Новости по теме politicians

Italy grants refugee status to Kazakh tycoon's family Italy has granted political refugee status to the family of a Kazakh tycoon, who is in prison in France fighting an extradition order from Russia and Ukraine where he is wanted for massive fraud, lawyers said.

19 April 2014 12:00

Liberia's first post-war president dies Former Liberian president Gyude Bryant, who led a peacetime government after two ruinous back-to-back civil wars, died aged 65 on Wednesday, the government said in a statement.

17 April 2014 12:24

Australian state premier quits over wine 'memory fail' A leading Australian politician resigned Wednesday after admitting to a "massive memory fail" when he told a corruption inquiry he never received a bottle of wine worth Aus$3,000 (US$2,780).

17 April 2014 10:49

Turkey ruling party accused of copyright breaching by Kazakh composer Kazakhstan composer Arslanbek Sultanbekov has accused the Turkish ruling party of breaching his copyright.

23 March 2014 19:06

Ukraine concerned with Kazakhstan's acceptance of Crimean referendum The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine referred to Kazakhstan's acceptance of the referendum in Crimea as an unneighborly act.

22 March 2014 12:48

Erdogan's regime hit with new recording of alleged corruption Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime, mired in a corruption scandal, suffered a new blow on Sunday with the online release of another allegedly incriminating phone call involving an ex-minister and a businessman.

10 March 2014 23:26

Merkel set for historic UK visit German chancellor Angela Merkel will make an historic speech to Britain's parliament on Thursday before holding EU talks with Prime Minister David Cameron and taking tea with Queen Elizabeth II.

27 February 2014 10:39

Australia urges G20 to commit to faster growth targets Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said Wednesday it was "hugely important" that G20 leaders agree to faster global growth targets when they meet in Sydney this weekend.

19 February 2014 13:54

Italian PM Letta to resign, Renzi poised to step in Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will resign on Friday in a lightning political crisis and his 39-year-old leftist challenger Matteo Renzi is poised to win the nomination to replace him.

14 February 2014 14:07

Turkey PM reshuffles cabinet amid graft scandal Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced nearly half his cabinet in a dramatic reshuffle after a spreading graft scandal forced the resignation of three top ministers.

26 December 2013 12:13

Italy's Letta wins parliament vote, vowing to fight 'chaos' Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday won a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by the fall of Silvio Berlusconi, promising to push through a pro-European reform agenda and fight populism.

12 December 2013 11:04

World leaders to give global farewell to Mandela Presidents past and present, global figures and A-list celebrities made their way to South Africa on Monday to pay the world's respects at a memorial service and state funeral for freedom icon Nelson Mandela.

09 December 2013 10:01

Russia outraged by US fraud charges against diplomats Russia voiced outrage Friday at charges in the United States against 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their wives over a $1.5 million fraud, saying it could not understand why the US had gone public with the allegations.

07 December 2013 10:01

China anti-corruption activist beaten by police: lawyers A Chinese anti-corruption activist put on trial in what campaign groups say is a crackdown on dissent was beaten by police while in detention, lawyers said Thursday.

05 December 2013 18:09

Gulshara Abdykalikova appointed Deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Gulshara Abdykalikova has been appointed Deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan.

29 November 2013 13:46

China puts another senior official under investigation China has placed a provincial vice governor under investigation, officials said, the latest senior official to fall in a highly-publicised anti-graft campaign under the country's new leadership.

28 November 2013 16:43

I'm no saint or icon, says Myanmar's Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician.

28 November 2013 15:09

Caricatures of famous Kazakhstan figures presented in Astana Caricatures of prominent Kazakhstan figures have been presented at the exhibition in Astana.

26 November 2013 11:05

US marks 50th anniversary of JFK assassination With flags fluttering at half-staff, the United States paused Friday to mourn President John F. Kennedy and a generation's shattered dreams, cut down 50 years ago by an assassin's bullet.

23 November 2013 13:05

High-stakes Iran nuclear talks to resume Iran and world powers resume talks on Wednesday seeking a landmark breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear programme that also satisfies sceptical hardliners in Washington, Israel and the Islamic republic.

20 November 2013 10:37

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