Eurasia Press & News

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Wednesday dismissed the Zionist regime’s invitation to the Iranian Jews to leave their homeland for the occupied territories.

Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said that the Zionist regime of Israel should take a lesson from its last year invasion of Lebanon, where it was not only defeated but also humiliated by Hezbollah.

Preşedintele PSD, Mircea Geoană, a declarat, astăzi, într-o conferinţă ţinută la Slatina, că alegerile pentru europarlamentare se vor desfăşura în luna noiembrie, refuzând să precizeze dacă acest lucru a fost stabilit deja printr-o înţelegere între PSD şi PNL.

Premierul Tăriceanu i-a însărcinat pe ministrul finanţelor publice, Varujan Vosganian, şi pe ministrul muncii, Paul Păcuraru, să analizeze conţinutul scrisorii preşedintelui Traian Băsescu, prin care şeful statului cere Executivului să specifice sursele de finanţare pentru majorarea pensiilor.

O delegaţie compusă din aproximativ 30 de pensionari, însoţită de doi lideri ai PC, Ioan Ţundrea şi Codruţ Şereş, au depus astăzi la Palatul Cotroceni mai multe apeluri prin care-i solicită şefului statului să promulge legea de majorare a pensiilor.

The two main parties — the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) — are at odds over whether the next president must be a member of the new parliament, according to local press reports Wednesday (July 11th).

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says authorisation of a military incursion into northern Iraq is not on the immediate agenda, but he did not rule it out after the July 22nd general elections.

In his first major step as High Representative in BiH, Miroslav Lajcak ordered the dismissal Tuesday (July 10th) of a senior Bosnian Serb police commander and the suspension of 36 officers suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Parliament’s latest round of voting for a president failed on Tuesday (July 10th) evening because none of the candidates managed to attract the required 84 votes.

The Libyan Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 11th) upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who has been given Bulgarian citizenship.