Serbians Elect Tomislav Nikolic President

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | May 21st 2012 | no comments

Serbia elected on Sunday a new president, nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, who unseated incumbent Boris Tadic in a runoff won by 50.21% to 46.77% according to the latest estimations of the electoral commission which announced preliminary results. Boris Tadic, who had shortened his mandate in order to push [...]

Tuareg Seazed the City of Timbuktu, in North Mali

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

Junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo on Sunday said that he would reinstate constitution and hand power over to a civilian government as soon as elections can be held. He made these statement as the Tuareg rebels planted flag on the northern Malian city of [...]

Russian FM Protests Against Ultimatum on Syria

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

Russian foreign minister on Monday refused to accept the idea of imposing a deadline on the implementation of the six-point plan put forward by Kofi Annan, a move that was demanded by the 83 member states of the group “Friends of Syria” during the meeting last weekend. Speaking [...]

Russian Airplane Crashes in Siberia, 31 Killed

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

A Russian passenger plane on Monday crashed into a snowy field in Siberia shortly after takeover, causing 31 out of the 43 passengers to die. The 12 survivors were hospitalized. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but investigators said evidence pointed to technical [...]

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt Resigned Over Plagiarism Scandal

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

Embattled president of Hungary Pal Schmitt on Monday resigned his office after his doctorate title has been taken away from him as a result of the scandal involving accusations of plagiarism that were brought to him since January 2012. His resignation comes after he had hinted on March 30 [...]

Myanmar Opposition Leader Claims Landslide Victory in By-election

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

Myanmar pro-democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday claimed a landslide victory for her party in the by-election held on Sunday and announced she hoped that the victory would be the beginning of a new era and a sign of democracy in this Asian country, which would ease the Western [...]

Friends of Syria Recognize SNC As “Representing Syrian People”

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 2nd 2012 | no comments

The “Friends of Syria” group on Sunday officially recognized, in a move that mirrors the way the regime in Tripoli, Libya, was toppled last year, the Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, and promised to offer it the support the [...]

Tuareg Rebels Take Malian Northern Town of Gao

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

The Malian rebels on Saturday entered the northern town of Gao, capitalizing on the chaos installed in the country after the coup that ousted former president Amadou Teumani Toure and replaced him with a military junta who promised to intensify the fight with the northern Tuareg [...]

Hungarian President Refuses To Step Down After Plagiarism Scandal

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

Hungarian president Pal Schmitt on Saturday announced he would not resign his office in spite of the scandal caused by his stripping of the doctorate degree at the end of an investigation into the originality of his work. Earlier this week, a find-finding committee decided that the [...]

Syria Announces It Has Defeated the Rebellion

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

A Syrian official on Friday said that the regime of Bashar al-Assad would not leave the cities and towns where it has cracked down on the unrest until the life returned to normal and the rebels withdrew. A spokesman for the Syrian foreign ministry said that the military in the [...]

Turkey To Reduce Oil Imports From Iran

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

Turkey on Friday announced that it would reduce the import of oil from Iran by 20 percent, bowing to the international sanctions imposed by the United States, which have just cleared the way for imposing sanctions on the regime in Tehran, in an attempt to avert the Israeli [...]

Lawyer of U.S. Sgt Robert Bales Complains State Withholds Evidence

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

The lawyer of the U.S. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of killing 17 in a killing spree in Afghanistan, on Friday said that the United States forces have prevented his team from investigating the circumstances of the incident that involved his client. The lawyer John [...]

Obama Authorizes Sanctions Against Iran

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

The White House on Friday announced that the way for sanctions in Iran was clear because the cutoff of Iranian oil would not hurt the world economy. Barack Obama announced that there was enough supply of petroleum products from the other oil producing countries. The move allows the United [...]

French Police Arrested 19 Suspected Islamist Extremists

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

French police on Friday raided hideouts of suspected Islamist extremists arresting 19 in a campaign promised by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the wake of the Toulouse shooting at a Jewish school, as a result of which 3 children and a rabbi were killed last [...]

Sudan and South Sudan Ready To Resume Talks Amid Clashes

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

Sudan and South Sudan are expected to resume negotiations on Saturday, as the leaders of the two countries play down the importance of the violent border clashes since the country split in January 2011. The two countries clashed for two days in an oil-rich zone at the border in the [...]

Hungarian President Expected To Resign Over Plagiarism Scandal

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

Hungarian president Schmitt Pal on Friday cancelled all public engagements and is expected to make an announcement about a possible resignation in an address to the Hungarian radio and television, a move that is anticipated by many people in the central European country. The move comes [...]

Afghan Police Officer Kills 9 Colleagues While They Were Asleep

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

An Afghan police officer on Friday killed nine of his colleagues as they were sleeping in the eastern province of Paktika then escaped in a governmental vehicle full of guns and ammunition. The incident is one of the deadliest cases of fratricide in Afghanistan over the last few [...]

Japan Orders the Military To Intercept NKorean Rocket

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

Japanese defense ministry on Friday ordered the missile units to intercept NKorean rocket that is expected to carry the satellite that is to be launched into orbit in mid-April and destroy it, if it comes over the territory of Japan. The order made by defense minister Naoki [...]

ECOWAS Threatens Mali With Embargo, Tuareg Takes Malian Key City

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

Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday offered Malian junta a three-day ultimatum to restore the constitutional order or face “diplomatic and economic embargo.” The announcement was made at the end of an emergency meeting of the regional body, which [...]