World & Politics
Donald Trump, A Terrible Headache for Republicans - 09/17/2015
United States is a country built by immigrants, and today more than 45 million people born outside the country live there. Newcomers provide about a third of the population growth (statistically, a new immigrant arrives in the United States every 32 seconds), are considered an important stimulant of economic activity and the source of low-wage labor and highly skilled professionals. GDP produced...
China Is Going to Have a Dig at Its Economy: New Foreign Investors Policy and More than 1 Trillion Yuan as an Incentive - 09/15/2015
The Chinese authorities have approved a recommendation for a list of industries and individual companies to be closed for foreign investors, the agency "Xinhua" reports, citing its own sources. On Tuesday, Central Leading Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms led by President Xi Jinping agreed on the need for list of exceptions to regulate access for foreigners to the Chinese market....
Migrants Crisis Intensifies: Germany Imposed Immigration Examination - 09/14/2015
The situation in Germany justifies the introduction of a temporary passport control on the border of the country, what does not contradict the rules of Schengen, says the European Commission. - Studying of the situation in Germany shows that the measure is justified. The introduction of interim control in some circumstances does not contradict the rules of Schengen. The Commission looks forward...
The British Parliament Refused to Legalize Euthanasia - 09/11/2015
The document suggested that incurable people, whose diagnosis are inconclusive and whose supposed lifetime is not more than six months, could, if desired, go under the supervision of doctors to take a lethal dose of special medicines. The British Parliament refused to legalize euthanasia, voting against the bill on Friday, which provides for the right of voluntary withdrawal from life for...
Pope Francis is going to the United States to Criticize Capitalism - 09/11/2015
While the US candidates for presidency have been repeatedly expressing contempt against elites and raising concerns about the future of the country, Pope Francis got around visiting the country in order to speak about indictment of inequality. This speech, which will be delivered by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church during the 6-day tour beginning on September 22, will no doubt be widely...
Cyber Attacks Hit the Record in USA - 09/10/2015
A sharp increase in fraudulent transactions with bank cards and ATMs has been recorded in the United States, according to TV channel CNBC. The amount of data, which criminals managed to seize, reached a record over the past 20 years. Fraudsters are using customer data to create a duplicate of cards, using them for their own purposes. Statistics show that even complex multi-level...
'Normandy Four' to Meet in October - 09/10/2015
Presidents of Russia, France and Ukraine - Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande, and Petro Poroshenko - and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold new face-to-face talks. As reported by the press service of the Elysee Palace, the leaders agreed to meet in Paris on October 2nd in the course of telephone conversations. The four countries’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs, who will hold a meeting in...
Developing Countries are Slipping Lower - 09/09/2015
Recent studies of the Institute of International Finance and the bank JPMorgan confirm that crisis hit emerging markets is in full swing The stock markets of these countries slipped by 40%; Government bonds of these countries are at risk because of significant individual debts. Who remembers investors’ enthusiasm of at the bare mention of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)?...
Serbia Is the New EU Candidate - 09/07/2015
Serbia will begin accession negotiations with the European Union until the end of the year. This was announced by EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn. Brussels’ decision in relation to the key Balkan country's means EU returned to a policy of active enrollment the Balkans into their ranks. The growing influence of Russia in the region is called...
Opinion: Democratization of Europe - 09/04/2015
Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, has his own opinion about democracy in Europe Politicians tend to commit new sins to cover their old offenses. And political systems are proving its worth by quick closure serial mutually reinforcing political mistakes of their officials. Judging by this standard, the euro area, including the 19 established democracies, is lagging behind the...
