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 [...]
May 22 2010 | Posted in
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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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May 20 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
May 19 2010 | Posted in
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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.
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May 18 2010 | Posted in
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Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych,was ”hit” by a crown of flowers. This was taken as a bad sign for the first visit in five years of a Russian president in Ukraine.
During submission of wreaths at the Unknown Soldier Monument in Kiev, the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ended up with a wreath in the head because of the wind.
Due to strong [...]
May 18 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
May 18 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
May 18 2010 | Posted in
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Around 2,300 people demonstrated today in the streets of Brussels for Belgian unity in the context of the political crisis because of the language conflict which opposes the Flemish and Walloons, reports AFP.
“For Belgium”, they chanted, floating behind banners which were written in three official state languages (Dutch, French, German) and the message was ”Yes, we want to live together.”
People waved [...]
May 16 2010 | Posted in
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Ed and David Miliband have joined the race for leadership of the Labour Party in Britain, promising to remove the former ruling party of Blair-Brown era.
Brothers David and Ed Miliband, the British government ministers, will debate for President of the Labour Party, which became vacant after the recent resignation of Gordon Brown.
The first to enter [...]
May 16 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
May 15 2010 | Posted in
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