World & Politics
Rome is Tested to Handle Fear - 11/19/2015
Thursday, November 19, Head of Europol, Rob Wainwright said that most likely Europe will be exposed to new attacks. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation warned about possible attacks in the Apennines. Potential targets were named Vatican, the Dome Cathedral of Milan and Teatro alla Scala. However, the Italians have guessed the threat of terrorist attacks without FBI warnings. The very next day...
The European Commission Proposes to Tighten Control over Arms Sales - 11/18/2015
Jean-Claude Juncker is calling for ban on internet trade of weapons and its components. According to him, we cannot allow it to fall into the hands of terrorists. The European Commission proposes to tighten control over sale and registration of firearms in connection with the terrorist attacks in Paris. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pronounced this on Wednesday, November 18,...
British Intelligence Agencies Are Waiting for the Biggest Increase in Staff Since 2005 - 11/16/2015
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the British intelligence community (MI5, MI6 and GCHQ) intends to hire additional 2 thousand employees. Thus, the security services’ workforce will increase by 15% in total, which will be the largest replenishment of their ranks over the last decade. On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intention to increase staff of the...
Luxury by Passport: Switzerland to Keep Tabs on Cash Purchases - 11/13/2015
Starting from 2016, each cash payment more than $ 100 thousand should be tested for money laundering in Switzerland. Vague language of the new law can lead to a crisis in the luxury market, experts say. The Swiss Federal Council adopted the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance (AMLO). In its report, the Ministry of Finance of the Confederation recalled that the intergovernmental Financial Action Task...
Uncertain Future of the Japanese Economy - 11/12/2015
"There are four types of countries in the world. Developed, underdeveloped, Argentina and Japan." - once said a well-known American economist and Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Kuznets Today, much of the rich part of the world is remarkably more similar to Japan: a chronically low interest rate, inflation and the exorbitant level of sovereign debt. Perhaps that is why many governments...
Disputes Brought the US and Israel Together - 11/11/2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a trip to Washington for a visit, the main intrigue of which became talks with US President Barack Obama. Despite the alliance between the two countries, relations of their leaders were strained because of controversies on the Iranian nuclear deal and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this situation, Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama had to...
TPP: The New Regional Trade Organization with Global Plans - 11/09/2015
The emergence of Trans-Pacific Partnership (the agreement on the organization establishment, signed in Atlanta, US, has yet to be ratified by the parliaments of twelve of its member countries) is the most important event in world trade since the WTO’s creation. And, as in the case with the WTO, the cause of occurrence were developing countries. Original version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Is It Feasible to Relocate Refugees to Central Asia? - 11/06/2015
The Australian Government reportedly engaged themselves in the search for a country to resettle refugees, arriving from Iran, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and other countries. Kyrgyzstan, located thousands of kilometers away, considered as one of the options. The authorities have not specified under what conditions they are going to do it (for example, compensation for the receiving party). The...
Britain to Evacuate Tourists From Sharm el-Sheikh - 11/05/2015
Britain will take urgent measures to remove their nationals from Sharm el-Sheikh, according to Head of the British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, reports Sky News. According to him, the exportation will begin on Friday, 6 November. Hammond also said he did not rule out possibility of involvement of "Islamic State" to the plane crash. Earlier, the terrorist group took over responsibility for...
Increasingly Cozy Relationship Between Taiwan and China - 11/04/2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou will hold a historic meeting on Saturday in Singapore. It will be the first bilateral talks since 1949. However, Beijing is still stressing the country adhere to the "one China" policy - so it is not a full-fledged bilateral meeting of the two presidents, but talks of leaders of the Taiwan Strait’s two sides. The historic business...
