World & Politics
Record Growth of Eurozone Economy: Is the Situation Overestimated? - 05/13/2015
Eurozone’s GDP grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2015, reported the European statistical agency Eurostat on Wednesday, May 13. In annual terms, the increase was 1%. The economy of the EU countries also showed growth in the first quarter by 0.4%, compared to the same quarter last year - 1.4%. With regard to the performance of individual countries, the growth rate slowed in Germany, as reported...
World Bank to invest $59.5 million in Vanuatu Aviation sector - 05/13/2015
World Bank has planned to invest $59.5 million to improve the safety and efficiency of Vanuatu’s aviation sector. The World Bank’s executive directors approved the credit to the small island nation as it considered the airport as a key part to the country’s disaster management and recovery activities. The Vanuatu Aviation Investment Project will deliver sector reform, along with...
Americans Renounce the Citizenship to Avoid Huge Taxes - 05/11/2015
In the first quarter 2015, a record number of Americans living abroad denied US citizenship. According to experts, the main reason is the tightening of fiscal policy in Washington. The authorities of the United States ordered its citizens to provide data on accounts in foreign banks. Throughout its history, America has been a country of immigrants. Millions of people from all over the world left...
UK: Conservatives won. But why? - 05/08/2015
The Conservative Party won the general election in the UK, reports Reuters. Tory got 324 of the 650 seats - enough to form a number of parliamentary majority. The Labour Party gained 229 seats, the Scottish nationalists - 56, Liberal Democrats - eight places, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) won one seat. David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said that he hopes to...
The Mystery Of Teotihuacan Civilization Is Likely To Be Solved By The Discovery Of Liquid Mercury Inside The Mexican Pyramid - 05/06/2015
Recent discovery of liquid mercury at the Mexican pyramid raise expectations among the archaeological survey team. They believe they are at the doorsteps of a royal tomb of the Teotihuacan civilization. Mexico – 05 May 2015 – Fox News Latino informs about the latest findings within “Mexican Pyramids”. Archaeological work have been going since last six years at the Mexican ‘plumed-serpent’...
The Blue Amazon Promises Brazil ‘Enormous Economic, Scientific And Technological Potential’ - 05/06/2015
Brazilian officials have named the Atlantics, rich in natural resources and biodiversity, “The Blue Amazon” of the country. Neighbouring countries are annoyed by the recognition of the hidden potentials of the “Blue Amazon” whereby Brazil is likely to acquire an additional grant of the Atlantics-continental shelf from the U.N. commissions. Rio De Janeiro – 04 May 2015 – Fabiola Ortiz informs that...
France and Saudi Arabia to reach 'a robust, lasting, verifiable, undisputed and binding deal with Iran' - 05/05/2015
France and Saudi Arabia are in talks for 20 projects with a total value estimated for "billions of euro." This was announced in Riyadh by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. He is being in Saudi Arabia, together with French President Francois Hollande having been invited as a guest of the summit of the leaders of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). - In the case of...
EU Is Not Going to Turn the Migrants Away - 05/04/2015
The EU does not intend to follow the example of Australia, which does not accept the migrants ships from third countries, turning them when entering the national territorial waters, said the European Commission representative Natasha Bertaud. European Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud told reporters in Brussels that EU officials had not contacted Australia's authorities and had no intention...
Feeding the Planet with Expo 2015 - 05/01/2015
World Expo Show under the theme "Feeding the planet. Energy for Life" opened today in Milan. Despite the predictions of pessimists, every pavilion was ready to meet visitors, including the pavilion of Nepal, which already started raising funds for the elimination of consequences of earthquake. There is little doubt that Italy, having won the 2008 tender for the World Expo, can make a great show...
Pakistan Sentenced 10 Malala Yousafzai's Attackers to Life Imprisonment - 04/30/2015
17-year-old girl is the youngest in the history winner of the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to her in 2014 in recognition of her achievements in the struggle against the oppression of children and adolescents. Ten people, who took part in the assassination of 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in October 2012, are sentenced to life imprisonment. Such a verdict, according to the...