From Geneva to Lausanne, from fall 2013 to spring 2015. Here it is a new episode of an endless saga. Born in the 50es, Iranian nuclear plan has been a relevant issue for more than 20 years[1]. On November 24 2013, in Geneva, Iran and the P5+1 group signed what is officially known as Joint Plan of Action (JPA), an ad interim agreement that became effective on January 20, 2014. A new agreement was reached on April 2 2015 in Lausanne and it is seen as the last huge step towards a final deal that should to be reached by the end of June 2015.
Eight weeks have passed since the beginning of the truce in eastern Ukraine. Triage’s updates’ purpose is to provide a report on the implementation status of the first three point of Minsk II agreement:
1. Immediate and full ceasefire and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 (Kiev time) on February 15.
2. Pull-out of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance to create a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, of 70km for MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical missile systems Tochka U.
3. Monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pull-out of heavy weapons by OSCE.
Seven weeks have passed since the beginning of the truce in eastern Ukraine. Triage’s updates’ purpose is to provide a report on the implementation status of the first three point of Minsk II agreement:
1. Immediate and full ceasefire and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 (Kiev time) on February 15.
2. Pull-out of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance to create a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, of 70km for MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical missile systems Tochka U..
3. Monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pull-out of heavy weapons by OSCE.
Six weeks have passed since the beginning of the truce in eastern Ukraine. Triage’s updates’ purpose is to provide a report on the implementation status of the first three point of Minsk II agreement:
1. Immediate and full ceasefire and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 (Kiev time) on February 15.
2. Pull-out of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance to create a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, of 70km for MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical missile systems Tochka U.
3. Monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pull-out of heavy weapons by OSCE.
Thank art. 41 (paragraph 1-3) of the Constitution of Kazakhstan introduced an amendment in February 2011, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has called an early presidential election to be held on April 26.
Officially it was desired to inspire the coming electoral competition with the need to overcome the current economic crisis and the dangerous Russian nationalism, in fact, the real reason is to reprogram a definite political continuity for senior Kazakh leader, in the logic of having a strong man in command to meet the new threats looming in this 2015, without waiting for the natural expiration of the legislature in 2016.
Five weeks have passed since the beginning of the truce in eastern Ukraine. Triage’s updates’ purpose is to provide a report on the implementation status of the first three point of Minsk II agreement:
1. Immediate and full ceasefire and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 (Kiev time) on February 15.
2. Pull-out of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance to create a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, of 70km for MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical missile systems Tochka U.
3. Monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pull-out of heavy weapons by OSCE.
Four weeks have passed since the beginning of the truce in eastern Ukraine. Triage’s updates’ purpose is to provide a report on the implementation status of the first three point of Minsk II agreement:
1.Immediate and full ceasefire and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 (Kiev time) on February 15.
2.Pull-out of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance to create a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, of 70km for MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and tactical missile systems Tochka U.
3.Monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pull-out of heavy weapons by OSCE.
The head of the European Union foreign policy Federica Mogherini is considering asking the European Union to consider sending troops into Libya to allow the formation of a national unity government, but the plan is for now received with great skepticism by individual EU governments are very concerned about the risks it entails.
It will be the next meeting of EU foreign ministers to be held in Brussels this week that can be attributed or not to Mogherini the right to develop proposals for a possible mission in Libya.
Tension rises between Beijing and Naypyidaw after four Chinese civilians died in an explosion apparently caused by a bomb launched by Burmese warplane engaged in military operations against Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)[1]. The incident occurred on March 13 near the city of Lincang, in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan. Political relations are particularly tense also because a similar episode happened just a few days earlier when some civilians’ buildings were damaged or destroyed by a stray shell.
Benjamin Netanyahu tries to win her fourth term in an atmosphere poisoned by controversy and internal feuds to Likud. BB has destroyed his personal relations with Obama but the American administration will continue to fund and support Israel despite the distance of views on relations with Iran.
The current political scenario sees the entry of a new party composed of ultra-Orthodox women only "B Zohutan" with a program contradictory and uncertain that conflicts against Orthodox traditions. The new team although not numerically considerable emotional give a jolt to the last days of the election campaign itself as possible to tip the balance, the women on the other hand will be key factor in the new parliament.