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Croatia's populist president appears set for re-election
AFP, Published on 12/01/2025
» ZAGREB - Croatians began casting ballots Sunday in a presidential runoff where the incumbent Zoran Milanovic appears set to win a second term, in what would be a blow to the scandal-hit governing party.
Croatia elects president as incumbent looks favourite
AFP, Published on 29/12/2024
» ZAGREB - Croatians cast ballots Sunday to elect a new president with the outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic appearing to be the favourite in opinion polls.
Yes, ambassadors can get away with murder
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» LONDON - On Monday, the Canadian government accused India's high commissioner, the equivalent of an ambassador in Commonwealth countries, and five other diplomats of participating in a vast criminal conspiracy that used homicide and extortion to silence critics of India living in Canada.
Croatia votes in a three-horse presidential race
AFP, Published on 22/12/2019
» ZAGREB - Croatians cast ballots in a presidential vote on Sunday that could weaken the ruling conservatives just as the country takes the helm of the European Union's rotating presidency.
Democrats' 'Green New Deal' isn't global enough
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 18/03/2019
» At the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya this past week, experts and officials from around the world debated how to come up with the investment and innovation needed for countries to grow without dooming the planet. National leaders, NGOs and others discussed how to create more "sustainable patterns of consumption and production". What really struck me in Nairobi, though, was what wasn't discussed: the "Green New Deal" being pushed by Democratic Party politicians in the US.
Migrant misery spans worldwide
News, John Lloyd, Published on 25/06/2018
» It's an increasingly hard world for those seeking a better life in richer countries. Immigrants aren't welcome in most states, even where demographic trends reflect the need to expand the labor force to levels able to sustain and support aging populations.
Globalisation failing the world's people
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 08/08/2016
» Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalisation and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalising reforms. It seemed a mystery: people in developing countries had been told that globalisation would increase overall well-being. So why had so many people become so hostile to it?
Paris attacks intensify migrant debate in EU
AFP, Published on 16/11/2015
» VIENNA - The Paris attacks and the discovery of a Syrian passport near one of the assailant's bodies have revived the European debate on whether to take a harder line on migrants.
Slovenia toughens border ahead of EU migrant summit
AFP, Published on 11/11/2015
» LJUBLJANA - Slovenia said Tuesday it will build "obstacles" on its border with Croatia, in a move that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said highlighted the urgency for the EU to stem the migrant influx on the eve of a summit in Malta.
Croatia's rival political blocs set for equal seat share: exit poll
AFP, Published on 09/11/2015
» ZAGREB - Croatia's centre-left rulers and the rival conservative bloc were poised to win an equal share of seats in parliament, an exit poll showed Sunday after voting finished.