The Caspian Sea – the arena of contracting of the world superplayers
The Caspian region has already become the area of close fucos for the countries of North and South, East and West. This region, where already today there are political, military-strategic and economic interests of many countries of the world, by this not only of Caspian states (Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan), but also the most powerful world’s players – the USA, European Union, China. READ MORE
EC proposes establishing European Public Prosecutor's Office
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed establishing a European Public Prosecutor's Office. READ MORE
Armenia gets ready for a new Strategic Defense Review phase
Within the preparation of the new phase of Strategic Defense Review (SDR), the advisory group from U.S. and Great Britain paid a visit to Armenia on July 7-13. READ MORE
International experts on corruption in Lithuania: Corrupt politicians give little thought to how they will look their grandchildren in the eye
Experts on fighting corruption advise against lending too much prominence to surveys which ask people to give their subjective perceptions on corruption. More reliable are surveys where respondents share their actual experiences. Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, published this Tuesday, indicates that Lithuanians encounter bribery more often than any other nation in the European Union. READ MORE
Olli Rehn: Europe will overcome the crisis and will help Ukraine to do it
Financial consolidation in the euro zone also develops. Thus, the European Central Bank is set to take on oversight powers next year over all euro-area banks, until the formation of the single resolution mechanism (SRM). The ECB will have the right to issue and withdraw banking licenses, control recapitalization of banks, etc. READ MORE