22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
Open Skies Treaty: U.S. and Russia to Conduct Dueling Surveillance Flights Over Europe and Asia…
On Monday the spokesperson for Russia’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, Sergei Ryzhkov confirmed that Russian inspectors will be conducting unarmed aerial surveillance flights over Turkey starting this week. In a statement to Russian media, Mr. Ryzhkov clarified the mission length saying that “A group of Russian inspectors plans to carry out a surveillance flight on […]
Yanis Varoufakis: ‘EU is particularly good at doing a terrible job’…
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has described the measures taken by the EU to settle the economic crisis in Greece as a “terrible job.” The comment comes as Greece agrees to new reforms that are set to help the country qualify for cheaper loans. “Isn’t it yet another piece of evidence that the European […]
German Minister Calls for ‘Plan B’: “Greece Should Pledge Gold, Real Estate for New Loans”…
Bavaria’s 50-year-old finance minister Markus Soeder was previously named by German weekly Der Spiegel as one of the Ten Most Dangerous European Politicians (defined as “every politician who is resorting to cheap populism in order to rack up domestic political points”)…
Greek Police Use Tear Gas on Demonstrators Protesting Obama’s Visit to Athens…
Leftist demonstrators protesting against US President Barack Obama’s visit to Athens have clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse the crowd as people tried to break through cordons…
Turkey Officially Requests Coup Plot Suspects Extradition from Greece…
IMF Slammed by Own Watchdog Over ‘Political’ Handling of Eurozone Crisis…
Top brass at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been criticized for misjudgments over Greece, being overly enthusiastic about the euro, ignoring signs of an…
Greenspan Warns A Crisis Is Imminent, Urges A Return To The Gold Standard…
“If we went back on the gold standard and we adhered to the actual structure of the gold standard as it exited prior to 1913, we’d be fine”…
Greeks Send An Open Letter To UK Citizens About Brexit…
“Your Battle of Britain in the 23rd of June 2016 will be against the new Axis powers of the Eurounion, which occupies our Europe”…