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Canada’s first indigenous Governor General has been sworn in
By Thomas Blade • Updated: 26/07/2021 - 21:20 Mary Simon, 30th Governor General of Canada - Copyright CBCMary Simon has been sworn in as the first-ever indigenous Governor General of Canada.Simon — an Inuk from Kuujjuaq in northeastern Quebec — was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this month.She is now Queen Elizabeth II's representative in the commonwealth country…
Postimees: Estonia’s Nordica hoping to overcome crisis with air carrier tenders – The Baltic Times
TALLINN - Nordic Aviation Group AS, the Estonian state-owned airline operating under the Nordica brand, can still exit the crisis on top, Nordica's chief commercial officer Deepak Ahluwalia said, adding that air carrier tenders are the business line holding the biggest potential for Nordica, Postimees reports. Ahluwalia told Postimees that Nordica is participating in numerous…
North Macedonia: Four ex-leaders convicted of organising 2017 attack on parliament
By Euronews with AFP • Updated: 26/07/2021 - 19:06 Scores of protesters broke through a police cordon and entered Macedonian parliament in April 2017. - Copyright AP Photo/Boris GrdanoskiFour former senior officials have been convicted of organising the storming of North Macedonia's parliament in 2017.The former President of the parliament, two former ministers, and the country's former intelligence chief were sentenced…
New nationwide advertising campaign to kick off today to promote vaccination – The Baltic Times
RIGA - A new nationwide advertising campaign, which will include various outdoor posters and broad media involvement, will kick off today to promote vaccination against Covid-19, Health Minister Daniels Pavluts (For Development/For) previously said. "From July 12 we will continue with a new campaign, a new message and targets, and here one of our main…
Lukashenko’s gift to the West
Elisabeth Braw is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The West may not be able to thank Alexander Lukashenko for much, but this summer he’s bestowed it with a singularly useful token: a master class in gray-zone aggression. From flooding Lithuania with migrants to launching government-sponsored aviation piracy, the Belarusian president has been…
Funeral To Take Place Of Georgian Journalist Attacked While Covering LGBT March
TBILISI -- The funeral of a Georgian television cameraman who died after he was viciously beaten while covering an LGBT event is set to take place on July 13 amid demonstrations demanding the prime minister and government resign. Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman for the Pirveli television station, was found dead at home on July 11,…
Middle Corridor intends to strengthen and contribute EU–Asia trade and co-operation
It is hard to travel in Kazakhstan without thinking of Singapore. So different in every way, but both the successful creations of post-colonial leaders; singular men with singular vision. Also, it is hard if you are an investor not to want a part of the alluring future that is emerging in Central Asia, writes Llewellyn…
‘Good on ya, ladies’: Pink will pay fines for handball players who refused bikini bottoms
By Euronews • Updated: 26/07/2021 – 17:00 American musician Pink has offered to pay the fine handed to Norway’s beach handball team after they wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms.The Norwegian women’s team was fined €1,500 last week for breaking the rules by the Disciplinary Committee of the European Handball Federation (EHF).But Pink said on Twitter she was “proud” of…
Middle Corridor intents to strengthen and contribute EU – Asia trade and cooperation
It is hard to travel in Kazakhstan without thinking of Singapore. So different in every way, but both the successful creations of post-colonial leaders; singular men with singular vision. Also, it is hard if you are an investor not to want a part of the alluring future that is emerging in Central Asia, writes Llewellyn…
Christophe Najdovski: North Macedonia’s Capital Must Learn from Paris’s Green Revolution
In contrast to Paris, where most policies now seek to find more space for greenery, not for cars, Skopje has been heading in the opposite direction. Most of the city’s policies focus on building new streets in order to alleviate the congestion in the existing ones. Plans are being drawn up to expand parking space.…
Russian regulators block website of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny, weeks after activist’s operations branded ‘extremist’
Moscow’s digital watchdog has ordered internet providers to block access to the homepage of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny, citing provisions that allow sites to be taken down if they call for illegal activity. The order, issued on Monday, saw the activist’s homepage become unavailable for users in Russia. The ruling, enforced by Roscomnadzor, originated…
Estonian ministry has no info on vaccination rates of teachers – The Baltic Times
TALLINN – With just over a month to go until the start of the new school year, education officials in Estonia say that they do not have an overview of how many teachers and what proportion of school staff have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, Postimees reported. Nor have schools received precise instructions from the…
Lithuania set to receive 100 km of barbed wire from Estonia – minister – The Baltic Times
VILNIUS – Lithuania set to receive around 100 km of barbed wire, the so-called concertina, from Estonia to be able to continue building a barrier along the most vulnerable sections of its border with Belarus, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite says. “The acquisition of concertina is ongoing, that supply-related process continues. Probably, tomorrow morning we will…
Tajik President’s Nephews ‘Severely Beat Health Minister’ Following Mother’s COVID Death
DUSHANBE — Three nephews of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon have severely beaten the Central Asian nation’s health minister and other officials following their mother’s death from COVID-19, sources close to the government have told RFE/RL. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources in the Interior Ministry and the Health Ministry told RFE/RL on July 26…
WATCH: Shocked motorists beep their horns as Asian black bears walk onto highway to beg for food from cars in Russia’s Far East
A stunning video of a family of bears approaching cars on a road in the Far East of Russia has gone viral after a driver filmed the dangerous animals coming up to vehicles in an apparent attempt to beg humans for food. As seen in the footage, filmed earlier this month but only published on…
