Nobody’s favourite sexter or New York City mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner (a.k.a. Carlos Danger), has hit the headlines again this week. The 48-year-old Democratic candidate has got himself into trouble once again after continuing to send sexual messages to strangers on the internet. Weiner’s weird “antics” started back in May […]

EU Legislation The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) has sparked controversy amongst financial players and politicians following a proposal of cutting remuneration, which is said to be the strictest limits on payouts in Europe. The directive forms part of the CRD IV package which was implemented in July 2011 to address […]

A number of media reports, arguing that South Ossetians are offered free quality medical care in exchange for taking Georgian citizenship, caused a public outcry and strong reaction from Leonid Tibilov, the head of unrecognized republic. In particular, the president of South Ossetia declared unfounded the referrals to medical institutions of […]

The Second Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), which was attended by the heads of state and government of the GECF member countries, representatives of observer countries and members of the international energy organizations, ended in Moscow on 2 July 2013. During the two-day meeting, the heads of […]

More than half of the Moldovan citizens are dissatisfied with the socio-economic and political situation in the country, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Marketing and Social Research IMAS from 10 to 26 May 2013. The main problems, according to the Moldovans, are unemployment, political […]

Hassan Rouhani, a candidate with the Combatant Clergy Association party, who promised to normalize relations with the West, won the presidential race in Iran in the first round of voting, held on 14 June 2013. According to Senior Fellow for Regional Security Cooperation of the International Institute for Strategic Studies […]

Global human rights organization Amnesty International called for immediate completion of the investigation into Poland’s involvement in the US-led secret detention programs and to bring justice in fair trials to those responsible for human rights violations. According to published information, the Polish government is accused of colluding with the US Central Intelligence […]

International observers and representatives of the expert community continue to discuss the situation in Turkey, engulfed by a series of protests, which started with a rally in Gezi Park to oppose its demolition as part of a redevelopment plan. This peaceful environmental action turned into a wave of anti-government protests, […]