Section: Greece
Marriage ages around the world
The Spanish government raised the marriage age from 14 to 16 years of age so as to bring it in line with the laws of the rest of Europe. Following this change, Estonia is now the country with the lowest marriage age of women, allowing teenagers to marry at the age of 15 provided they have parental permission. The average marriage age for women is...
Video: Russian-backed rebels ransack MH17 luggage after crash
Australian Foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Friday that she was ‘sickened” after watching footage that emerged showing Russian-backed rebels looking through the luggage of passengers killed from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine. The video was published by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph on the one-year...
Austrians want a referendum to leave the EU
Just as everybody was fearing a Grexit, Frexit, Brexit, the Austrians launched a petition to quit the EU. Activists who launched the petition argue that Austria would be better off economically without the EU and is on a drive to gather 100,000 signatures by July 1 required for the national parliament to consider the initiative. Inge Rauscher, a...
Siluanov says no Russian financing planned for Greece
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that the country’s budget did not include plans to offer Greece financial help and that Russia did not plan to hold talks on restructuring Ukraine’s debt. …read more Source:...
Russian finance minister says budget doesn’t include plans to help Greece
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that the country’s budget did not include plans to offer Greece financial help and that Russia did not plan to hold talks on restructuring Ukraine’s debt. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion as “hybrid war” continues
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told MPs that the military should prepare to defend against a Russian invasion of great magnitude, as eastern Ukraine has been suffering from recent surges of violence. Russia has denied that its forces have been deployed on Ukrainian ground, but President Poroshenko refutes that point and estimates 9,000...
EU anger over the Russian travel blacklist!
89 EU politicians were surprised to discover that they were on a confidential Russian travel blacklist on Thursday. The people on the list were parliamentarians who have been outspoken critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in the Ukraine. A Russian MP has formally requested that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to make the...
Amnesty International reports torture in Ukraine
Beatings, torture with electricity, virtual executions: Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels conduct them on captured citizens and enemies, according to Amnesty International. The NGO speaks of at least eight cases of informal executions of Ukrainians held hostage by the rebels. Former prisoners of the Ukrainian army have also stated that...
Ukraine: Two Russian soldiers captured
Two Russian soldiers fighting with pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were arrested by Ukrainian military forces, according to Kiev. Even though Kiev has leaked a video of one of two soldiers admitting he is part of the Russian military, Russia denies all involvement. …read more Source:...
Sergey Lavrov – John Kerry meeting in Sochi on Tuesday
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will be meeting with his American counterpart John Kerry in Sochi, to discuss on Ukraine, Syrian, Yemen and Iran issues, according to the RIA news agency. The Russian news agency states that Moscow does not expect any significant progress. …read more Source:...
