze evaluated the situation in the South Caucasus region and the future Tashkent, Riga address economic, security issues Latvian Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis recently paid a working visit to Uzbekistan, a government source reported. Uzbekistan is an important partner to Latvia as well as the European Union and NATO, Ronis said at meetings April events to affect tourism Citing the April events which shook the political situation in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz tour operators, hotel owners and the whole business community raised the growing alarm of losses in the tourism sector reaching €150 million, new European Training Foundation expands cooperation A delegation of specialists of the European Training Foundation (ETF) recently paid a visit to Ashgabat. The representatives of the ETF held talks at the ministries of education, economics and development, finance, and the Institute EAEC central bank heads gather in Dushanbe The 22nd session of the council of heads of central (national) banks of member nations of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) was held in Dushanbe on 8-9 July the aim of the session is to OSCE Foreign Ministers meet in Almaty OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev recently hosted an informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers. The one day event was held in Almaty on 16-17 July, Gazeta.kz reported. Around 40 Foreign World Bank give $24.5 million for reform The Government of Tajikistan and the World Bank recently inked an agreement on the Fourth Programmatic Development Policy Grant for Tajikistan. The programme worth $25.4 million was signed by Safarali Najmiddinov, Minister of Finance of WB completes Avian Influenza Control Project Within the framework of the Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project, a World Bank (WB) supervision mission completed its visit to Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan.ru reported. The project aims to strengthen the country’s |
I will give you some ideas for summer thinking and, God willing will resume the discussion late August. Relaxation is More food for thought for the summer and we shall continue with the issue after On December 2006, by Commission Decision, Ierotheos Papadopoulos a low ranking Commission employee, was appointed Troktiko shuts down after founder murdered WikiLeaks expose extent of Afghan war Landmines still kill in Europe: Time for an absolute ban Power to the People There have been more than 3 000 casualties caused by landmines in Europe in the last ten years. Anti-personnel United Nations agencies have united to issue a joint appeal for more funding to prevent Mr Salaam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority visited the European Parliament's budget committee Financial Re-Regulation and Democracy A Greek story that shaped Europe Banks can create and destroy - markets and countries Down with the bankers, loan sharks who swim on the land EU says ok to Greek deficit reduction plan, but some want more cuts to make it work USA: Fifty Years Of 'The Pill' Communicating leadership Iceland creates data haven as WikiLeaks comes under fire Air force to acquire new missile defense systems Russia to ship oil products to Iran Food security strategic goal, says Medvedev Trade and beyond China - Europe: Collaboration |
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