Late Thursday, 25 February, Italian Senate approved the law that actually legalizes same-sex unions. The family-legal norm proposed by new government was quite ambiguously received by the Italian society and politics. In order to avoid risk of the government crisis, the law had to be put to the vote in conjunction with the vote of confidence. However, this step did not save the Prime Minister...

The British organization Conflict Armament Research published a report, which reveals in detail the supply chain of components for explosive devices used by the terrorist organization "Islamic State". The assembly of bombs for the ISIL may be called a truly international affair: experts have found traces of companies from 20 countries. Superiority in terms of the supply and range of elements is...

European law enforcement agencies reported that illegal smuggling of migrants and refugees in the EU is performed by an organized criminal network. According to Europol’s data, the work involves about 40 thousand people; the organization’s turnover vary from € 3 billion to € 6 billion. The report was presented within Joint Conference of Interpol and Europol which ended yesterday in The Hague, and...

Britain’s office for national statistics (ONS) published the latest data on the country's labor market in the fourth quarter of 2015. According to the report, number of migrant workers in the UK from other EU countries has increased over the year by 215 thousand, and reached 2.036 million people for the first time surpassing the 2 million mark. As indicated in the bulletin published by UK office...

In 2015, Italian criminal organizations have earned more than 16 billion euros on agriculture and food trade, said a report of the agricultural association Coldiretti. The organization pointed out that the mafia used the protracted crisis to enrich themselves. They launder money by selling fake food, practice extortion, steal cattle, rob farmers and seize agricultural land. Illegal activities...

The agency Associated Press conducted its own investigation among analysts and those Syrians who live in exile and in the Syrian city of Raqqa (ISIL’s strong point). All they talk about is that ISIL is in deep financial crisis. The situation is forcing not the group only to reduce payments to militants and ration electricity, but also to deprive militants of such pleasant things as "Snickers"...

India continues to show the best result among emerging markets in terms of economic growth. In the third quarter, that is, in October - December 2015, GDP growth was 7.3%, which corresponded to the authorities’ expectations. At the end of 2015/16 fiscal year, which ends on March 31, GDP growth is expected at 7.6%, reported the Indian Central Statistical Office. Results for last year were at a...

Countries such as Ghana and Burkina Faso are always in the limelight of gold mining in Africa. However, over the past few years, high activity in the field of gold mining has been spreading to neighboring countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, and, according to the latest news, even further. On the one hand, the Democratic Republic of Congo last week announced that gold production on its territory in...

Streets of Chinese cities are crowded, one can hardly see private transport around – there’s only buses and taxis or walking. No wonder: the country celebrates the Chinese New Year, or the Year of the Monkey. After a week of celebrations, 200 million workers, who came to the city for the holidays, are returning to their villages. At the time, heads of Chinese enterprises have to perform an...