World & Politics
Why can't America mend fences with Cuba? - 10/24/2016
Cuban authorities are frustrated with new steps to ease economic sanctions against his country, announced by US President Barack Obama. These measures, came into force last week, "bring more benefits to the United States than to Cuba and its people", commented the Cuban Foreign Ministry. According to Cuban officials, some points of Barack Obama's paper are an " interference in internal affairs of...
Scotland prepares for life after Brexit - 10/20/2016
Government of Scotland is preparing for after Brexit life. Yesterday in Brussels, Ministers of Regional Government discussed possibility of allowing this part of the UK to have access to the common EU market after the UK leaves the union. Moreover, the Scottish management intends to publish a bill to hold a second referendum on secession from the UK. Edinburgh believes that the situation has...
Ten most devastating natural disasters with maximum insurance damage - 10/19/2016
Insurance payments for damage from Hurricane Matthew in the United States may range from $ 2.2 billion to $ 6.8 billion, in the Caribbean - from $ 600 million to $ 2 billion, according to AIR Worldwide report. This is much less than the worst-case scenario, considered a week ago, when the estimations were at $ 25-30 billion (Reuters). If the worst predictions came true, losses from Hurricane...
Belgium may derail the EU-Canada trade deal - 10/19/2016
EU governments are arguing about a free trade agreement with Canada. One of the regions of Belgium is already threatening to derail the whole deal. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada should be the first trade agreement of the unit with a country of the G7. Failure to deal with Canada would call into question the EU's ability to enter into such...
Surged birth rate in Germany indicates a new era of colonization - 10/18/2016
Last year, the birth rate in Germany was the highest for the past 33 years, amounting to an average of 1.5 children per woman. Such a growth is largely associated with the influx of migrants. Birth rate among women with German citizenship rose from 1.42 to 1.43. That of women without German citizenship, in turn, increased from 1.86 to 1.95. According to report of the Federal Statistical Office of...
Italeave is not funny anymore - 10/17/2016
The third in the last 15 years constitutional referendum will be held in Italy on December 4. The project, proposed by Matteo Renzi’s government two years ago, have been ratified by both houses of the parliament. However, they couldn’t have gathered enough votes to reach "constitutional majority". In this case, according to the current constitution, the draft shall be submitted to a national...
Japan and Israel freeze cooperation with UNESCO - 10/14/2016
Japan has suspended funding for UNESCO. This was confirmed on Friday by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Tokyo’s decision is associated with the inclusion of documents on events of 1937 in the Chinese city of Nanjing in the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Then Japanese soldiers killed, according to Beijing, about 300 thousand Chinese. The Israeli authorities added fuel to the fire. The country...
Top 7 countries with the highest trade tariffs - 10/12/2016
Globalization is losing its popularity all over the world. Political instability and growing nationalist movements are impeding conclusion of new international trade agreements. Now, all attention is drawn to Brexit consequences after 2019. However, despite the general trend, trade tariffs between the developed economies remain relatively low. The World Economic Forum has published its Global...
Environmentalists blocked export of oil from Canada to the US - 10/12/2016
On Tuesday, environmental activists caused a disruption in supply of millions of barrels of oil from Canada to the US. This was a rare example of a coordinated action simultaneously aimed at several key pipelines. The police in four US states arrested activists who chained themselves to equipment at remote pumping stations. The environmentalists blocked valves to stop delivery of crude oil on...
Colombian president won the Nobel Peace Prize - 10/07/2016
Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 went to President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. The Nobel Committee rewarded his efforts to end of war between the country's government and the FARC guerrillas. President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016. On Friday, 7 October, the Committee declared the Nobel Peace prize taker in Oslo. The prize was awarded for resolution of a...
