The ranking of the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy relative to other countries has declined from 52nd in 2005 to 63rd in 2006, says “The Egyptian National Competitiveness Report,” released this month.

După ce a promulgat legea pensiilor şi a semnat şi decretul pentru promulgarea legii privind abilitarea Guvernului de a emite ordonanţe, preşedintele nu a ezitat să retrimită trei legi în Parlament.

Liderul PSD Mircea Geoană critică intenţia autorităţilor de a achiziţiona două noi aeronave prezidenţiale. Preşedintele social-democrat spune că a cheltui 300 de milioane de euro pentru avioane nu demonstrează preocupare pentru banul public.

The government will ask the UN war crimes tribunal to allow convicts to serve their sentences in their home countries, Rasim Ljajic, the official in charge of ties with the UN court, said on Thursday (July 19th).

International community High Representative Miroslav Lajcak said on Thursday (July 19th) that the foreign military presence in BiH must be maintained.

Kosovo should unilaterally declare independence from Serbia on November 28th, Prime Minister Agim Ceku suggested on Friday (July 20th), arguing that Western efforts to put the province on the path to statehood through the UN have failed.

The UN’s Mideast envoy said Wednesday that after recent contacts with Syrian officials, he believes Damascus is interested in restarting peace talks with Israel.

Bulgaria on Thursday officially requested the transfer from Libya of six medical workers whose death sentences for infecting children with HIV have been commuted to life imprisonment.

Ahead of general elections on Sunday, the leader of Turkey’s hardline nationalists flung a hangman’s noose from a podium to make a point during a political rally: the prime minister is soft on terrorism and should hang the imprisoned leader of Kurdish rebels.

Children raced to help parents collect food from UN aid distribution centres in the Gaza Strip as women sat in the shade near trucks, waiting for their names to be called to receive their food rations.