February, 2014

• 25 February

  Mahlab appointed as new Egypt Prime Minister

  Minister of Housing Ibrahim Mahlab projection was named Tuesday as the new Prime Minister of Egypt after the resignation of the military installed after the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi Islamist last year cabinet.

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• 25 February

  Ukraine postpones new govt formation to Thursday

  The formation of the new government of Ukraine has been postponed to Thursday. “I am instructing the formation of a national unity government on Thursday,” Parliament

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• 25 February

  Klitschko to run for President

  Opposition leader and former Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko heavyweight announced he will run for president in elections scheduled for May 25. Declared its offer on the first day of the campaign, which began on Tuesday when the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine registered a deadline

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• 25 February

  French Parliament to vote on CAR mission extension

  It would be a raging genocide in the Central African Republic, if the French troops were not deployed, said foreign minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday ahead of the parliamentary vote to extend the military mission. The issue has divided the French parliament vote to extend the operation but Sangare, whose …

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• 25 February

  President of Greek Parliament to visit Armenia

  President of the Greek Parliament Vangelis Meimarakis is coming to Armenia today for a working visit of two days at the invitation of the President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan.

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• 25 February

  Ukraine authorities want Yanukovich to face ICC trial

  New Ukrainian authorities want to deposed President Victor Yanukovich to be tried by the International Criminal Court. Ukraine’s parliament overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to ask the court in The Hague to try Mr. Yanukovich and “mass murder” of civilians during violent anti-government protests that killed more than 80 people.

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• 25 February

  Bulgaria supports Montenegro’s NATO membership

  Montenegro supports Bulgaria for NATO membership, President of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev said during his two-day visit to Podgorica.

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• 25 February

  Bulgaria voices concern over Ukraine decision to not recognize regional languages

  The Bulgarian government is not satisfied with Ukraine’s decision to cancel the recognition of the Bulgarian language as regional language. Earlier this week the Supreme Rada of Ukraine canceled the Language Policy Act state that the status of “regional language” the

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• 24 February

  Musharraf to appear before court on March 7

  Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was on Monday directed by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court to appear personally on March 7 in connection with a case over the detention of judges in 2007. The court exempted Gen (retd) Musharraf from Monday’s hearing following a request from his lawyer Ilyas Siddiqui.

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• 24 February

  Egypt cabinet resigns

  Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy on Monday announced the resignation of his military-backed government in a surprise measure. Local media had been predicting a limited Cabinet reshuffle to allow Army chief and Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi to resign and run for President in an election scheduled for mid-April under a …

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