Olympic Games and the EU Refugees: The New Diplomacy In a landmark decision taken by the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic flame passed the Elanos refugee camp near Athens and more remarkably, a Syrian refugee Ibrahim al-Hussein was torchbearers of the flame when it passed through the camp on April 26.
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Strengthening Sri Lanka –Cuba Relations
Sri Lanka and Cuba, two of the prominent member states of the Non-Aligned Movement have a long standing diplomatic partnership spanning 57 years. In their foreign policy ideals, both nations have reiterated the commitment of both countries to the Non-Aligned Movement, for which both are founding members, and to the
Exasperated with terror, Afghan to drag Pakistan to UN
The massive car bombing outside a building of the National Directorate for Security in Kabul on 12th April killed 64 people and injured more than 300 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. US asked Pakistan to take concrete action against the Haqqani network and Afghanistan’s deputy presidential spokesman
Increasing Productivity Key to Revive Growth and Support Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region’s successful achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs to be driven by broad-based productivity gains and rebalancing of economies towards domestic and regional demand. This is the main message of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016, published today by the
The World without Cash
In February 2016, EU finance ministers called on the European commission “to explore the need for appropriate restrictions on cash payments exceeding certain thresholds” and called for increasing engagement with the European Central Bank to take appropriate measures to steadily cut down on the supply of high denomination notes, in
Taliban’s Helmand: Afghan Forces Nightmare
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Two nations make history: America returns to Cuba
Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first by a US president since Calvin Coolidge went in 1928. American investors, expat Cubans, tourists, scholars, and scam artists will follow in Obama’s wake. Normalisation of the bilateral relationship will pose opportunities and perils for Cuba, and a giant test of maturity
A government of, by, and for the slogan
At its recent meeting, the national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party passed a political resolution, a passage of which read: ‘Our Constitution describes India as Bharat also, [hence] refusal to chant victory to Bharat is tantamount to disrespect to our Constitution itself. Bharat Mata ki Jai is not merely
Two nations make history: America returns to Cuba
Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first by a US president since Calvin Coolidge went in 1928. American investors, expat Cubans, tourists, scholars, and scam artists will follow in Obama’s wake. Normalisation of the bilateral relationship will pose opportunities and perils for Cuba, and a giant test of maturity