“We insist that the extradition of Russian citizens to third countries is inadmissible, and we are engaged in intensive contacts with the Belarusian ministry of foreign affairs and other state agencies of that country,” she said. Belarus police arrested Lapshin on December 15, 2016 in Minsk.
PPP says part of Trump’s unpopularity is his executive order on immigration. 47 percent support it and 49 percent don’t. But 52 percent of voters think it was intended to be a Muslim ban and 65 percent disapprove of that.
Georgia must strengthen relations both with the European Union (EU) and Russia, Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austria’s Foreign Minister, said at a joint press conference with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, reports Sputnik News.
Expenditures in the field of apartment construction and services have decreased the most—18.2%, thus, comprising AMD 16.3 billion. The highest growth—10.7% was recorded in general public services. Expenditures directed to the field of defence have grown by 6.7% in 2016 and comprised AMD 211.8 billion.
One of Europe’s most venerable human rights bodies has been warned it risks falling into irrelevance unless it sets up a robust investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in favour of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime, the Guardian reports.
A bipartisan group of United States senators said on February 2 they support additional sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile tests, amid reports that the Trump administration will roll out financial penalties, The Hill reports. 22 senators sent a letter to US President Donald Trump, arguing that Iran “must feel sufficient pressure”.
Danielsson said the EU is facing economic challenges as well, as the worst recession was recorded in the period of 2008-2009, as a result of which several EU states suffered serious economic losses, unemployment has grown, however the EU still continues existing under those conditions.
“I can only reiterate that the EU has invested millions, over 7 million Euros, as well as great political veracity. We just expect that the upcoming elections will not fail to meet the standards widely practiced in Europe. Much depends on the fact how many people we go to the polls and how they will vote.
Armenia-EU negotiations are developing intensively. In future the sides will finalize works around new framework agreement. According to diplomatic sources of 168.am, one of the last phases of Armenia-EU negotiations—the tenth phase—will be launched this month.
The virtual reality headset maker that bought Facebook Inc. in 2014 for $2 billion used stolen computer code, a jury said in awarding $500 million to ZeniMax Media Inc.