Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
EU is Giving Armenia its Best Chance Yet to Enact a Domestic-Abuse Law
Image: European Union Flag. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com Women’s-rights groups have been campaigning for a decade for a domestic-violence law in Armenia. So far all their efforts have failed. Depending on the session of parliament, lawmakers have either refused to take up the legislation or voted it down. This year Armenia may finally see a law...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yatseniuk Resigns
KIEV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday in a televised broadcast.”I took the decision to resign as prime minister of Ukraine. On Tuesday, April 12, I will submit it to parliament. My decision is based on a several reasons – the political crisis in the government has...
Weekend Roundup: Tax Havens and Refugee Camps Describe Today’s World
This week, two faces of globalization — tax havens and refugee camps — were dramatically on display. As the “Panama Papers” revealed, the super-rich and well-connected have been sending boatloads of money offshore to hide their wealth and escape taxation. Powerless and penniless refugees who risked their lives on rickety...
Weekend Roundup: Tax Havens and Refugee Camps Describe Today’s World
This week, two faces of globalization — tax havens and refugee camps — were dramatically on display. As the “Panama Papers” revealed, the super-rich and well-connected have been sending boatloads of money offshore to hide their wealth and escape taxation. Powerless and penniless refugees who risked their lives on rickety...
The Case for Georgia Joining NATO
For most Americans today, Russia is more an annoyance than a threat. But if you live in Georgia, a small country on Russia’s southern border, the Kremlin remains a menacing presence. If the Russian bear becomes hungry, Georgia might be a morsel too tempting to resist. Georgia is the proud and independent descendant of ancient kingdoms...
The Widespread Problem of Domestic Abuse in the Former Soviet Union
Image: Domestic violence. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com Domestic violence makes life for many women in the former Soviet Union a nightmare. Preventing the problem from being resolved are a patriarchic attitude that looks down on women, most authorities’ contention that domestic violence is a private matter between a man and woman, few shelters...
Putin Says Panama Papers Leaks Are Attempt To Destabilize Russia
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said a friend of his named in the “Panama Papers” leaks had done nothing wrong and spent the money he earned from business on buying expensive musical instruments which he was donating to public institutions.Media reports based on the leaked documents from a...
Keep a Close Watch on the Panama Papers, the Biggest, Most Damning Data Leak in the History of Journalism
The Panama Papers. Sounds like a Bond movie only better. It involves an unprecedented data leak — 2.6 terabytes (enough to fill 600 DVDs) involving 11.5 million in tax and legal documents — and the largest collaborative investigation in journalism history involving more than 370 journalists from over 70 countries, according to the...
30 Years After The Chernobyl Disaster, This Land Is Run By Wild Animals
What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue.On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the nuclear plant in Ukraine, then a Soviet republic, sent clouds of smoldering...
As Crimea Passes Two Years as Part of Russia, Time to Negotiate Away Sanctions
Two years ago Russia detached Crimea from Ukraine. Since then the Western allies have huffed and puffed while imposing economic sanctions, but to little effect. Although Russia’s economy has suffered, Vladimir Putin remains popular. Most important, Crimea just celebrated the second anniversary of its switch, with construction planned on a...
