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ALL THOSE CROATIAN PRESIDENTS

11:33 13.02.2020 Tomislav Jakić

ALL THOSE CROATIAN PRESIDENTS

Since those days when it emerged from the ruins of the Yugoslav federation as an independent state, Republic of Croatia had 4 Presidents – 4 men and a Lady President. The first one whom only death, in the opinion of many, saved from the International Hague Tribunal, but who is …

Chinese coronavirus and the world: rational fear and discrimination

11:07 11.02.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Chinese coronavirus and the world: rational fear and discrimination

The outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus infection has generated such an avalanche of comments and forecasts that they are difficult to classify. The Chinese coronavirus may have a more devastating impact on the global economy than the financial crisis of 2008-2010, experts from Moody's rating agency say. According to a …

What awaits the world – depression of markets or minds?

11:42 04.02.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

What awaits the world – depression of markets or minds?

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that the global economy risks a return to the Great Depression. Speaking at the Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington, she referred to IMF experts, who compare the current economic trends to the situation that existed at the …

The “Deal of the Century” - between USA and Israel?

13:32 03.02.2020 Andrey Isayev

The “Deal of the Century” - between USA and Israel?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Moscow from Washington, right after negotiations with US President Donald Trump and the professionally staged presentation of the "deal of the century" on Palestinian-Israeli settlement. In Mr.Netanyahu’s opinion, “Relations between Israel and Russia have never been so good and stable before.” [i] …

Cruelty to Animals Gets More Media Coverage than Beheaded Christians

12:30 29.01.2020 Giulio Meotti

Cruelty to Animals Gets More Media Coverage than Beheaded Christians

"The world prefers to worry about pandas rather than about us, threatened with extinction in the land where we were born", said Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf (pictured), the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul as well as a refugee in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, home to many of the Christians …

Feng Shaolei, Valdai Club expert, Director of Centre for Russian Studies; Director of Centre for Co-development with Neighboring Countries, East China Normal University

16:54 28.01.2020

Feng Shaolei, Valdai Club expert, Director of Centre for Russian Studies; Director of Centre for Co-development with Neighboring Countries, East China Normal University

The United Nations is the cornerstone of the international order established after the Second World War, which still plays an important role so far, and the United Nations Security Council is the most core part in the construction of this system. Facing the difficult challenges faced by all countries and …

Give me religion that does not polarise society!

11:16 27.01.2020 Julia Suryakusuma

Give me religion that does not polarise society!

A few years ago in Aceh, a poster was put up by the Islamic Sharia Department in Banda Aceh of the communications and information agency office, stating:“A woman whose strand of hair is seen deliberately by a man who is not her husband will be punished by 70,000 years in …

Uncovered, Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine

14:19 24.01.2020

Uncovered, Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine

In March 1939, weeks before the notorious White Paper, Polish Jewry sent London a desperate telegram, published here apparently for the first time. At terrible cost, it was ignored.The sordid history of the May 1939 British White Paper, the notorious document with which the British all but slammed shut the …

Jan Charnogursky: we are ready to bring the monument to Marshal Konev from Prague to Slovakia

12:28 21.01.2020

Jan Charnogursky: we are ready to bring the monument to Marshal Konev from Prague to Slovakia

Armen Oganesyan: Good afternoon. I have a few questions for you, Mr. Chairman. The death of General Soleimani led to an outbreak of tensions in Iran. This apparently prompted Slovakia’s decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq, where they were stationed as part of the NATO mission there. Was it …

US-North Korea denuclearization talks: Pyongyang opts for higher stakes

13:14 20.01.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

US-North Korea denuclearization talks: Pyongyang opts for higher stakes

The year 2020 is witnessing radical changes to the denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea. In the second half of last year the talks faced a final deadlock following North Korea’s repeated statements of discontent over the US’ refusal to cancel sanctions against Pyongyang and stop military …

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