President Obama toured the Gulf Coast and surveyed the ecological disaster to reassure the residents amid rising complaints and frustration.
He also warned the residents to expect a lengthy clean up. He said that situation needs to be dealt immediately and deserves a response which is equal to the task.
The officials expressed that the process is [...]
In the beginning, laws were about laying the Republic’s infrastructure. As it gets matured over the years, laws reflected the sophistication of its superstructure. If the law passed in the early years was meant to realize the basic promise of holding free and fare elections. The evolution of laws tells us its own tale about [...]
The White house has announced on Monday, President Barack Obama’s venture into sprucing up the U.S. congressional spending bills through a new proposal to the Congress. “Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010” will substantially lower the U.S. budget deficit.
The president’s proposal which awaits approval from the congress will be helpful in dealing with the budgetary [...]
Russian Presidency intends to toughen penalties for acts of corruption, proposing confiscation of corrupt officials’ assets.
According to the newspaper “Vedemosti, the head of the Russian Presidential Chancellery, Sergei Narişkin, asked the Ministry of Justice and other decision-making structures to develop as soon as possible a new set of anticorruption measures.
Narişkin urged confiscation of property for [...]
The Hungarian parliament has approved on Thursday the change of the Constitution, according to which the number of deputies will be reduced to almost half.
The proposal came from the Fidesz party, the party that won the elections in April.
According to Khaleej Times, the number of Hungarian MPs will be reduced from 386 to 200 members.
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A week ago, the French parliament voted for a resolution condemning the Islamic veil; today, France has made a step to remove it outside the law.
Hexagon Government adopted a draft law banning the wearing in public of garmets which cover the whole body of a woman. However, the burqa worn by Muslim women in public [...]
The future intention of the Budapest Fidesz government to grant Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring countries has raised maximum pressure within the relationship with Bratislava.
After recalling the ambassador from Budapest, the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated on Monday that he will propose a law to withdraw Slovak citizenship from any person requesting Hungarian citizenship, according to publication “politics.hu.
It [...]
The Ukrainian Parliament voted President’s Viktor Yanukovych proposal to allow soldiers from other states to participate in multinational exercises held in Ukraine in 2010, reports Interfax Ukraine, quoted by the Kyiv Postel in the electronic edition.
The project was approved with 394 votes out of a total of 433.
This bill relates, inter alia, the maneuvers between Ukraine, Poland, Canada, Lithuania, known [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama has enacted a new law on press freedom, but,has ironically, refused any questions from journalists, commenting on CBS.
The new law expands the area of freedom of the press’s annual State Department reports on human rights, which will now include evaluations about press freedom in each country.
“It seemed a good opportunity to highlight press freedom [...]
An amendment that allows the dissemination of advertising images for narcotic drugs appeared in the Official Gazette of Bulgaria without the consent of the Parliament or the President’s, reports Novinite, quoted by Mediafax.
A parliamentary committee was established in Bulgaria to examine the circumstances of its occurrence.
Commission will be chaired by a member of the ruling [...]
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