World & Politics
Why German business is afraid of Donald Trump - 07/22/2016
Victory of Donald Trump threatens the most important export markets of Germany, and may result in a trade war with China, according to Deutsche Welle. Most opinion polls say is that the chair of US president will be taken by Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump. However, sociologists predicted victory of EU supporters before the referendum, too, and we all know the results. The decision to Brexit...
France to make Microsoft stop "spying" - 07/21/2016
The French authorities have demanded from Microsoft to cease online monitoring actions of Windows 10’s users if they haven’t logged in. The National Commission for Data Protection and Freedoms of France said that the American corporation also violates rules of storage European user data on the US servers. The company has three months to remove all shortcomings; otherwise, the IT giant will get...
Will Brexit speed up impoverishment of British millennials? - 07/20/2016
Each new generation of British is poorer than previous, and Brexit is only exacerbating this trend. Institute for Fiscal Studies argues that the millennium generation in the UK is poor, and continues to peter out, while older generations are getting richer year by year. The experts think that this trend promises an extremely bleak future. The UK referendum has created economic uncertainty, and...
Turkey dismissed 30 governors - 07/18/2016
Turkish Interior Ministry claimed they suspended from work almost 8 thousand civil servants after the failed coup attempt, undertaken by the military at the weekend. Above other servants, the sanctions affected 30 provincial governors and 47 heads of district administrations. Turkey suspended from work 30 provincial governors, reports Hürriyet Daily News. They were subjected to sanctions imposed...
World about Nice attack: "Shocked and frightened" - 07/15/2016
Mass media of France, the United States and other countries are discussing the attack, which took place in Nice during the celebration of Bastille Day. The journalists are confident that the event will leave a deep scar on France and on the affected city, in particular. People are thinking back over assumption of French intelligence agency’s Head, who previously said that ISIL changed their...
The world's most innovative cities - 07/14/2016
Internet resource Tech Insider drew up a rating of the world’s most innovative cities based on a research conducted by 2thinknow. Nine analysts considered important factors in technological development, including number of patents and investors in the city’s development of technologies. They investigated 85 cities of the world in total. 10. Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam combines financial...
Theresa May chose new Great Offices of State - 07/14/2016
Theresa May, recently took the post of British prime minister, has held a number of appointments in the new cabinet. Supporters of Euroscepticism, made every effort to get the UK out from the European Union structure, took leading positions in the government’s new line-up. George Osborne, previously held the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance ministry), was replaced by 60-year-old...
Number of EU citizenship requests greatly increased after Brexit - 07/13/2016
After the UK's referendum to leave the EU ended, the British came to think about getting a second passport, which would allow them to live and work in the EU. Embassies of some European countries have noted that number of applications for citizenship filed from the British increased tenfold in the recent weeks. In late June, the British had their cliff-hanging vote on leaving the EU structure....
Sanctions for Spain and Portugal - 07/12/2016
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on Tuesday admitted that Spain and Portugal, the euro area members, failed to take actions sufficiently effective to reduce their budget deficits. Thus, the council agreed with the European Commission's opinion. This automatically starts the process of imposing sanctions against those countries. "The European Commission has 20 days to submit a...
Germany wants to check ethical side of unmanned vehicles - 07/11/2016
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that the country is going to create a special committee on ethical issues related to unmanned vehicles. Amendments to the German legislation, letting unmanned vehicles on the country’s streets, can be developed as early as this year. At the same time, the German automotive regulator said it would give no permission to use the Tesla car autopilot...