Day: February 23, 2017

The rating of the President of Iceland was under threat after the words of hatred for pineapples

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The rating of the President of Iceland was under threat after the words of hatred for pineapples The President of Iceland Gudni Johannesson made a risky statement at the meeting with local students. On the question of students as it relates to the Hawaiian pizza, which includes pineapple, the national leader said that whether his will, he would have banned adding this product to pizza, reports Iceland Review. The surprise announcement of Johannesson caused a lot of controversy in the Network. In particular, local journalists have wondered how the attitude of citizens to the President after his words about the hatred of the pineapple. Oddly enough, many Icelanders said that were worse treated in the head of state, whose rating prior to the ill-fated meetings was 97 percent. Moving to Iceland pic.twitter.com/3RIzpvLQyG — James Felton (@JimMFelton) 20 Feb 2017 Foreign media also began to argue whether it is appropriate to

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Medvedev appoints new Deputy Minister of agriculture

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Medvedev appoints new Deputy Minister of agriculture MOSCOW, 22 Feb — RIA Novosti/Prime. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Deputy Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Nepoklonov, who previously held the post of Deputy head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, the orders published on the website of the Cabinet. “To appoint Evgeniy Nepoklonov Deputy Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation, relieving him from his post”, — the document says. Nepoklonov held the position of Deputy head of the Rosselkhoznadzor since August 2011. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, he was Vice-President of the Institute for diagnosis and prevention of diseases of humans and animals.

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Zakharova have fun lusterous Latin Klimkin

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Zakharova have fun lusterous Latin Klimkin The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova made fun of in Facebook the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin, who attributed the popular expression “the dead or good or anything” (De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil in Latin) of Ukrainian origin. 17фотографий17фотографий17фотографий “Latin, they apparently also lyustrirovali”, — she wrote. 21 Feb Klimkin, explaining the position of Kiev, which has opposed the adoption of the presidential statement of the UN Security Council in connection with the death of the permanent representative of Russia Vitaly Churkin, referred to the “Ukrainian proverb”, according to which about the dead speak either good or nothing. This is an excerpt from the speech of the Minister quoted by the Agency TASS. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine is not the first time becomes an object of ridicule on the Internet. So, after the February

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Putin awarded the new title of “Syrian” generals

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Putin awarded the new title of “Syrian” generals Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding new ranks to the generals of the Russian army, which had relevance to operations in Syria. About it reports TASS. According to the decree, the title of Colonel-General assigned the chief of National control center of defense of Russia Mikhail Mizintseva and the chief of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of Armed forces of Russia Sergey Rudskoy. Rudskoy, as noted, holds regular briefings for journalists on the situation in Syria and the actions of Russian troops in the region. The title of Lieutenant-General received the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of armed forces of Russia Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, who twice headed the defense Ministry’s delegation at the talks with the Syrian opposition in Astana. In early February, it was reported that Putin dismissed 16 generals of

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Zakharov about the incident in the UN security Council: “don’t be fooled”

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On the website of the United Nations (UN) published the transcript of the oral condolences in connection with death of Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. Official statement of the UN Security Council was blocked by the Ukrainian delegation. About this in his account in Facebook wrote the official representative of the foreign Ministry of Russia Maria Zakharova. “The Ukrainian colleagues, the chairmanship of this month in the Security Council, are unable to transcend their political opinions and did not give consent to the adoption of the presidential statement of the UN Security Council in the form of the relevant document, being confined to oral expression of condolences to the media,” she wrote. Zakharova said that Ukraine has no right to block the Security Council resolution, as it is not a permanent member of the UN body. However, the Ukrainian delegation could veto the presidential statement of the UN security Council. “So

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Cosity killed the Yemeni chief of staff

World

In Yemen in an attack by Shiite rebels housetop killed the Deputy chief of the General staff of the country. About it reports Reuters. “Major-General Ahmed Saif al-Yafei was killed along with several soldiers, when a rocket hit a military camp near the town of Moss in the predawn hour,” said one of the relatives of the deceased soldier. This information was confirmed in Saudi Arabia, adding that the Houthis struck a ballistic missile. The city of Moss, located on the coast of the red sea, were repulsed loyal to the exiled President Hadi’s forces and their Saudi allies less than a month ago. In a civil war in Yemen on the same side fighting the military wing of the Houthis, the Shiite movement “Ansar Allah”, and those loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the army. On the other troops of ousted Sunni President Abd-rabbu Mansour Hadi and

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The UN Secretary General proposed to create a new office for combating terrorism

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António Guterres UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, put forward a proposal to create a new office for combating terrorism. As reported TASS, he stated this on Wednesday, 22nd February, at the informal meeting of the General Assembly. According to the Secretary General, it is necessary to bring a task force on counter-terrorism implementation and the UN centre for combating terrorism of the Department of political Affairs, creating a new management. He added that the only purpose of this step is to increase the efficiency without changing existing mandates in the field of counter-terrorism. The Secretary General suggested to the head of the administration stood by his Deputy. “It will be to report to the General Assembly through me,” he added. The office’s activities will not infringe upon the national sovereignty of any state member of the organization, said Guterres. “Our goal is to strengthen partnerships with countries outside the United Nations,

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Tokyo pays to Okinawans 264 million dollars for aircraft noise the U.S. air force

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The district court of the city of Naha (Okinawa Prefecture) ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to local residents for noise from aircraft, the U.S. air force, located at the base of Kadena. On Thursday, February 23, according to NHK television station. The payment amount on the class action suit, which was attended by 22 thousand people, is 30 billion yen (about 264 million). The court satisfied the claim of local residents, who felt that the noise from U.S. aircraft exceeds the legal limit in the daytime and at night, which leads to health problems. However, the court rejected the claim on the complete ban on the flights of military aircraft and convertiplanes MV-22 Osprey in the area, notes TASS. At the end of last year, the court made a similar decision at the suit of the Japanese living next to another U.S. air base Futenma on Okinawa. Then

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Tillerson bought a house worth 5 million dollars next to Obama and Ivanka trump

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U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson bought a house worth $ 5.6 billion in Prime area of Kalorama in Washington, according to the Washingtonian , citing a source. The transaction took place on 10 February when a little over a week after the approval of the Senate of the us Congress the appointment of Rex Tillerson to the post of head of the US state Department. Previously, the daughter of the American President Ivanka trump and her husband Jared Kushner have signed the documents at home in the Kalorama two steps away from the home of former President Barack Obama. According to him, he intends to reside in Washington with his wife Michelle and youngest daughter Sasha a couple of years that the child graduated high school. Photo: Robin Knapp / dpa / globallookpress

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