Russia and China Veto Resolution on Syria Again

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 6th 2012 | no comments

Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a new resolution on Syria, which had been proposed by the Arab League and was endorsed by the European states and the United States. On Sunday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that the veto his country cast on the resolution was to be blamed [...]

Tens of Thousands Rally Against Putin A Month Before Polls

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 4th 2012 | no comments

Tens of thousands of Russians are reported by Fox News to have rallied on Saturday in the streets of Moscow in protests against Putin’s regime, defying the temperatures that have dropped below zero Celsius degrees. The organizers estimate that some 120,000 attended the rally, which is [...]

Russia Says “Scandal” Could Happen At UNSC Over the Resolution on Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 4th 2012 | no comments

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov warned with a “scandal” if the Arab League resolution draft gets voted on Saturday, Russian Itar-Tass news agency announced. Lavrov said that his country has formulated amendments to the proposed draft, and that they were presented [...]

Putin Lashes Out At Anti-Missile Shield in Eastern Europe

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 3rd 2012 | no comments

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States and its NATO allies of aiming their defense missiles at Russian territory, in spite of the assurances that they wouldn’t do that. Speaking for a program called The Cold Politics, Vladimir Putin said that the [...]

At Least 73 Die, 1,000 Injured On Egyptian Soccer Stadium

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 1st 2012 | no comments

At least 73 people died and 1,000 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a soccer stadium in Egypt, in what is by far the most tragic sports event in the history of Egypt, as people rushed into the pitch at the end of a soccer game. The tragedy occurred in the [...]

Russia Promises Not To Allow Sanctions on Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | February 1st 2012 | no comments

Russia on Tuesday warned the European, Arab countries and the United States not to cross the “red line” toward Syria, stressing out that it was not the United Nations’ job to determine who comes and who goes out of office in the restive country. The Russian position was [...]

World Leaders To Convince UN Security Council To Act on Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 31st 2012 | no comments

The international community is mobilizing on Tuesday to convince the U.N. Security Council as the Arab League leaders will show the council what its mission had found in the restive country. The Arab League chief Nabil el-Araby will support a resolution drafted by Morocco, which [...]

The Arab League Suspends Mission In Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 30th 2012 | no comments

Syrian troops attempted on Monday to consolidate their position at the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, after the Free Syrian Army took control over them a few days ago in a bid to press toward the presidential palace. Syrian army is said to control Hamouriyeh, a [...]

Massive Protests in Poland Against the Ratification of ACTA

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

Massive protests erupt in Poland against the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement, which is seen as a form of censorship of the internet, causing the European Parliament rapporteur to resign in protest. Kader Arif resigned on Friday, saying that the ACTA bill is being accompanied by [...]

Russia Opposes UN Sanctions on Syria, 120 Killed in Homs, Hama

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

The Syrian regime was reported to have killed at least 120 people in two days in the central cities of Homs and Hama as the European and Arab nations demand the United Nations to ask Bashar al-Assad to step down and leave. The head of the Arab League mission in Syria, embattled [...]

Russia Continues to Oppose Sanctions on Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Russia reaffirmed its strong opposition to any sanctions against Syria, its long-standing ally and arms partner. Moscow on Wednesday asserted that any UN resolution that is passed on Syria must not include sanctions and the possibility of a military intervention as it [...]

Turkey Promises Gradual Retaliation on France After Bill Passage

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Turkey reacted in anger on Tuesday to the passing of the genocide denial law by the French Senate on Monday, which stipulates that whoever denies that 1.5 million Armenians were killed at the end of WWI could go to jail to up to five years and be fined with 45,000 euros. After [...]

Syria Accepts More AL Observers

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Syrian authorities on Tuesday announced that they have agreed to the extension of the Arab League mission in their country, as a sign that Damascus is not shutting down completely any channel of communication with the outside world. Still, Assad’s regime has dismissed the new [...]

Croatians Vote for Accession in the EU

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

Croatians voted over the weekend to adhere to the European Union in July 2013, with a turn out of only 47 percent of the eligible population of the country. 66 percent of the people said yes to the question “Do you support the membership of the Republic of Croatia in the European [...]

SOPA/PIPA Bills Cause Internet Protest, Petitions

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 21st 2012 | no comments

Google Inc. on Friday released the information that it had collected seven million signatures in the United States for its petition related to its internet protest against the SOPA/PIPA anti-piracy legislation the American Congress is preparing with the endorsement of the Hollywood [...]

North Korea Releases Two Japanese Men, Signals Thaw In Ties

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 20th 2012 | no comments

The North Korean regime on Friday decided two release two Japanese men, who had been arrested last year, thus marking a new approach in the bilateral relations between Japan and North Korea. The Japanese officials said that the release signifies the possibility of a thaw of relations that [...]

10,000 Attend Opposition Rally in Bucharest, Romania

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 19th 2012 | no comments

Romanian president Traian Basescu on Thursday made a public appearance, the first since the unrest started in the streets of the large cities of Romania. The president Basescu held a meeting with the ambassadors in Bucharest and gave a speech that lasted about an hour. In his speech [...]

Syrian MP Defects, Says Bashar To Do Anything To Crush Unrest

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 17th 2012 | no comments

Bashar al-Assad will do anything in his power to crush the rebellion against him in Syria, Imad Ghalioun, former member of the Syrian parliament said on Tuesday upon fleeing his country to Egypt. The representative of the restive city of Homs in the national parliament said that there was [...]

Hu Jintao To Inaugurate “China’s Gift To Africa”

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 16th 2012 | no comments